13-year-old Nyein Mar’s family lives in a cemetery in Myanmar. Focused on surviving each day, they have no hope for their children’s future. See how her education is changing her future and giving her hope of breaking free of her family’s poverty.
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Addie Zierman: To beat poverty, offer your ‘creative best’
The war on poverty can be won when we all offer our creative best — and it’s working in Armenia. Author and blogger Addie Zierman shares her experience.
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Helping the church be the church
World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns reflects on how compassion compels church congregations to serve beyond their church walls.
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The future of fighting extreme poverty
In a recent opinion piece in Christianity Today, World Vision U.S. President Richard Stearns writes: “After a generation of massive global progress, aid and mission efforts are pointing the same direction.”
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30 years ago, U2’s Bono visited Ethiopia ‘on the quiet’
Thirty years ago, when famine in Ethiopia shocked the world, U2 lead singer Bono spent a month working with World Vision staff.
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World Vision celebrates 65 years of partnering with the church
In 2015, World Vision celebrated its 65th anniversary. One man’s vision for missionary partnership became a worldwide partnership with one vision.
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A day I will never forget
The heartbreaking, eyewitness account about a Syrian refugee boy, 8-year-old Ibrahim, and the abuse he endures as a field laborer in Lebanon so his family can survive. Hear the testimony of our Lebanon staffer who met him, and her call for help.
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Former child migrant: ‘That could have been me’
Former Vietnam migrant Dr. Vinh Chung reacts to the Syrian refugee crisis and the searing photo of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi: “The body of the lifeless toddler, face down, washed up on the beach is really chilling to me — because that could have been me.”
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It gets worse in one of the world’s worst places — South Sudan
The civil war in South Sudan has left millions of people in need of food. World Vision is on the ground providing food assistance and needs your support.
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Debbie Macomber: A love story
Best-selling author Debbie Macomber has written hundreds of stories. Today, she is the main character. The supporting characters of this story are a Microsoft VP, World Vision, and the girls of a school in Kenya. Read her story!