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Jesse Leaupepe, Lake Burien Presbyterian Church member, places World Vision Family Emergency Kits into cars during a distribution of relief supplies at his church in Burien, Washington, USA. The kits contain food, first-aid antiseptic spray, hand sanitizers, and school supplies. World Vision partnered with a local school district to identify families greatest need.
From the Field

What is the coronavirus? Facts, symptoms, and how to help

  • Disaster Relief
  • ChinaAfricaAsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle East
More than 100,000 people around the world have contracted a new strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Wearing masks to prevent infection has become an ordinary way of life in China since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in December 2019.
Prayers

Prayers for people affected by the new coronavirus

  • Disaster Relief
  • AfricaAsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle East
A girl holds a bottle of hand sanitizer.
Change Makers

How to talk to kids about disasters in the news

  • Christian Faith
Handwashing is important in reducing your exposure to and the transmission of the new coronavirus, among other illnesses. But do you know how to properly wash your hands? It may be more complicated than you think.
From the Field

How to wash your hands properly

  • Clean Water
Have fun and grow deeper together this summer with 10 fun family activities and games that will help your kids learn how to pay it forward and become global citizens.
Change Makers

10 fun family activities to play it forward

  • Charitable Giving
A group of teens and adults gather to prayerfully intercede on behalf of their family and friends, their community, and their country.
From the Field

Youth pray passionately for their country

  • Christian Faith
  • Honduras
Change Makers

Visionaries surrender something great to receive something greater

  • Charitable Giving
From the Field

Family Emergency Kits deliver hope to food-insecure families

  • Disaster Relief
Eight-year-old Ireen dips her cup into a pool in Malawi.
Special Features

Walking for water determines Ireen’s future in Malawi

  • Clean Water
  • Malawi
No child should die of Ebola again.
From the Field

2014 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, symptoms, and how to help

  • Health
  • Sierra LeoneGuineaLiberia
The mosquito-borne Zika virus can cause microcephaly and other serious birth defects. Though the disease has faded from the news since its most recent outbreak in 2015, Zika remains a risk in dozens of countries and territories in the Americas. Learn facts about Zika, the latest outbreak, and future threats.
From the Field

Zika virus: Facts, symptoms, and how to help

  • Health
  • BrazilColombiaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasLatin America/CaribbeanUnited States
Home cold remedies around the world include drinking various types of hot tea.
From the Field

Natural cold and flu remedies from around the world

  • Health
More than 48,000 people worldwide laced up for World Vision's 2018 Global 6K for Water May 19 at 1,075 locations in 16 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, and Australia. Hear from everyday change-makers about the life-changing experience of bringing clean water to more than 63,000 people.
Change Makers

Global 6K for Water: Get fit as a family and grow your faith

  • Clean Water
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