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As the world turns its attention to the World Cup, which begins June 14, a World Vision Child-Friendly Space in South Sudan is providing a girls’ soccer program to empower girls to defy gender norms and combat child marriage.
From the Field

World Cup fever: Girls soccer club kicks child marriage in South Sudan

  • Child Protection
  • South Sudan
Boy at attention with other youth after being released by armed group in South Sudan.
From the Field

How World Vision does child protection around the world

  • Child Protection
  • UgandaBangladeshDominican RepublicGuatemalaIndiaMongoliaSouth Sudan
A catastrophic eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano on June 3, 2018, has affected more than 1.7 million people. World Vision is responding to the needs of children and families in its San Pedro Yepocapa service program area after the Guatemala volcano eruption.
From the Field

Guatemala volcano eruption: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

  • Disaster Relief
  • Guatemala
World Vision U.S. President-elect Edgar Sandoval meets with young South Sudanese refugees in a World Vision child-protection tent at a center in northern Uganda.
Change Makers

World Vision U.S. announces new president and CEO: Edgar Sandoval

  • Charitable Giving
The Syrian refugee crisis is now the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time. Because of the Syrian civil war, 5.6 million people have fled Syria as refugees, putting a strain on the region’s ability to cope. And another 6.1 million people are displaced within Syria.
From the Field

Syrian refugee crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

  • Refugees
  • SyriaIraqJordanLebanonMiddle East
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was the most destructive natural disaster in the history of this poverty-stricken, disaster-prone country. Of the 3 million people affected, 1.5 million were left homeless. Haitians continue to recover and rebuild, despite recurring hazards, including hurricanes, and cholera.
From the Field

2010 Haiti earthquake: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

  • Disaster Relief
  • Haiti
Child-Friendly Spaces provide a safe space for children during emergencies such as conflict, natural disaster, or potentially exploitative situations.
From the Field

Child-Friendly Spaces: Safe places for children in need

  • Child Protection
  • South SudanBangladeshPhilippines
Child labor and exploitation, female genital mutilation (FGM), and human trafficking are among the greatest evils in the world. Pray with us for an end to all harm against children and for World Vision’s work to protect children.
Prayers

Matthew 25: Protecting children through prayer

  • Child Protection
  • CambodiaBangladeshIndiaKenyaUgandaAfricaAsiaLatin America/Caribbean
As followers of Jesus, we have a choice: respond to unsettling realities in fear and withdraw, or follow Him in responding to the greatest needs of our day with love and hope. Reflecting on Matthew 25, pray with us for World Vision's work around the world.
Prayers

Matthew 25 prayer, reflection

  • Christian Faith
Children with disabilities face barriers that often hinder them from receiving proper nutrition, humanitarian aid, or other basic services. We believe every child deserves the chance to reach their God-given potential. Join us to pray for children with disabilities.
Prayers

Matthew 25: Pray for children with disabilities

  • Child Protection
  • MalawiAfricaAsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle EastUnited States
Father's Day gift ideas - tools, seeds and training for farmers
Change Makers

Father’s Day gift ideas that pay it forward

  • Charitable Giving
Shoemaker Mangay Lal and his daughter Mahima. Men in India are taking a stand against a harmful tradition — child marriage — that has tarnished the worth of girls for centuries.
From the Field

Fathers stand together to end child marriage in India

  • Child Protection
  • India
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