A Peruvian family who suffered horrific violence from the Shining Path terrorists found hope through a gift of alpacas from World Vision.
News & Stories
Voices
Teacher Resource Center supports Los Angeles teachers
Teachers in Los Angeles can face many challenges. World Vision knows that educating children must be a priority for building a better future.
Change Makers
Warren Buffett’s son pledges aid to Congo refugees
Howard Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo to see the dire situation of families displaced due to conflict.
Voices
A doll named Alma
A World Vision sponsor shares gift ideas for sponsored children and how she lets them know they’re loved and cared for during the holiday season.
Voices
A bicycle and the change it brought
Pushpa, a 15-year-old sponsored girl, received a bicycle from World Vision, which allowed her to safely continue her education. Read her story.
Voices
K-LOVE DJ JD Chandler reaches out from Niger
To help children around the world survive to the age of 5, JD Chandler, a DJ at K-LOVE who recently visited children in Niger, will host a radiothon on November 20 to help find sponsors for children in need.
Voices
Hurricane Sandy recovery is especially hard on children
Junior’s book bag and school work were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. It’s too much for him when he learns that the family’s laptop is gone too. His family lost so much when the hurricane flooded their basement apartment.
Voices
Responding to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation across the Northeast
Hurricane Sandy hit land Monday night and continued its trail of destruction along the U.S. East Coast. World Vision staff members are ready with emergency supplies for areas that have been hit hardest. See updates here as we track the storm and our disaster relief efforts.
Change Makers
Author Debbie Macomber puts love in every stitch
Debbie Macomber is international spokesperson for Knit for Kids, World Vision’s program that encourages knitters to craft warm clothes for children in need.
Special Features
Here’s to the givers
NOV. 1, 2012 — Here’s to the givers of the world … givers of all sizes and ages, from different walks of life and various income levels. They give not because of a date on the calendar but because they are God’s beloved cheerful givers. Their stories show the impact of relatively simple gifts in developing countries.
Special Features
Net effect
NOV. 1, 2012, MOZAMBIQUE — In malaria-prone Mozambique, two girls live very different lives. One is protected by a mosquito bed net; the other is not. A handful of gossamer threads treated with insecticide makes all the difference.
Special Features
From Alabama to India, with love
NOV. 1, 2012, UNITED STATES — Children in Alabama with the Brown House ministry are learning that the world is smaller than they thought by sponsoring a child and donating to the World Vision Gift Catalog.
