As we commemorate World Water Day, March 22, World Vision celebrates reaching its 2020 goal to bring clean water to one person every 10 seconds. Well-drilling teams, engineers, geologists, and community leaders in dozens of countries worked tirelessly through 2016 to accomplish that goal three years ahead of schedule. Ultimately, we hope to provide access to clean water to every person in every community where we work around the world.
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Voices
Bringing happiness to a child named Happy
Many names help give meaning to a person’s life. For International Day of Happiness, we’re celebrating children around the world with the name Happy! Hear what makes some of our Happy-named staff happy, and see a fun way that you can bring a little happiness to the world today.
Voices
Facing responsibility: The face of a refugee child
In 2013, World Vision President Rich Stearns met 10-year-old Haya in Jordan. The song she sang to him that day became a pivotal moment in his life: “Do you ever think of the children of Syria?” Hear from Rich about the impact of that moment, and three and a half years later, join us in reconnecting with Haya.
From the Field
Syrian refugee children use art to express pain and loss
In a Child-Friendly Space in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, young Syrian refugees use art to express their feelings of loss and hope.
From the Field
How’d they do that: Make a tip tap for handwashing
Contraptions called tip taps, which provide clean water for handwashing, are simple to build with easy-to-find materials. Try making one with your family!
Change Makers
From Syria to Seattle: When worlds collide
They did not know each other, but simultaneously, their lives were plunging into an abyss. Seattle software programmer Cari Conklin was on a collision course with the Alhamdens, one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria’s civil war.
Voices
Podcast with members of Foster the People, MTV’s ‘Scream’
In this podcast, hear about a trip with members of Foster the People and MTV’s “Scream” to see the moment when water arrived in a Ugandan community.
Voices
When a mother dies
What happens when a mother dies? In poorer parts of the world, like the highlands of Papua, Indonesia, a mother’s death can be especially devastating to her family’s livelihood and survival. And in 2015, 760 mothers-to-be died every day. This International Women’s Day, let’s #BeBoldforChange by helping to ensure that poor mothers survive childbirth.
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Seeing the real faces of the global water crisis
663 million people don’t have clean water. It’s time to start putting real faces to this number. Start with one. Because one more child with clean water brings 663 million down to 662,999,999. And one by one we can bring clean water to children across the globe.
Voices
Nivesh begins to dream of water and beyond
Without clean water, you and your clothes stay dirty. Imagine being too ashamed to go to church. To school. Without hope or community around you. Nivesh is a girl whose dreams were dying before they ever had a chance. See how the promise of clean water is giving new life to her dreams!
From the Field
Blessings overflow: Clean water makes Everlyn’s future bright
Everlyn’s in school, her mother’s garden is thriving, and her family’s faith is stronger. Child sponsorship and clean water have made all the difference.
Voices
What to do for Lent: Love others
Rich Stearns reflects on Lent, a time of sacrifice and reflection leading up to Easter, as an ideal time to emulate the counter-cultural ways of the early Christians, whose faith was so attractive that Christianity spread like wildfire.
