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From the Field

Photos: The streets of Aleppo, Syria

Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
From the Field

6 of the worst disasters in 2016

Humanitarian assistance in Aleppo
From the Field

Fleeing Aleppo: Man recounts chaos leaving war-torn city

Blueprint to Solve Poverty, gray and orange world map. Darker orange countries have higher rates of extreme poverty. ©2016 World Vision
From the Field

Blueprint to solve poverty

World Human Rights Day - color coded map of the world showing best and worst places to be a child ©2016 World Vision
From the Field

World Human Rights Day: Worst places to be a child

One of our favorite photos of 2016 is of a dramatic storm in Zambia.
From the Field

Life frames: Our favorite photos of 2016

An Iraqi pastor says Christmas is not about the tree, the decorations or buying gifts. It’s about two things.
Voices

Iraqi pastor has a new perspective on the Christmas story

This Giving Tuesday, Thirty-One Gifts will match up to $2,000,000 with product! Rachel Teodoro writes about how this partnership helped keep newborns warm.
Voices

The gift of a baby blanket

Chickens and goats from World Vision's Gift Catalog and child sponsorship set a family in Zambia on a path to prosperity.
Special Features

Unusual angels: Gift Catalog chickens a family’s saving grace

Pastor Greg Holder encourages the church — collectively and individually — to respond to the Syrian refugee crisis.
Voices

‘Aslan is on the move’: Calling all Christians to respond

This Thanksgiving, Rich Stearns encourages us to pray for those — like refugees — who don't have the homes, food, and family we celebrate today.
Voices

Loving through our differences at Thanksgiving

Water inundates Boudain, a community on La Gonâve island, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew on the island nation. Ivonne and her daughter Cindia, 8, walk toward their collapsed home. “I really do not know what I will do,” she says. World Vision supports 100 children in Boudain through sponsorship and is bringing relief supplies. (©2016 Claudia Martinez/World Vision)
From the Field

2016 humanitarian world news headlines