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June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor.
From the Field

Igniting a movement against child labor

  • Child Protection Stories
Bithi wanted to become a doctor. But poverty forced her into child labor in a garment factory in Bangladesh, making upwards of 480 pairs of pants a day.
From the Field

A look at child labor inside a garment factory in Bangladesh

  • Child Protection Stories
  • Bangladesh
Voices

Q&A: Hope at home in Honduras

  • Blog
  • HondurasLatin America/Caribbean
In India, a boy from one of the poorest families in his village became the first college graduate — an accomplishment he credits to his World Vision sponsor.
From the Field

Former sponsored child passes on his love of learning

  • Child Sponsorship
family in Mozambique holding birth registration cards
From the Field

Congress passes legislation to protect children through birth certificates

  • Child Protection Stories
  • United States
This Ebola survivor's inspiring story and the work of World Vision-trained Ebola burial teams received the Bond International Humanitarian Award.
From the Field

Ebola survivor brings dignity to burials

  • Disaster Relief
  • Sierra Leone
Child sponsorship and community development have helped families in Huanta, Peru overcome a violent past.
From the Field

Children in Peru thrive through child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Peru
Despite continued heartbreak in the most difficult places, the past few decades have shown incredible progress in the fight against extreme poverty.
Voices

Solving the puzzle of poverty with child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
Zambian families waited decades for clean water. Then one day, life was transformed.
Voices

Brimming with hope: Clean water transforms a Zambian village

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Tyler Brunst is a kid with big dreams of bringing clean water to communities in Africa. He's raising money by selling lemonade and bracelets.
Change Makers

11-year-old’s lemonade stand raises over $16K for clean water

  • Clean Water Stories
When the World Vision bloggers traveled to Armenia this winter, we met Menua and his mother Anoush. See the difference that his sponsors Rick and Becky are making in Menua's life and how important their letters are to him … and a reply from Becky!
Voices

Dear Rick and Becky, I hope you get to read this one day

  • Blog
  • Armenia
Child sponsors come from all walks of life, all 50 states, and all generations since World Vision’s early days in the 1950s. When and why they choose to sponsor vary as greatly as the people themselves. Read the stories of a few sponsors who have responded through the decades.
Change Makers

Faithfulness of child sponsors through the decades

  • Child Sponsorship
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