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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
In the highlands of Peru, a World Vision former sponsored child is now involved in local politics as an elected official in her hometown of Huanta.
From the Field

High achiever: Former sponsored child aims for city’s hall of fame

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Peru
Pray for children: Join World Vision to pray God's promises on the millions of children growing up in hard places. All children should have the opportunity to lead full lives.
Prayers

Hope in hard places: Pray for children

  • Christian Faith Stories
McKesson, a Fortune 500 company and long-time World Vision partner, donates medical supplies to fight the deadly Ebola virus disease.
From the Field

McKesson joins the fight against deadly Ebola virus outbreak

  • Health
  • Sierra Leone
A week after Nepal's earthquake, a stranger came to Kanchi and asked to adopt her two boys. See how World Vision works to protect children after disasters.
Voices

Nepal earthquake: Strangers wanted her little boys

  • Blog
  • Nepal
Feliciano Rimachi Ramirez's hands tell his story and the story of his village, Carhuahuran, Peru. The Bible he holds was given to him by World Vision staff.
Special Features

Peru’s moving past

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Peru
A family sells rubber ducks in Alaska so they can purchase live ducks through World Vision's Gift Catalog, which are given to families in need around the world.
Change Makers

The new duck dynasty

  • Charitable Giving
Our advisor on fragile states breaks down this difficult context for humanitarian work and explains how we're uniquely equipped to respond.
From the Field

Fragile states: Helping children in the worst of all worlds

  • Disaster Relief
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