NOV. 1, 2014 — Around the globe, a quarter of children younger than 5 fail to grow because they do not have enough food to eat. Here are seven of those hungry places and how World Vision is helping to change that.
News & Stories
From the Field
30 years later, World Vision pilots talk of Ethiopia famine, BBC’s famous report
Two pilots for the World Vision relief operation during the 1980s Ethiopian famine share the story of flying a BBC film crew to the crisis zone.
Voices
The Lord of the harvest
Jesus refers to God as “the Lord of the harvest” (Matthew 9:38). How do you reflect God’s bounty in your everyday life? Guest blogger Benjamin L. Corey encourages us to put God in his place this harvest season.
Voices
Finding encouragement amid trials and tribulations
I have to admit that I have felt a bit like Gideon this past year as I have watched the unspeakable violence happening against God’s people in places like Iraq, Syria, and South Sudan. I have been tempted to ask as Gideon did — “Where are You, God?”
Voices
An army that marches on its knees
There has never been a day that World Vision staff are not praying for direction, for provision, for healing, for forgiveness — and for mountains to move.
From the Field
Child soldier prevention law: Partial enforcement lets some offending countries off the hook
Through a loophole in the 2008 Child Soldier Prevention Act, some offending countries aren’t being held accountable for using children in their armed forces.
From the Field
World Vision celebrates its birthday with help from kids worldwide
Sept. 22 marks 67 years since World Vision was founded by Bob Pierce in 1950. But without these smiling faces, our birthday would be meaningless.
Voices
Economic empowerment gives hope to India’s Bru tribe
Dozens of Bru tribe families in India have homes of their own, thanks to the economic empowerment program called “Land for the Landless.”
Voices
Kony, child soldiers, and remembering Margaret
Writer Kari Costanza recalls her trip to Gulu, Uganda, a place made infamous by Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. It was also there that Margaret Alerotek, a World Vision communications staff member in Uganda, had taken her last meal.
Voices
The longevity of World Vision water wells
A new scientific study by the UNC Water Institute shows that World Vision water wells continue to flow for decades. But not because the wells function better. They keep flowing for so much longer than usual because World Vision teaches the people who need that water how to repair broken wells!
Voices
Pursuing the best: Innovation revolutionizes farming in Africa
World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns reflects on how putting old things together in a new way can create something revolutionary — a new innovative approach to farming in Tanzania is freeing communities from the grip of poverty.
From the Field
Thai students’ innovations reap ripe rewards
Through student innovations and school support, a World Vision-funded lunch program became an award-winning farm with endless learning and income prospects.
