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The daughter of World Vision’s founder shares how a little girl named Joy in Uganda helped her put her faith into action through child sponsorship.
Voices

Joy, my sponsored child, chose me

  • Child Sponsorship
8 miles for water: A Wisconsin couple launched a fundraiser called “8 Miles for Water,” in recognition of a Kenyan woman who walked that many miles each day to get water.
Change Makers

Wisconsin walkers raise money for clean water in Kenya

  • Clean Water Stories
Baby Parul, 8 months old, lives in a brothel with her mother, who works as a sex worker.
Special Features

Children of the brothel

  • Child Protection Stories
  • Bangladesh
Now the first and only professional in his family, a father of two in El Salvador reflects on the impact of child sponsorship in his spiritual life and career path.
From the Field

El Salvador father recalls sponsorship’s role in his spiritual life

  • Child Sponsorship
  • El Salvador
Sedra, 7, her parents, and her six siblings, ages 1 to 11, feared for their lives as they fled their war-torn nation, running away with only the clothes on their backs as they headed to the Jordanian border. They now live in Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan.
Special Features

Crying for their country

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaJordan
Letter writing may seem old-fashioned. But for Kay's sponsored child Maya, letters transformed her life. Read her tips on writing life-changing letters.
Change Makers

5 simple tips on life-changing letter writing

  • Child Sponsorship
Uganda genocide: In an article from July 1979, former World Vision U.S. President Stan Mooneyham writes about his visit to Uganda after the genocide perpetrated by dictator Idi Amin.
Voices

Uganda genocide: A nightmare finally comes to an end

  • Disaster Relief
  • Uganda
One of Marilee Pierce Dunker’s greatest joys is watching people come to a child sponsorship table to search for the little face that touches their heart.
Voices

The divine matchmaking of child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
A visit with elderly saints in Xiamen, China who came to Christ in faith before communism closed China to the gospel.
Voices

In China, a flame of faith ignites eager, young hearts

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • China
From the Field

5 of the worst disasters in 2013

  • Disaster Relief
  • MexicoPhilippines
From the Field

2013 life frames: Storytelling from World Vision photographers

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • BangladeshAlbaniaBoliviaBurundiCambodiaDominican RepublicGhanaHondurasJordanKenyaNigerRomaniaSomaliaTanzania
Goats help a boy in Sierra Leone pay for school.
From the Field

Life frames: Our favorite photos of 2013

  • Child Sponsorship
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