A Malawi woman had lost hope for her life, her family, and her future. But a neighbor saw her potential and guided her to World Vision’s training, which, in turn, helped transform how she saw herself and ultimately healed her marriage.
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Economic Empowerment
From the Field
An identity rooted in God leads to a new business
Single mother, Aisha, learned that she’s a child of God with much potential through a World Vision training. Now she’s started several businesses and is able to provide for her family.
From the Field
Thanksgiving: Celebrating abundant harvests around the world
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, also give thanks for the Lord’s blessings in the lives of farmers World Vision partners with around the world. World Vision works with farmers to help them produce abundant and resilient crops during a rising global hunger crisis. See the work in photos, and meet some of the people who are now thriving.
From the Field
Clean water access assuages a mother’s fears
A past fearful of children drowning no longer exists in a Zambian community. That changed with the arrival of World Vision-drilled wells. Now a young mother and her community no longer fear water-borne illness or sending children to collect water.
From the Field
Eyewitness to need: Keeping a promise in Ghana
A mother and her two daughters take an unusual vacation to Ghana. They not only see the beauty of God’s earth, but learn how not having clean water stops progress for mothers and daughters just like them.
From the Field
Building resilient communities by improving lives of women and girls
Traditionally women and girls have faced many obstacles that have kept them from realizing their full potential. World Vision works alongside local leaders to increase possibilities for girls and women and by doing so, strengthens the entire community.
From the Field
Shofika won’t let her disability and refugee status stop her
Even before being forced to flee Myanmar, Shofika dealt with the problems her disability caused for her within her community. But she refuses to give up becoming a leader within her new community of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
From the Field
Winter 2025: 75th anniversary magazine
As World Vision marks 75 years of walking alongside children and families, this digital magazine winter edition celebrates what God has done so far. You’ll meet children growing into their dreams, families planting seeds of change, and communities rising together. These stories honor God’s faithfulness and love that continues to reach across generations and around the world.
From the Field
The good mother
A Guatemalan family that once lived on a dirt floor and drank watery soup proves that hard work, child sponsorship, economic empowerment training, and World Vision Gift Catalog animals change lives.
Change Makers
What is extreme poverty and how can we end it?
Extreme poverty affects nearly 700 million people worldwide. Learn what causes it, how it impacts children and families, and discover proven solutions from World Vision and global experts.