Six people answer a single question: Who believed in you? They share about who encouraged and inspired them when they were younger and how that experience helped shape their lives … and led to their involvement in different areas of World Vision’s work.
News & Stories
Generosity
Change Makers
How one boy’s free throws changed a community in crisis
A World Vision employee’s belief in a 9-year-old boy has created changes that continue to ripple in a community in Zambia. His fundraising helped provide the financial support for a community and World Vision to build a clinic furnished with essential equipment to care for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Change Makers
Sammie’s story: Making the world a better place
Sammie, a girl from New Jersey, learned at school that many people around the world lack enough food and access to clean water. She wanted to help, and her father found a way through World Vision’s Gift Catalog. With money she raised through a lemonade and cookie stand, she was able to purchase the gift of 10 goats to help equip families to overcome poverty.
From the Field
Tornado destruction and long-term recovery in Kentucky
Two brothers who work in construction have been helping their community rebuild after a tornado plowed through their neighborhood in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on December 10, 2021. Read how World Vision partnered with a local church to come alongside them for long-term recovery.
Voices
How I learned to give out of my grief
One woman found joy in supporting World Vision’s work, but when her husband died unexpectedly, she found new meaning in giving a “widow’s offering.” As part of her grieving process, she raised funds to build a water source at a health clinic in Malawi through World Vision.
From the Field
Hope and joy abound after family in Zambia receives goats
In rural Zambia, parents struggled to provide for their children, meaning kids were often unable to go to school or even have regular meals. But with goats from World Vision’s Gift Catalog program, families now are thriving — and blessing others in their community.
Change Makers
Choose joy: These artisan-made gifts give back
This Christmas, the World Vision Gift Catalog includes new artisan-crafted celebrity gift options. Read the stories behind the fair-trade artisans around the world who create these unique handcrafted gifts.
From the Field
Helping refugees from Ukraine during a time of crisis
Learn how World Vision is caring for Ukrainian refugees as well as people in neighboring countries who are opening their homes, volunteering to serve, and working to create a sense of home in this time of trouble.
Voices
A renewed call to care for the poor
Steve Poe, senior pastor at Northview Church in Indiana, shares how Christians should always be ready to respond to the needs of the poor, how Paul demonstrated that in his missionary journeys, and how Steve’s church is doing that.
Voices
Finish strong: 5 simple ways to end the year on a high note
Author and speaker Jon Acuff guest blogs about five simple ways you can finish strong for 2021 … and gives you the tools to end the year on a high note!