OCT. 25, 2016, ZAMBIA — Gift Catalog goats and child sponsorship work together to provide a girl from Zambia with plenty of food, clean water, and an opportunity for education.
News & Stories
Child Sponsorship
From the Field
A former sponsored child is now his neighborhood’s doctor
Now a physician, a former sponsored child in the Dominican Republic developed his interest in medicine through World Vision health programs.
Change Makers
These 5 kids grew up to be global citizens
Get inspired with these 5 stories of children around the world who grew up to be global citizens — using what God has blessed them with to pay it forward.
From the Field
Child sponsorship transforms a shoemaker’s family
Child sponsorship changed Baasandorj’s and his family’s lives forever. Now they’re stepping into the future with hope. Read their story.
From the Field
Clean water lifts mother’s spirit, family’s burden
In a remote Maasai village in rural Kenya, Naomi used to walk and wait for hours to gather unsafe water from a spring they shared with livestock and wild baboons.
From the Field
Olympic couple finds purpose beyond gold medals
Meeting the child they sponsor gave Olympians Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton a deeper motivation to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio.
Change Makers
6 things Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton learned in Kenya
Olympic medalists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton visited their sponsored child in Kenya and learned first-hand how World Vision sponsorship works.
From the Field
Defying La Bestia, ‘The Beast’
Crushed by natural disasters, poverty, and violence, many Hondurans are making the dangerous, desperate trek north using a network of freight trains to find opportunity. Find out how World Vision is creating ways to give young people and their families a reason to stay — and flourish — in the country they love.
Voices
Kelvin Beachum Jr. witnesses a forward pass for progress
Kelvin Beachum Jr., an offensive tackle for the New York Jets, reflects on how sometimes the biggest obstacle to overcoming poverty is access.
From the Field
Former sponsored child now a track star
World Vision child sponsorship helped a young athlete from El Salvador reach the international arena and give back to children in her community.