A Peruvian family who suffered horrific violence from the Shining Path terrorists found hope through a gift of alpacas from World Vision.
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Child Sponsorship
A doll named Alma
A World Vision sponsor shares gift ideas for sponsored children and how she lets them know they’re loved and cared for during the holiday season.
Here’s to the givers
NOV. 1, 2012 — Here’s to the givers of the world … givers of all sizes and ages, from different walks of life and various income levels. They give not because of a date on the calendar but because they are God’s beloved cheerful givers. Their stories show the impact of relatively simple gifts in developing countries.
Net effect
NOV. 1, 2012, MOZAMBIQUE — In malaria-prone Mozambique, two girls live very different lives. One is protected by a mosquito bed net; the other is not. A handful of gossamer threads treated with insecticide makes all the difference.
From Alabama to India, with love
NOV. 1, 2012, UNITED STATES — Children in Alabama with the Brown House ministry are learning that the world is smaller than they thought by sponsoring a child and donating to the World Vision Gift Catalog.
Taking photos allows teens to share the dangers of child trafficking
For three Albanian teens, taking and sharing photos empowered them to speak up about the dangers of child trafficking and take steps to make a difference.
Fighting gangs’ consuming fire
AUG. 1, 2012, EL SALVADOR — Gang warfare and high murder rates make El Salvador a perilous place to live. World Vision’s community development and child sponsorship programs not only provide a way out of poverty; They also promote youth-focused community programs that keep kids from being drawn into the red-hot cycle of violence.
Photos: Caring for Cambodian children
World Vision builds strong communities through child sponsorship. View these photos of Cambodian children we help keep healthy, educated, and safe.
Higher calling: Former sponsored child now a Jesuit priest
A former sponsored child from the Philippines gave up a successful career in finance to join the brotherhood of the Society of Jesus and become a Jesuit priest.
Helping my homeland: Why I sponsor a girl in India
Aparna Sen, a World Vision sponsor, shares how growing up in Calcutta shaped her desire to help girls in India get an education, and about her recent opportunity to travel to India to meet 12-year-old Rebika, whom Aparna sponsored after becoming acquainted with World Vision and our work in her native country.