While progress on ending global poverty and boosting development has slowed or stalled because of the pandemic, we still have many reasons to be hopeful. As we see progress in clean water, mother and child health, advocacy work, and more, we can trust that our sovereign God hasn’t stopped working. Read evidences of God’s mercy to His people with these 12 reasons to have hope in 2022.
News & Stories
Child Sponsorship
From the Field
Gift Catalog goats open a floodgate of blessings in Zambia
A family was struggling in rural Zambia, but a gift of goats through World Vision’s Gift Catalog changed their lives and allowed them to also bless others. Now their children are dreaming of a bright future.
Change Makers
3 ways to bless your sponsored child
As you shop for Christmas gifts and send greeting cards, you can also bless your World Vision sponsored child with a letter, package, or Special Gift — and the My World Vision app makes it all easy.
Change Makers
Retired Georgia teacher devotes life to helping children in need
A child sponsor through World Vision since 1962, Annice Whatley has devoted her life to making the world more just for children in need.
Change Makers
Montana girl’s love for glitter sends gifts of hope to children
Seven-year-old Rooney Weidemann of Montana is dedicated to sending hope to families in need by gifting animals through the World Vision Gift Catalog.
Change Makers
California girl’s gifts bloom with hope for other children
Ten-year-old Blakeleigh Snell’s gifts given through the World Vision Gift Catalog help empower children and families to lift themselves out of poverty. “It feels really good to know that I’m helping someone,” Blakeleigh says.
From the Field
Gardens bring joy to communities in Marafa
Because of World Vision’s child sponsorship–funded programs in Marafa, Kenya, flourishing gardens are a living testament to the hope against the spread of hunger.
From the Field
A sponsored child’s family is blessed with new home
Hellen struggled to provide for her five children in Uganda, but when her son Rome, a World Vision sponsored child, received a Special Gift, it changed everything. The family was able to build a new home with a kitchen and a toilet.
Change Makers
Igniting a passion for the world
Ninth grade students in Texas embark upon a yearlong journey to become compassionate global leaders with a Biblical worldview. They’ll expand their knowledge as they communicate with their sponsored children — Zambian children who had the opportunity to choose them.
From the Field
Full circle: How a former sponsored child became a child sponsor
After his parents abandoned him as a boy, Janvie joined a World Vision child sponsorship program in the Philippines. There, he gained skills and experience that gave him the confidence to grow into the leader that he is today, even now sponsoring a child himself.