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Equipping classrooms across the U.S.

World Vision’s Teacher Resource Center helps stock the classrooms of educators serving Title I schools, where many students come from low-income households. When families cannot afford to purchase basic school supplies for their children, teachers often compensate by using their personal funds. For many students across the Pacific Northwest, those simple items help remove small barriers to learning.

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A Chicago after-school program offers alternatives for kids

A partner’s smoke breaks gave Officer William Martinez an opportunity to play basketball with kids in vulnerable Chicago communities. That led him to opening an after-school program where he hopes to set kids on a more positive path for their futures. His police precinct partners with World Vision, which provides William with tools he can use to meet the needs of the children and their families.