World Vision President and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. reflects on feeding a malnourished child named Mone in Ethiopia and how moments like this reveal both the challenges families face and the power of faith in action. Marking World Vision’s 75th anniversary, he looks back on decades of God’s faithfulness, from war-torn Korea to today’s global crises, and shares a bold vision as we look toward the future.
News & Stories
Winter 2025 Magazine
Voices
Remembering God’s faithfulness and trusting Him for the future
In this editor’s letter, we pause to remember how far God has brought us. Drawing from 1 Samuel 7, where Samuel sets up a stone of remembrance and calls it Ebenezer, this reflection marks World Vision’s 75th anniversary as a moment to look back with gratitude and forward with faith. The stories in this issue serve as our own “stone of help,” celebrating decades of God’s faithfulness through the stories of lives changed, including our own.
Change Makers
A foundation of faith
A Sunday school teacher’s gift and prayer to a young Bob Pierce sparked something that would one day reach across the world. That small act of faith led him to follow God’s call, planting the roots of World Vision and decades of global impact. Now, 75 years later, those seeds continue to grow, transforming lives and communities around the world.
From the Field
The good mother
A Guatemalan family that once lived on a dirt floor and drank watery soup proves that hard work, child sponsorship, economic empowerment training, and World Vision Gift Catalog animals change lives.
From the Field
Ending hunger together: How World Vision and WFP reach the world’s hungriest people
For over 30 years, World Vision and the World Food Programme have partnered to fight global hunger, reaching tens of millions of children with meals, support, and opportunities to thrive.