Violence is a daily reality for1.7 billion of the world’s children and COVID-19 is fanning the flames. Right now, our work to protect children from violence matters more than ever. Here are five ways that child sponsors like you are helping to keep kids safe.

Kids develop at a different pace, even if they have a perfect start, and quality education can mean different things in different parts of the world. Wondering why you sponsored child’s letter, drawing or verbal communications might not be at the level you expected? Here are 10 facts about education in the developing world which your sponsorship is also helping to change.

Writing letters to your child, and having them write back, can be pretty amazing for both of you. Many children in World Vision’s child sponsorship programme live in the farthest corners of the world and getting there isn’t easy. But every day, that’s exactly what we do. Here’s how it happens…

There’s nothing like the feeling of finding a letter from your sponsored child in your mailbox or inbox. But what if the letter itself is short, lacking detail or simply not the conversation you had hoped it would be? There are some good reasons why this can happen. Here are four of them.

Sponsoring a child is a personal, effective way to fight poverty. Your support will change one of the world’s poorest communities, with a complete plan to transform the area their children are born into, for your sponsored child and other children growing up alongside them. You’ll bring hope, as they flourish towards their full potential in life. 

Here are seven encouraging reasons why we believe it’s one of the best ways to transform a child’s life

The 30 Hour Famine: #ClimateAction 2020 took place virtually on Instagram for the first time from 26 - 29 May. A total of 488 participants challenged themselves to fight climate change by completing various tasks to reduce their carbon footprint, while learning about the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities. Four teams share their reflections with us and how their lifestyles have changed after taking on the challenge! 

"All we knew from the Singapore side was that we were only sending financial aid. But there’s a lot more [to it], a lot of programs were built up. I was very impressed by the operations that went on.”

On 1 February, Mothership Facebook posted a report on a sponsor in Hong Kong receiving the same photo in consecutive Annual Progress Reports, and also a photo that does not look like the sponsored child in 2019.  After speaking to our Hong Kong office, we understand that it was due to a human error, and the latest photo of the child, who is currently studying accountancy, has been sent to the Hong Kong child sponsor. Due to a large number of children supported in our different Area Programmes and child monitoring across a huge geographical region, there have been isolated instances where unfortunately technical or human error arises. However, we take all these cases seriously and we work to further enhance timely and accurate progress reports and updates.

“Mama told me about the poor and I felt sad because they don’t have nice clothes and food. They have patches on their clothes and no money.”