Children in Disasters

One after the other, disasters are knocking children and their families to their knees. This is a series of stories of their survival, strength, and grit. 

A Parent's Worst Fear | Typhoon Goni in the Philippines

11 Apr 2022
Children in Disasters

Salvador, a father in the Philippines lost his son in Typhoon Goni. "I can still hear him calling me, asking me to save him."

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Is Drought my Destiny?

22 Apr 2020
Children in Disasters
Hunger Crisis
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Eliseu is an 11-year-old who stopped going to school because his family can no longer afford his school fees. He sits by the border and sells Quisangua (a drink made from sugar and maize) to people travelling across. More children like him stand around in the scorching heat, hoping to sell and afford the next meal.

Drought has ransacked their lands, leaving their families in uncertainty of a future. The severity of the drought is sweeping the chances of selling anything as people no longer have the money.

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Concern for Children Rapidly Mounting as Cyclone Idai Devastation Emerges

21 Mar 2019
Children in Disasters
Hunger Crisis

Orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children are the top priority one week after Cyclone Idai tore through Mozambique. World Vision continues to rush aid workers into disaster-ravaged areas across southeast Africa to respond to the Cyclone Idai catastrophe, which has affected millions and left as many as 1,000 people dead in Mozambique.  

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