News and Stories

We feature write-ups from supporters and staff who are hungry for change and want their voices to be heard.

Syrian mothers, babies survive bomb blast at WV-supported hospital

17 Feb 2016
Latest Updates

A bomb blast Feb. 15 outside a World Vision-supported hospital in A’zaz, northern Syria left a crater of rubble, shattered windows and slightly damaged the building. No patients were injured, but as many as 14 people were killed in the attack.

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Defying all odds, sponsored child earns MBA

29 Jan 2016
Child Sponsorship Stories

Growing up in a poor part of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Razia Akter’s (above, far right) greatest wish was to escape the harsh reality of her family’s poverty. She dreamed of becoming a NASA astronaut and traveling to the moon. An avid reader, she yearned to explore places she read about, like the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

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Zambia: Meeting Maybin for the very first time

19 Jan 2016
Trip Reflections

“You can't change the world, but you can change the world for one person” – Katie Davis

It felt that way when I first met Maybin, my sponsored child. Perhaps not so much that I changed his world, but that he changed mine.

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Hungry to Help: Extending Eight Lives

07 Jan 2016
Youth and Schools

Hello! We are a group of students from Hwa Chong Institution who have come together to raise awareness on global poverty and ultimately implement a child sponsorship programme in our school as part of the Hungry to Help Challenge. Our starting approach was to get students to care more about poverty, and offer them possible avenues to help in a tangible manner.

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A new life for a former sponsored child in Bangladesh

07 Jan 2016
Child Sponsorship Stories

Sent home to die by the first doctors she encountered, Hamida Khatun is only alive today thanks to the World Vision-funded heart surgery she received as a sponsored child, the gift of life allowing her to have a daughter of her own.

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