article / août 13, 2008
Georgia Conflict: Young mother and son flee to uncertain future
Women and children huddled in the cellars of their homes in the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali over the weekend, only to leave their hiding places when the deafening sound of gunfire eased.
article / décembre 31, 2010
For Jhana abandoning her baby is no longer an option
Her husband was on ‘military service’ in Afghanistan and her parents wouldn’t allow her to stay in their home because according to Jhana she had gone against their wishes and married a Georgian man instead of a Kurd.
article / juin 6, 2017
Ms Coumba Gawlo, World Vision Senegal Goodwill Ambassador
World Vision and musician Coumba Gawlo launched a series of activities together in 2016 under the banner of promoting protection and participation for children in vu
press release / février 27, 2013
Young girls testify to human rights abuses in Northern Mali
BAMAKO, Mali, 5 February 2013 -- World Vision is extremely concerned about the plight of girls and young women in Northern Mali, amid growing reports of young women being beaten, sexually assaulted and forced to become 'brides' for armed opposition groups.
press release / février 8, 2013
Young girls testify to human rights abuses in Northern Mali
BAMAKO, Mali, 5 February 2013 -- World Vision is extremely concerned about the plight of girls and young women in Northern Mali, amid growing reports of young women being beaten, sexually assaulted and forced to become 'brides' for armed opposition groups.
article / novembre 22, 2014
No gas, no money, and a harsh winter on the way
More than 600,000 displaced Iraqis are in desperate need of winter assistance as temperatures continue to drop, and the mountainous region of Kurdish-controlled Iraq receives its first snows.
article / février 19, 2010
Why Albania falls short on World Day of Social Justice
‘All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights; all have the right to life and liberty’, states the Declaration of Human Rights, yet the streets of Albania’s major cities are home to children that are abused and exploited for work under the harshest of conditions.
article / octobre 7, 2014
Believing in Potential
Eighteen-year-old Midula sits in her wheelchair in front of her computer, keenly observing the work of her little student who are creating colourful slides. Midula then points to the screen and prompts her student to click on the correct menu.
article / juillet 24, 2018
Education in the Midst of Crisis
“I returned to school to attend classes, but found few students or sometimes no teacher around, so I simply stopped going.” These were the words of Lamata, a young girl from Koro District in Central Mali’s Mopti region.
article / juin 3, 2009
Food parcels bring relief to family ‘entombed in poverty’
Yousif Tawfik Lobbad is a 42-year old man with eight children. Yousif has been unemployed for the past four years. During a workplace accident he damaged the nerves in his hand and can no longer perform manual work.