Three months after the quake, World Vision's Laura Blank met a young boy who made a big impression. Lisa Salyer found him to see how he is doing now six months after the quake.

Two years ago, when an incredible earthquake rocked China’s Sichuan province, Wong Chingyee was a social worker in Hong Kong. As she watched the shocking scenes of the quake unfold on television, something began to stir up in her.

World Vision’s recovery programme for Hainggyi Township will complete at the end of June, 2010. It is recognised that livelihoods in the affected area will then have recovered to the pre-Nargis levels. (On World Vision's Asia / Pacific website)

The horror of the night of 27 February, when an 8.8 Richter scale earthquake struck Chile, is still present in the lives of the people of Lota. Victoria, who used to be a very cheerful and talkative girl, is now quiet and shy, her mother Esterlina told us.

John Kisimir is a World Vision relief communications expert from Kenya. "I am on the trail, following thousands of people on the run from the tribulations of the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti."

Amid the constant hum and buzz of helicopters and airplanes coming and going, I made it to Concepción, near the epicenter of where the earthquake hit. It was a short ride from Santiago on a small airplane packed with blankets, diapers, milk, juice, and other urgently needed supplies.

At a World Vision Child-Friendly Space in Lycee Petionville, Haiti, children affected by the massive 7.0 earthquake sing, dance, and play games in one of their few opportunities to return to normalcy.

Sponsored child Leonel Novas, 17, was thrilled to discover he can play a role in World Vision's relief efforts following the Haiti quake.

A few days ago, Fabiola's only protection from the elements was provided by thin, torn, roughly-tied-together bed sheets. Tarpaulins and other supplies from World Vision have made a big difference.

Blog entries from 14 - 20 January. "Well, a heart-stopping moment this morning when a powerful aftershock, just after 6 a.m. had me making a hasty exit out of my hotel."

World Vision's Willard Metzger, director of church relations in Canada, was leading a group of volunteers on a trip to Haiti when an earthquake rocked his Port-au-Prince hotel Tuesday afternoon. In the night and day that followed, that hotel became a makeshift hospital—and morgue. This is Willard’s eyewitness account.

Five years ago, on the morning of 26th December 2004, a massive undersea earthquake triggered a series of tsunamis that charged across the Indian ocean. The surging waves hit the shores of a dozen countries. Around 230,000 people lost their lives in the disaster.

The Government of Sri Lanka this week lifted all restrictions on the freedom of movement of the people held in displacement camps in the north of the country, signaling an important victory in the advocacy efforts of the humanitarian community.

“I love this newly built dormitory. It is spacious, bright, solid and firm. We feel safe sleeping inside,” grade 8 student Chen Yao told World Vision staff during the moving-in ceremony held in September at Beimiao Primary School in Jiange County of Sichuan Province.

Geoffrey’s voice can hardly be heard above the din of voices at the grounds of an evacuation center in Marikina. Dressed in a pair of shorts and red shirt, the nine-year-old rapper’s head bobs up and down as he works on the rhythm of famous rap song.

When disaster strikes, it is often the children in communities who are the most vulnerable. Here, two children affected by the earthquakes that rocked Indonesia tell their stories.

Cambodian families affected by severe flooding in early September are returning home as water levels dissipate. In the wake of the retreating water, World Vision is promoting awareness around safe health and hygiene practices, to prevent against water borne and sanitation related diseases. (On Asia/Pacific site)

Ms. Jiang Hui-Zhen, a staff member for World Vision, was stranded near her landslide-buried village for three days before being airlifted to a shelter.

With a digital camera, notebook, pen and photographing permit in hand, I set out in the scorching heat for Otash camp for Internally Displaced People in South Darfur.

Six months after a ceasefire was declared in the Gaza strip little has changed for fishermen who struggle to eke out a living because of official restrictions, the lack of equipment and a fear of attacks.

"I am in Pakistan’s northwest, where some of the poorest communities on earth are opening their doors to more than two million people fleeing fighting across Swat Valley," writes aid worker Chris Webster.