By Andrew Clucas
Senior Advisor, Quality and Innovation - Education, World Vision International

I take the ability to read for granted. Growing up in Australia, all the kids at my school learnt to read. It was like running around in the playground and kicking a football. It’s just what kids did.

Govinda, on the other hand, probably had a different childhood experience to mine. He grew...

By Kerin Ord,
Education Global Sector Lead

Recognising faith leaders as vital partners in ending poverty has come late to the humanitarian industry. In many countries, the influence religious leaders have over people can literally save lives. In Sierra Leone, for example, imams persuading families to forgo traditional burial rites for their loved ones reduced infection rates and helped end the Ebola crisis.

By: Sunha Hwang, WVI Basic Education Atlas Corps Fellow

“I want to go to an academic high school, not a vocational school.”

I still remember the moment that I spoke to my parents about my desire to pursue a secondary education.

When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic crisis occurred in 1997, the majority of people in South Korea were struggling with financial difficulties.

My family was not an exception. I had to decide on my...

Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr is renowned globally for his extraordinary efforts to fight the injustices of inequality. During a recent visit to Rev King’s hometown in Atlanta, Georgia, I had the privilege of learning more about his life, faith and work. Most of the exhibits I viewed brought to life the context of his pivotal role in helping to establish the Civil Rights Movement in America during the 1960s.

Of the many famous sayings that he was known for, the...