Richard looks at how better choices for children, especially girls, can protect them from both poverty and violence. By Richard Rumsey

The earth has completed fifty turns around the sun. To the earth, this is the time it takes to blink. To us living within her veins, it is a blessing from God to have seen the dream of our nation’s father, an independent Bangladesh, manifest over fifty golden years.

By Moses Mukitale, World Vision 21-year-old Peter Papiross can finally dream again.

Tamar Khachilashvili, a mother of two feels happy that her children, 20-year-old Achiko and 15-year-old Lela, are open with her and say their mother is their friend. But, this was not always the case. Even just a few months ago, the situation was very different.

I fondly recall the lessons we learnt at the Sarova LT retreat!

This is a collection of stories from children with disabilities around the globe, sharing their experiences, relationships with others, fears and hurts, hopes and dreams.

Through the Smart Navigator youth clubs, World Vision intends to contribute to reducing the risk of human trafficking by empowering youth to protect themselves and their peers.

At World Vision we believe that every child deserves clean water. Interesting facts and history of water.

Phnom Penh - August 09, 2013: With the International Youth Day just around the corner on 12 August, young people from across Asia are meeting in Chaing Rai this week to find local solutions to child trafficking.

The focus of this year’s World Youth Day on August 12th is on migration. This is an issue that continues to be a real threat for young people around Lao PDR and was the focus of a youth summit held last week in Chiang Rai.