article / Junho 2, 2009
Monica defies the odds & sets medicine in her sight
Monica P. lives with her father, step-mother and her two step-brothers in a mud-brick two-roomed house with neither electricity nor running water. Her father speaks with grief in his voice; “It has been a year now since we had electricity or television”.
article / Fevereiro 8, 2019
Across the Jubba River Lives a Doctor
By Simon Nyabwengi, Country Director, World Vision Somalia
article / Março 18, 2009
Child with a child learns to become a mother
Rodica comes from a poor and broken home. Her parents divorced when she was just three years old and since then she has lived with her grandmother, on her father’s side of the family.
article / Março 6, 2009
Single mother raises daughter on her own with help of small loans
Marina Gabrichidze, 42, has worked since age 15; she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t knitting or embroidering. Her grandmother taught her how to knit and embroidery as a hobby- never thinking that her life and that of her daughter would one day be sustained by them.
article / Fevereiro 26, 2009
Widow & mother fights for better future for her 7 children
“I worked at a dairy since I was 14 and my hands are not used to resting for a minute without doing something. After Gheorghe passed away, life became harder for us, but I must take care of my children, to feed and send them to school”, says Mirela.
article / Dezembro 9, 2008
By helping others I help myself
After finishing school Kristina entered State University and after studying economics for five years was married. Her husband had lived in the Ukraine for 14 years. The blushing bride didn’t see the need to be tested for HIV.
article / Junho 13, 2016
World Vision Afghanistan: Re-shaping life stories
In a village in a remote part of Ghor province, Afghanistan, everything appears tranquil and pastoral: birdsong, the gentle bleating of sheep, the murmur of flowing water and the smell of homemade bread.
article / Dezembro 14, 2017
Shivani - A Story of Urban Life in India
Written by Elizabeth Hendley, Photography by Eugene Lee
press release / Maio 10, 2016
Closure of Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : JOINT STATEMENT NGOs Urge Government of Kenya to Reconsider Intended Closure of Refugee Camps
article / Março 14, 2016
Not helpless, but hopeful
Charles KabenaFor the rest of my life, I will never forgetthe day I met Leonard, a 13 year old boy who had his life and dreams turned upside down because of hunger.