By: Astrid Zacipa, World Vision Communicator, ColombiaLeidy Johana, 24, cannot hold back her tears when she realises that today she has nothing to feed her son Brayan, age eight, before he goes to school.

World Vision Indonesia sent a team comprise of two staff members to Kabanjahe, North Sumatra on Monday (13 January) to conduct a 30-day response, following the worsening situation of Mt. Sinabung activities.

This is Moisi's story, a young boy from a poor community of Albania, who lacked: freedom, food, love, and friends as a child. But, when he grew up, he found much more than he could imagine.

World Vision Canada's Debbie Wolfe examines the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and what it means for children.

Erdenechimeg is the leader of a women's self-help group called Nemekh, which means "Plus." She organized the group with 5 other women in November 2011. "Before organizing the group I used to do felt crafts at home. I was in need of equipment that is necessary for the felt materials.

Un grupo de más de 60 líderes de 10 departamentos del país, en donde World Vision Guatemala tiene cobertura, se reunieron para participar en el II Foro Nacional de Niñez.

By: Sylvia Nabanoba, World Vision Uganda Communicator

Barahona (17 de enero de 2014).- La Diócesis de Barahona y Visión Mundial República Dominicana firmaron este viernes un acuerdo de cooperación para desarrollar programas y proyectos conjuntos que beneficien a familias vulnerables de comunidades de las provincia

150 jovens de todo o Brasil estarão em Fortaleza para discutir políticas públicas nacionais a partir desta segunda (13) até sábado (18). Os adolescentes e jovens fazem parte do Monitoramento Jovem de Políticas Públicas (MJPOP) e monitoram 13 estados do país.

 

Improving the reading habit among the children is one of the objectives of the Cilincing Community Support Group (CCSG). This is one of programs of the group  to create Cilincing as a Child Friendly Area.

Amee, 11, lives in a rural village surrounded by mountain ranges, forests and rivers in Mae Taeng, northwest of Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The majority of people live in poverty.

There are words we are trained not to use as humanitarian communicators.  Traumatised is one of them.  It’s a word with a very specific meaning applied in specific circumstances. But as I looked at this little boy standing with a plastic gun aimed at my head I could think of no other word.

In cooperation with the NGO "Future Leaders," Amgalan ADP has been organizing summer training sessions for children since 2009. The advising teacher of the NGO is teaching World Vision's sponsored children who are at risk and in difficult situations.

By: Theodore Sam, Communications; World Vision India

La oficina de Visión Mundial en República Dominicana le dio la bienvenida a su nuevo director, David Coates. 

Jimaní, provincia Independencia.- Los niños y niñas de Jimaní, provincia Independencia, aprendieron más sobre sus derechos y dónde denunciar cuando sean violentados, gracias a la campaña “Yo Me Cuido, ¿Y Tú?”, auspiciada por Visión Mundial República Dominicana.

Dajabón.- Visión Mundial entregó materiales médicos gastables al hospital Matías Ramón Mella, centro de salud cabecera de la provincia Dajabón. 

Santo Domingo.– Con el propósito de que niños y niñas tengan una educación integral, las organizaciones Visión Mundial República Dominicana, Plan Internacional, la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI), Sur Futuro y el Instituto

Bogotá, Colombia.- Con el fin de fortalecer y promover iniciativas en favor de la niñez vulnerable de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, decenas de líderes cristianos de las organizaciones Visión Mundial Internacional, la Pastoral da Crianca (Brasil) y el Consejo Episcopal Latinoamerican

As the international community marks the one-month anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan, a new report from humanitarian agency World Vision calls for stronger disaster planning for cities to avoid widespread future devastation.

Dibocor strides across the salt plain on the outskirts of his village in Farabougou in the Kaolack region of Senegal wearing the contented smile of a man who has done his bit for his community.

As floods inundated many villages across Jakarta and forced over 60,000 people into evacuation centers, under-five children are the most neglected age group. Often food distributions don't inlcude items which are suitable for children, only for adults, such as instant noodles.