article / February 1, 2008
Minorities building a better life through loans
A narrow winding road through picturesque and rocky landscape leads to the village of Hoçë e Madhe / Velika Hoča predominantly populated by the Serb minority.
press release / April 26, 2013
World Vision Awarded Prestigious Millennium Development Goal Lifetime Achievement Award
NAIROBI, Kenya -- World Vision was recently awarded the coveted 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Trust Fund in Kenya for sustainable programs that directly contribute to the realization of the MDGs.
article / April 9, 2013
World Vision promotes the equality of women in Albania
Through the years, the unequal status of Albanian’s women has been a constant presence. International Women’s Day maybe the only day the society and families honor women.
page / November 29, 2015
World Vision Leads Children's Rights in the New Urban Agenda
In October 2016, the United Nations adopted ‘The New Urban Agenda’ at the Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development – a set of guidelines and measurements that will support the implementation of the SDGs in urban areas, specifically U
article / April 3, 2015
Op-Ed: Innovative solutions are necessary to beat malnutrition
It took three days to walk to a village in the far western corner of Nepal. At the school playground, children age two to five were surprisingly chubby, their hair a brownish colour.
Globally, 3.5 million children under 5 die every year due to under nutrition.
article / September 12, 2011
North Korea: Waiting and working in the DPRK
Sixty years ago, World Vision founder Bob Pierce completed a tour in part of central Korea, days before it was annexed by the armed forces of what is now the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
article / February 16, 2017
The importance of learning to read in my mother language
Until I joined a reading programme[1] in Ghana, I used to think that teaching children in their mother tongue was not only a waste of their precious time but also out of fashion.
article / February 10, 2015
The lost boy finds his future
Myo, 17, who lost his left hand in an accident, is now a swimming champion. He represents his country – Myanmar and won one silver and two bronze medals in swimming at the ASEAN Para game 2014 held in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar.
article / May 24, 2010
Never-ending checkpoint frustration
JERUSALEM-WESTBANK-GAZA - An invitation to participate in important meetings at our head office in Jerusalem for three days meant that I would have to go through the West Bank checkpoint.
article / March 11, 2009
Family reunites thanks to their determination & World Vision support
The story of this family dates back to 2003 when a visibly happy couple with three young children, the youngest being only one-year-old, found their life together impossible.