article / August 20, 2015
Cyclone Nargis- Transforming a nightmare to readiness
I was doing my normal work routine when I heard the storm warning from a radio that afternoon. It was May 2, 2008 just before Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar.
article / February 3, 2014
Philippines: keeping mothers and babies healthy after disaster
Rowena smiles as she watches her 8-month old baby Solenn plays with the toys. He is just up after a long nap he fell in to after a good feed. The other mothers smile with her. That’s what mothers do here in this little space World Vision has created.
article / January 30, 2020
Dorcas champions a life for women and girls that’s free from gender-based violence
Dorcas is among the thousands of women and girls who were part of World Vision’s activities aimed at the prevention of gender-based violence in Juba.
article / December 3, 2021
Rich harvest awaits sponsorship vineyard in Uganda
For every one sponsored child, four more benefit from a wide range of World Vision's interventions in health, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, livelihoods and protection. Gracious is one among the 3,600 children sponsored by World Vision in its Koro Bobi area programme. Here's her inspiring story.
article / April 11, 2015
Dirk Booy and Esther Lehmann-Sow: "Many things have been achieved, but let us not be satisfied just yet!"
From 23 to 26 March, the Global Director of Field Operations, Dirk Booy, accompanied by Esther Lehmann-Sow, Regional Leader for the organization in western Africa, visited five ADPs in Mauritania three of which are Aleg, Bababé and Dar El Barka.
publication / March 6, 2018
Building Social Cohesion with Children
This brief outlines community informed ways to foster social cohesion between host communities and refugees, but also within South Sudanese refugee communities.
press release / November 28, 2013
Haiyan aid scaled up with larger distributions to more remote areas
Around 60,000 people in remote areas of the Philippines have now now received life-saving aid from World Vision, after their communities were torn apart by Typhoon Haiyan.