publication / January 20, 2014
Stand with me: children's rights, wronged
As the Syrian conflict nears its fourth year, the situation for children affected by the crisis is becoming unbearable. Thousands of children have been killed, and millions more have been displaced.
publication / March 3, 2017
Girl Vision
Addressing barriers to keep girls in school
Poverty, discrimination and exploitation keep millions of girls out of school. In fact, half of all girls in developing countries do not even finish primary school.
article / April 4, 2014
Rwanda Genocide: healing hearts
April 2014 marks 20 years since the Rwanda genocide began. Here is the story of Andrew Birasa and Callixte Karemangingo, two friends torn apart and later reconciled through World Vision's peacebuilding programme.
article / March 5, 2014
The girl of Mokra street
Within the first five minutes of meeting her, Erisjena Rruplli, 17, gracefully rejects all yours expectations and breaks all stereotypes of children and adolescents from her neighbourhood in one of the poorest towns in Albania.
article / February 24, 2017
Dancing helps Tania escape reality of child labour
A song begins to play on an old CD player in a dark, one-room home in Khulna, Bangladesh, but Tania Akter hits the next button. Another song starts, but she shakes her head disapprovingly and again hits the skip button. And again. And again. And again.
publication / June 3, 2015
Opening doors for Roma kids
Across Europe, individuals and children especially from the Roma minority are met with what seem like insurmountable obstacles: discrimination, lack of access to services, including education.