article / September 22, 2014
Roads; the life line of a refugee camp
By Theodore Sam, World Vision Spread over a massive area of around 1,920 acres (three square miless) of vast desert land, the Za’atari Refugee Camp, with more than 87,000 refugees, is probably the fourth largest city in Jordan now. All of the residents have fled their homes in Syria.
article / June 15, 2018
The Widows and the Orphans of Conflict
In conflict, wars and disasters the loss of human lives is inevitable. In the majority of cases this loss can be averted. The story is the same in the Central Mali, where there rages a complex security crisis and ethnic conflict.
article / December 15, 2009
HIV and AIDS becomes ‘real’ for Georgian youth
Schools, World Vision-supported Youth Centres and World Vision ‘Health Care Cabinets’ hosted the events in three different Public Health/HIV and AIDS (PHHA) targeted regions of Georgia.
article / November 9, 2009
Complaints boxes help Georgia’s displaced voice concerns
Nearly 20,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living in 37 settlements in Georgia following last year’s conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia and many continue to face myriad problems, including unemployment, lack of opportunity, lack of community, and the reality of living
article / December 12, 2008
Romanian teenager inspired by the World Congress on Sexual Exploitation of children and teenagers
The event brought together more than 3,000 representatives from governments, UN agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to discuss past achievements, current problems and future challenges in the fight against sexual exploitation.
article / December 4, 2008
Nora’s story: a mother’s determination ensures her child’s access to education
Nora was born with infantile cerebral paralysis which impairs the movement of her lower limbs and she is unable to walk by herself.
article / January 15, 2014
Reading Camp: A Way out of Reading Difficulties
Children’s reading skills in primary school are very poor in Ethiopia in general. The situation at the primary school of Wonchi District was even far deeper than many other areas.
article / December 30, 2013
Increased Efforts to Tackle HIV in Remote Villages
Tho* looks pretty and young. The 32-year-old woman has four children but only three of them stay with her. The children all look thin and are not clean.
press release / November 22, 2013
Tourists to South East Asia Call for More Action on Child Safe Tourism
press release / September 13, 2013
We Are All Responsible for Each Other’s Children
By Leith Greenslade Co-Chair, Child Health of MDG Health alliance and Vice Chair, Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals