Monday, August 24, 2026

How Education Helped Durjoy Turn Hardship into Hope

Durjoy, our sponsored child from Bagerhat, overcame hardship to achieve GPA 5 in his SSC examination and pursue his dream of becoming an engineer. His story reflects how World Vision’s Sponsorship programme is helping transform the lives of thousands of children and families.

Ashik's Everlasting Smile

There is nothing that can snatch Ashik's smiles from his face anymore. His smile endures from the morning to night, from the playground to his school and...

A Woman With Dreams

Doel*, is a 24-year-old loving mother of a 2-year-old girl. She is also a mother to hundreds of children at her school and is playing a prominent role in...

Ujala Becomes Self-reliant by Raising Poultry

2009 Ujala Khatun, 39, lives in a remote village in Dhobaura, Mymensingh district. Her husband is a subsistence farmer, but they don't have enough land to...

Darkness turns to light of hope

“Our days were passing happily with two little kids. At least three meals a day was affordable to us. But we fell in total darkness when my husband, the...

World Vision International President Visits Bangladesh

World Vision International's president and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Jenkins visted Bangladesh from 7 February to 10 February. During the visit, he...

Jhorna strengthening women's voices in her community

Empowered by World Vision’s women leadership capacity development support, Jannatul Ferdous Jhorna plays an active part in her community’s development...

PD hearth program changing nutrition status in the community

“My child was very weak and thin. She was not eager to take any food except breastfeeding. I was very anxious of her health. Being poor, I cannot afford to...

Fatema dreaming of a better future

“I was very vulnerable but Child Safety Net Project (CSP) has extended its hands to me for my better future. I am encouraged and hope from their support I...

Luna inspiring women for self employment

Morshalina Akter Luna, 39, is a very successful entrepreneur of Sherpur. Her husband Md. Khokon Mia, 45, is an electrician. Their only daughter, Mivia...

Joly is enjoying fullness of life

“I am really happy to be a teacher of a Govt. Primary school. It was possible due to supports of World Vision Bangladesh along with my sponsors for helping...

Disaster Preparedness in Bangladesh

As the international community marks the one-month anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan, a new report from humanitarian agency World Vision calls for...

Sponsorship helps families avoid child labor

At the tender age of 8, Bipul was shouldering the responsibility of helping his family to earn money.   Bipul dropped out of school at Grade 3 to work in a...

Communities prepare for Tropical Cyclone Mahasen

World Vision Bangladesh extended shelter support to hundreds of people who had been evacuated from their homes with the approach of Cyclone Mahasen, 15 May...

Bangladesh building collapse leaves high death toll

World Vision Bangladesh provided emergency assistance following the devastating collapse of an eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka...

Rescue efforts in Savar

World Vision Bangladesh provided emergency assistance following the devastating collapse of an eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka...

Marriage later, studies first

Suborna (15) is studying in Grade 10 in Provakardi ASD School in Lokhair Char village in Muksudpur district under greater Khulna Division. She is also a...

Shapla chooses education

Shapla, 16, is a girl from a middle class Hindu family and is studying in Grade 10. Shapla was only 15 when she received a so called excellent marriage...

Reaching the unreached

Bilkis Begum, 44, is a housewife and community birth attendant who provides voluntary midwifery service to the poor and deprived women of her community of...

Parents ending poverty

Late at night, Rubina Begam would pray. She’d whisper into the darkness or simply pray silently. “Please save us,” she prayed night after night. Rubina is...

International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012

The theme for IDDR for 2012 in Bangladesh “Let’s build a disaster resilient country: Take girls and women as supporting forces” draws attention to the fact...

WV Bangladesh marked International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012

In commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), Oct 13, World Vision Bangladesh has widely-observed this day with a fresh call for...

Resilient communities: My village is ready

“I had no idea how to prepare for a disaster. This activity helped me understand about warning systems, signals and how to survive during a disaster. It is...

Seeds of Tomorrow

“When I came in World Vision at a couple of months before, I was so unsure, scared and depressed. I thought everything was so unstable. It was a pretty bad...