Growing up scared
As she faces a milestone birthday of her own, Eleanor looks at why for so many children, turning the significant age of 10 is not the celebration they deserve.
By Eleanor Monbiot
Stories
#DayOfTheGirl: So much still to do.
World Vision experts in gender equality and social inclusion are proud to see programming that protects and equips...
Five secrets to humanitarian work when familiar contexts become fragile
Johan warns people to resist the temptation of certainty and get ready to flex when things take...
COVID-19 vaccine: First find out why they hesitate
Natalia and Dan say that finding out why people do or don’t take vaccines is a crucial...
COVID-19 vaccination – still far from a celebratory moment
For the world’s poorest, ‘freedom’ from the COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere in sight – only 0.4% of vaccines...
Cinthia continues her studies despite COVID-19 school closures
Cinthia is one of more than 2 million children World Vision teams around the world have helped...
Cesar keeps learning despite COVID-19 lockdowns in Cusco
When COVID-19 closed Cesar's school, he struggled to continue his learning. With support from World Vision, he...
South Sudan health workers take the frontline of COVID-19 vaccine subnational rollout
The South Sudan Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 57,150 people received COVID-19 vaccines of which 52,387 and...
Five ways faith leaders are driving transformational change for children
Esther reflects on five ways she has seen the impact of faith leaders in protecting vulnerable children...
Humanitarian workers, running an uphill marathon in The Human Race for survival
The theme for this year's World Humanitarian Day is #TheHumanRace, designed to highlight the immediate consequences of...
Five things you may not know about humanitarians
James reflects on why we can and should better understand humanitarian workers.
COVID makes the vulnerable more vulnerable to human trafficking
Leen issues a call to everyone to do what they can to stop COVID, prevent trafficking and...
All things being equal, don't discriminate on COVID vaccines
Dan calls for clarity about the range and equality of vaccines available so no one misses out...
Iraq: more than just a news headline
Nicole explains that just because Iraq and its people slip from the headlines, doesn’t mean they stop being...
COVID-19: When someone's drowning, you don't row away.
Jennifer warns the international community not to move on from the pandemic while the most vulnerable in...
We told ourselves – We'd never let famine happen again
On the 10th Anniversary of the Somalia Famine, Sheri Arnott asks: 'How did we get here again?'...
India: How Cash and Voucher programmes help families during COVID-19
Widowed Santosh shares a small one room with her mother and two daughters Pooja, 18, and Shradha, 5...
Los niños y los adolescentes en el informe de Colombia sobre los ODS en la ONU
Sara Lara celebra que los niños y los jóvenes sean incluidos en el Informe Nacional Voluntario de...
Children and adolescents speak up through Colombia’s SDG UN report
Sara Lara celebrates that the views of children and youth were included in Colombia's Voluntary National Report...
Bridging the evidence-practice gap: four things to know
Scaling up programmes to help end violence against children depends on us having good evidence, writes Juliana, and...
Battered by violence, isolated by COVID-19
Phiona gives four ways to avoid a crisis in the mental health of refugee and displaced children...
Ending violence against girls is sacred work
Bill explains that it takes all of World Vision's teams and partners to work towards a future...
Maria escapes child marriage and returns to school
A year after COVID-19 broke out and schools were closed to prevent the spread of the disease, many...
How are refugees faring in the vaccine race? Not well
World Refugee Day: Amanda Rives Argeñal explains how refugees are invisible in the current COVID-19 vaccine roll-out...
Refugees are high risk, low priority and ignored
Besi shares how teaching displaced people their rights and helping them speak up could improve services and...
The six things India - and the world – needs to do right now
As the Delta variant causes concern for governments, and the G7 pledges one billion vaccines, Robert looks at...