Monday, March 30, 2026

In eastern DRC, faith and the Word give voice to orphans of terror

In eastern DR Congo, World Vision brings hope to orphaned children through faith-based healing, protection and resilience amid years of brutal conflict and trauma today.

Blaise, 13, an orphan of the massacres in Beni, DRC, found refuge in the word of God and rebuilt his life through discussion, listening, and sharing in Bible study clubs initiated by World Vision's Let The Children Come programme.

In eastern DRC, faith and the Word give voice to orphans of terror

In eastern DR Congo, World Vision brings hope to orphaned children through faith-based healing, protection and resilience amid years of brutal conflict and...

Yohanferli plays dominos with two of her younger siblings

When Hope Writes Letters: Yohanferli transforms difficulties into dreams

World Vision sponsorship in the Dominican Republic helps 13-year-old Yohanferli grow in faith, learning and hope as she dreams of education and a brighter...

12-year-old Javira

Household clusters transform lives in Uganda

In Kamwenge, Uganda, World Vision helps families overcome poverty as women like Dinah gain skills, savings and hope so children can thrive, not just...

Empowered to Protect: Churches Graduate as Humanitarian Agents for Migrant Children

Humanitarian Churches: The Heart that Protects Migrant Children

Every migrant girl and boy deserves a safe place. Humanitarian Churches, alongside World Vision, become the first safe embrace in a foreign land—bringing...

World Vision staff in Channel of Hope training

Faith leaders: How HIV provided a secret to tackling gender-based violence

Maclean Dlodlo and Christo Greyling celebrate the hundreds of thousands of faith leaders now tackling HIV and AIDS stigma and who are working to end gender...

ENDING HARMFUL PRACTICES, CHANNELS OF HOPE

Ending Harmful Practices through Channels of Hope

Hawa is a 14-year-old student. Since she was younger, she has been hearing about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), which is a common practice in...

World Vision partners with local communities to foster peaceful co-existence

In Darfur, years of conflict have threatened peaceful co-existence among neighbouring communities. The possibility of peaceful co-existence is often...

Traditional Leaders

Channels of Hope COVID-19 vaccines model elates faith & traditional leaders

To improve the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines among rural community members and enhance the protection of children, World Vision has, through its Mwamba...

Bonga Mzini

Pastor trained by World Vision helps diffuse COVID-19 myths

Born in Mount Moorosi in the district of Quthing, in the south of Lesotho, Pastor Bonga Mzini finds joy in getting to the hard-to-reach areas of Lesotho to...

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Enabling the youth with lifeskills and psycho-social support sessions

At a time where children in Lebanon are victims of an unstable economic, social, and political environment, new initiatives emerge to support their well...

María Eugenia and the Hands that Leave A Mark Foundation team delivering toys and sweets for vulnerable children in the Caracas area. December 2018. Courtesy of María Eugenia Morales

Strengthening leaders to transform realities

María Eugenia Morales is from Caracas, Venezuela. She is 48 years old and belongs to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She is one of 54 church leaders who...

Rajeshree, Nitin and their son Pranay attend India's Celebrating Families workshop.

Celebrating Families in India: A workshop becomes a way of life

Rajeshree and Nitin live in small rented house in Mumbai, India, along with their two children Pranay and Anushka. As a volunteer, Rajeshree has previously...

Rohingya refugee girl with World Vision umbrella

The Convention on the Rights of the Child? It’s Biblical!

30 years on, the CRC is an important tool in Christians’ calling to help children flourish. As Christians, our understanding of children's rights is rooted...

Faith Leaders Preventing Violence Against Children in Asia

Rohingya refugee faith leader engagement

Rohingya refugees: Engaging faith leaders to end violence against children

World Vision’s rights-based approach to our work with Rohingya refugees is rooted in our faith. We believe that it’s possible to overcome inequality...

Operations research in Ghana and Kenya on the effectiveness of World Vision’s Channels of Hope methodology in tackling the sensitive topic of family planning

The June 2018 Community of Practice discussion focused on Operations research in Ghana and Kenya on the effectiveness of World Vision’s Channels of Hope...

One Year Ebola Free in Sierra Leone - Community Reflections

The Global Health Nutrition and HIV Community of Practice gathered on 17 March 2017 to discuss the lessons learned collected in two new research reports...

HIV and Adolescents - a World AIDS Day Webinar

AIDS is now the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa. A majority of adolescent girls lack knowledge of how to protect themselves from HIV and...

Pastor to children's advocate

Like all other children, Eliza, age 14 has a dream. She wants to become a bank teller. However, in order to make that dream come true, she has to face an...

Chiyembekezo is back in school

Chingale community lies 30 kilometres from the centre of the city of Zomba, Malawi’s old colonial capital. To the east of the village is the Cobbe Barracks...

Solomon Island cousins

Fred Sikine is the eldest son of a tribal chief in the Solomon Islands, and the natural heir to his father’s position as chief. However, Fred’s wild...

A transformed view of gender roles

Pastor Ergete Mesfin of Shasheme, Ethiopia firmly believed the Bible taught that women should sit quietly in church, never asking questions or expressing...

From opponents to advocates: faith leaders promote child well-being

As the sun sets, Olivia Makoele and George Omondi rest beneath the avocado tree shading their mud-walled home. They laugh and hold hands as they discuss...

Knowledge about birth spacing changes a Kenyan mother and her family's life

Rose Aoko Aloo barely clears five feet, but this petite Kenyan mother of seven children is a powerful presence. Determined to move her family out of...