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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Ecuador: Meet Liciria, who's fulfilling her dreams with rubbish!

On the outskirts of the Ecuadorian town of Tulcán, on a large landfill site of mountains of plastic rubbish, stands 33-year-old Liciria. Originally from Ipiales in Colombia, she came to Ecuador with her family aged 14 due to ongoing violence and lack of work in her home country. At 15 she had her first daughter and at 17 the second. After nine years of living with her partner, Liciria became single. Left without an income, she was forced to work where she could to support her daughters.

Knowledge for life: Preparing for Mongolia’s bleak midwinter, surviving the zud

Harsh weather is a way of life for Mongolians. People are used to surviving the cruelest depths of winter in the zud; a time where the weather is so harsh...

Knowledge for life: Integrating scientific and local knowledge to prepare for future disasters

"After typhoon Haiyan, when so many people lost homes and family members, we came to appreciate the importance of being prepared for disasters in the...

Knowledge for life: Natural disaster action in northern Cambodia

“My mum told me to put a knife in the stove,” says Phally Prum as she describes folklore believed to stop strong winds in Cambodia’s northern region of...

Disaster preparedness in typhoon-affected communities

In Leyte Province of the Philippines, families are moving on from the darkness of the disaster aftermath. World Vision is helping families plan, prepare...

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

By popularizing the concept of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), World Vision has changed how thousands of farmers manage their land, helping...

Equipped with disaster response knowledge

“My family and I knew that we should hide in a safe place when a storm hit,” says Le Thi Hong in the northern Thanh Hoa province. “Now, I understand...

Teaching children how to garden

Sabor community is located in the sparsely populated and mountainous Marigat Sub-County in Baringo, where 167 students between the ages of 6 and 13 attend...

Trees in Karamoja: Wood Lots

In dry Karamoja, caring for trees is hard work, not quite a pleasant gardening exercise one might imagine in a water-rich context. To water the trees...

Growing mushrooms helps Chanthou save money for her education

A quarter of the total Cambodian population are internal migrants, who move from their community at least three months each year for work. According to the...

Shipwrecked and homeless

Covering 34 target areas, World Vision trained nearly two thousand poverty-stricken farmers in efficient farming techniques and diversified income sources...

Aicha feeds her community

The chronically food-insecure and the fact that some families in Niger are unable to meet their basic food requirements even during years of average...

System of Rice Intensification– Climate change adaptation techniques

The CATREND project aims to reduce impact of natural disaster under climate change’s effects for communities in Thanh Hoa province.

Improved peanut cultivation techniques benefit poor farmers

Vien Thi Doc, who in her 40's, is happy with her peanut harvest in the northern province of Thanh Hoa. “The yield has increased to 200 kilograms, up from...

Growing chili for export - Solutions for poor families along coastal areas

Finding appropriate sources of livelihood for poor farmers along coastal areas is a challenging task for local authorities as those communities suffer from...

Supporting small holder farmers in Zimbabwe

In Bubi District, Hauke irrigation scheme was completed in 2012. The community engaged WV to build on the work originally initiated by the European...

Zimbabwe's Productive Asset Creation: Cattle bath!

Productive Asset Creation (PAC) enhances development of cattle dips in Zimbabwe leading to improved food security.

Child labourer finds hope

Phyu rushes out of her simple house of wood on stilts, covered with a thatched roof headed ‘to school’. On Phyu’s shoulder, instead of the school bag, a...

Farming Field Schools

By Claudia Ordoñez My siblings and I did not have a good diet before, because my parents only harvested corn and beans. I remember that from first to sixth...

Investing in the future of Afghanistan by increasing abilities of its youth

To give young women and men the chance to escape from a chronic cycle of poverty, World Vision Afghanistan educates and empowers youth to earn an income...

Everything’s mine

“The cows are mine. The calves are mine. The milk and yoghurt are mine,” declares three-year-old Akhberd. “Everything’s mine!” Akhberd lives with his eight...

Samata beaming with a smile

Samata Becomes Financially Independent through Savings Group

Samata Mohammed, mother of four children is a dedicated member of the Buyaso Savings Group in Kabampe Community, West Gonja District in the Northern Region...

Money from Honey

To address and improve the poverty and economic status of households and empower women in the society, World Vision has started beekeeping project in...

Clinging to hope

“She’s been to school with me every day for nearly three years,” says Quynh. “And she always reminds me to work hard to deserve my parents’ support.” Like...

A hunger for food, friends and school

Just a decade ago, it was rare for Khang ethnic minority girls, who live without main electricity in Vietnam’s mountainous district of Tuan Giao, to go to...