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Game of Thrones actor, Liam Cunningham, visits Syrian refugees in Jordan

Actor, Liam Cunningham from the popular show Game of Thrones travelled to Jordan to witness the plight and give testimony to the resilience of Syrian...

Rama in the centre for women and children in Gaziantep, Turkey where she lives with her mother and two sisters

A little red love heart on the front door

Rama’s face lit up when she talked about her love of school in Syria. “I liked maths at school. My teacher used to say I was so smart. Her name was Amina...

World Humanitarian Day 2016

Meet Amira, Martijn, Khalida, Odai, Christine, Ahmad, Raja and Khalil. They are World Vision staff and volunteers in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and...

An Olympic Spirit

Syrian refugee children share with us why they love playing football on the World Vision-built football pitches at Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan and their...

Lamia's painting of a young boy in Syria

Art allows a young Syrian woman to dream of a better future

“My name is Lamia. I am from Deeralzor, in Syria,” said the young woman in the courtyard of the Urfa Community Centre. She moved to Sanliurfa, Turkey, with...

Ahmad looking at a photo of him and his family on a picnic in Syria before the war

Q&A with Syrian aid worker in Turkey

What is your name and age? My name is Ahmad, I am 33. Can you please tell me about your background, where were you born in Syria, where were you living...

An Exhausting Day: Child Labour in Lebanon

While playing is one of the basic child rights; many vulnerable Syrian children in Akkar, Northern Lebanon, who work to help support their families, miss...

Key partnership supports Syrian refugees in Turkey

Through a key partnership with IMPR, World Vision is working to meet the needs some of the more than two million Syrian refugees in Turkey. One way their...

A Community Spirit

World Vision partners with Turkish NGO IMPR Humanitarian to offer language and craft classes, psychosocial support and vocational training, among other...

'Music is my life,' shares a young Syrian young woman in Turkey

As I toured the World Vision-supported Urfa Community Centre in Ṣanliurfa, Turkey, I lingered in front of a photograph displayed on the wall of the art...

Messages to world leaders from Syrian refugees

Syrian refugee children and adults who participate in activities at the World Vision-supported Urfa Community Centre in Turkey wrote messages to be shared...

Learning and fun for displaced children in Iraq

Since the beginning of the current humanitarian crisis in Iraq, more than three million school-aged children and adolescents have experienced interrupted...

'I no longer need to beg from everyone anymore.'

Five years ago when the Syria war broke out, Walid and his wife, Tawasif, lost everything. Their house was hit by a bomb and they were petrified that the...

'Schools aren’t meant for people like us. We need to work to survive.'

Inside this tiny makeshift tent in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Souad, the single mother of nine, can hardly believe that this will mark their third year away...

New e-learning education programme helps Syrian refugee children flourish

For the past five years, the Syria conflict has resulted in more than two million children being out of school. The horrifying statistics show that in...

The Cost of the Syrian Conflict

Interview of Conny Lenneberg (Regional Leader, Middle East and Eastern Europe Region, World Vision International) by Capacity4Dev “We’ve lost a generation...

World Vision delivers Baby Kits to newly-arrived Syrian refugees in Turkey

Large waves of Syrian refugees continue to pour into Turkey to escape the conflict in Syria. In response, World Vision, in partnership with IMPR...

Video: A Poem

13 year old Mohammed recites a popular Syrian poem about the war in his country. He attends one of World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in Lebanon's...

Photos: Jordan

Jordan was the first-stop for the fellowship team. Despite the limited assistance available outside formal camps, 80% of the kingdom's refugee population...

Video: Border of Despair - Jordan

Border of Despair - Jordan is a multi-media piece focusing on the hardships endured by young Syrian refugees at Za'atari camp. In particular, the reporting...

Video: The Football Kids of Azraq

The Football Kids of Azraq is a multi-media piece focusing on the lives of Syrian children living in Jordan's newest refugee camp. In the vast ochre desert...

Video: Border of Despair - Lebanon

'Border of Despair' is a multimedia piece created by World Vision and The GroundTruth Project's Humanitarian Reporting Fellowship team. Our reporters spoke...

Life as a classroom in Syria

What happens in a classroom? There is learning, teaching, the odd tantrum, fun and games. Well, at least, this is what should happen in a classroom. In...

Ibrahim and Hamza in a World Vision child friendly space

‘People look at you as a second-class citizen because you are a refugee’

Jara, a 23-year-old Syrian refugee, fled with her family to Lebanon from Syria almost three years ago. Her husband travelled from Lebanon to the...