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Refugees find shelter in abandoned buildings in Serbia

Yazdan, at 7 months old, knows that he’s adored. He smiles and melts the hearts of everyone around him. His mother, Balnafshan, 27, cuddles, feeds, and...

Syrian refugees "stuck" in Serbia

Hassan, 35, worked and saved for two years. He, his and four children have been traveling for a month and a half. Finally, they are within sight of the...

Syrian refugees along the Serbia-Hungary border wonder ‘what’s next’?

The family sat on a mat in the shade of trees in a paved area near the border. They slept on the ground near the border the night before. Neither Teasadi...

World Vision provides help along Serbia-Hungary boarder

Kanjiža camp, in northern Serbia along the country’s border with Hungary, seems like one of the busiest places in the world. Not a minute passes without...

Belgrade provides a short rest for refugees

“Everything got destroyed in Syria. War. Horrible war,” says Fadi, a physics professor from Syria, as he sits on a thin blanket in a park in the Serbian...

"I miss my bed" - Syrian refugees prepare for another night in the cold

With hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Syria, many families are seeking refuge in Serbia, from where they can travel on to Hungary -...

World Humanitarian Day in Jordan

The Jordan World Humanitarian Day 2015 video has been produced by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in cooperation with...

From refugee to aid worker

Ammar has worked with World Vision for just over six months. His job is to help people who have been displaced within Iraq, so they can access food...

When passion saves lives in Syria

Eyad spends his days providing life-saving assistance in one of the world’s most challenging contexts – Syria. He is one of the many Syrians who have...

A day in the life of a humanitarian in Lebanon

Words by Therese Boulos, photographs by Suzy Sainovski I’ve worked as World Vision Lebanon’s Cash Project Coordinator for the World Food Programme Project...

As temperatures rise in Iraq, water needs become more urgent

As numbers of internally-displaced people (IDPs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq increase from half a million in January 2014 to more than three million in...

Happy children fill World Vision’s child-friendly spaces in Iraq

“Everyone is very happy. The child-friendly spaces brought so much joy to many children in the camps,” teaching staff team leader Reber Chali said with a...

Syria: Four million refugees

July 9, 2015 - The Syria crisis reached a troubling milestone today. There are now over four million Syrian refugees, and more than half of those are...

Children draw their dreams about Syria

For World Refugee Day, we asked Syrian children in a World Vision child-friendly space in Lebanon to draw one of their dreams. Childhood should be a...

Planting Hope

“A lemon and a loquat tree were planted by my grandfather in front of our house back in Hums – Bab Amr in Syria. My grandfather died and our home was taken...

“I want to go to school!”

With his tears and determined screams “I want to go to school!” Baker, a 5-year old Syrian refugee in southern Lebanon , was able to prove that his...

Miron's Wish

Miron is one of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children who have been displaced; whose lives have been turned upside down. Before the outbreak of violence...

A wish for Qamar

In the lead up to World Refugee Day, World Vision Jordan Communicator, Elias Abu Ata, met with Qamar to hear her story. Eight-year-old Qamar isn’t sure...

Diapers make a difference for Syrian families

Ashraf is a 29-year-old married man from Daraa with two children: 4-year-old Mayssam and a 1-and-a-half-year-old Baraa’. He has been residing in Za’atari...

Memories and dreams in the Bekaa Valley

Syrian children and their families have been speaking about their memories of home, what life is like now and their hopes and fears for the future. Photos...

Syria Crisis four years on: Syrian children have the right to education and protection

As the crisis in Syria enters its fifth year, over half a million Syrian refugee children are out of school. Many Syrian children must choose between...

A mother's day wish for Angela

Angela, 40, from Qaraqosh, Iraq has many wishes. Like many mothers, none of her wishes are for herself. Instead, they revolve around her four growing...

World Vision makes preparations to serve 600 children through Child Friendly Spaces in Iraq

“We are all looking forward on the children’s activities to start soon,” says 30-year-old mother, Seiton Sulayman, with a grin. All of the women cooking...

The hopes and dreams of children in Iraq camps

Can dreams be dashed by war? Can the children of this so-called “lost generation” who have seen and experienced so much pain and conflict see a silver...