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Michaela teaches

The ripple effect of child sponsorship protecting children in the Philippines

Thanks to child sponsorship in her community Michaela learned how to protect herself online. Today, she is paying that information forward by teaching...

Danesi sits in a hammock with a friend

Child sponsorship helps Danesi beat the odds in Honduras

Danesi lives in a community where it is all-too-common for young girls to get pregnant and drop out of school. But, Danesi is not one of them. Through...

Chrissy gets water

Because of child sponsorship, things are different now for Chrissy and other children in Malawi

Child sponsorship is helping Chrissy and other vulnerable children in Malawi dream big dreams for the future-like being a police officer-instead of getting...

My journey with World Vision - Moussa Signate

Moussa Signaté is a young boy living in the World Vision Senegal Program in Nétéboulou. He is part of the first cohort of the Club of Peer Educators formed...

Chosen™ – the power to choose in the hands of children in Senegal

Some children wait years before being chosen by sponsors. But what if they got to choose instead? For the first time, the power to choose is in the hands...

'Unlock Literacy' impacts positively on the learning outcomes of children across Ghana

As part of its obligations to help the most vulnerable children reach their full potential, and with funding from the Korea International Cooperation...

FNB Eswatini’s SZL56,100 to change 85 learners’ lives

FNB Eswatini partners with World Vision to help change 85 learners’ lives

For a child with no shoes and no jersey to wear on a cold winter day, going to school can be an unpleasant task that one is not too keen on. This is the...

Phindile Ndwandwe, who has turned her gift of one goat, received from World Vision Eswatini at the age of 12 years, into her livelihood

Gift of one goat feeding family 10 years later

Back in 2012, no one could have imagined that a small gift of a goat to a 12-year-old girl would one day feed a whole family and help send several children...

For Salma child sponsorship meant she could return to school

Child sponsorship helps Salma back to school in the Philippines

Salma in Philippines finally gets back to school through the World Vision Child Sponsorship programme.

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Children empowered with choice at first Chosen™ event in Sierra Leone

Poverty steals choices from children. In Manjama, in the Soa Chiefdom of Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone, children were given the power of choice at...

How 1 Transforms 4

Because of World Vision’s community-focused solutions, for every child a sponsor help, four more children benefit, too. Not only that, but the whole family...

Hybrid Programme Approach - Jordan Valley

Hybrid Programme Approach: bringing development to a fragile context in Jordan Valley Area in the West Bank. What will World Vision JWG do in the area?

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Launching of the New Area Program in Jordan Valley

World Vision Jerusalem - West Bank - Gaza (JWG) celebrated the launch of a set of development programs, which will last for 10 to 12 years, in Jericho and...

Former sponsored child Priyanka followed her dream of being a nurse.

Education: An end to child marriage for Priyanka

Her parents began looking for a groom when she was 15. No girl from her village had attended college and it was a big ask even for Priyanka, who was...

Fourteen-year-old Evelyn is a sponsored child in Honduras.

Honduras: Evelyn and her social impact

"Many times, I feel like a counsellor to my friends and I know I can reach out to many young people.” Evelyn is an excellent student currently in eighth...

Zenen and her family in the Philippines.

From a jar of salt, a mother strives hard for her family’s fate

Zenen had to scrape by for five years to provide for her children and pay her debts. With World Vision, she was introduced to community savings, where she...

Sponsored Sethu wins bronze in Eswatini’s national letter-writing competition

Sponsored Sethu wins bronze in national letter-writing competition

Fifteen-year-old Sethu has suddenly become a community hero after beating more than 1,000 children to scoop third position in Eswatini’s national letter...

Child Sponsorship creates change that lasts

See how World Vision's community-driven child sponsorship model empowers and equips vulnerable families and their communities with the tools and training...

Daniel, sponsored child in Peru, dances with the dance group he helps lead

Dance is My Refuge

Meet Daniel, a teenager from Ecuador who is using dance to connect with his community and to preserve traditional customs for the next generation, with the...

Women in Bangladesh participate in nutritional training as part of World Vision's child sponsorship programme

It Takes a Village: Why child sponsorship includes adults too

Child sponsorship is all about improving the lives of children, but to see real change that lasts, the family and community they live in need to be...

Sponsored child in Haiti grows health and strong and enjoys helping her mother grow papaya and other fruits

Cooked meals feed joy

Schamaelle is a little girl full of energy. Helping mom in every and all matters possible is what drives this 3-year-old. A newly sponsored child, she’s...

Child jumping in the air

Five ways we honour the dignity of sponsored children

Graeme explains how World Vision works to respect children’s privacy and participation through sponsorship in an increasingly connected world

Ara loves reading and wants to become an author.

Education: The key to fulfilling a girl’s dream 

To most families in the Philippines, education is a key that will elevate them to a prosperous, comfortable life. Seventeen-year-old Ara, a Grade 12...

World Vision Uganda education learning skills

Rich harvest awaits sponsorship vineyard in Uganda

For every one sponsored child, four more benefit from a wide range of World Vision's interventions in health, education, water, sanitation, hygiene...