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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

How Faith Leaders in Mozambique Are Turning Belief into Sustainable Progress

Discover how faith leaders in Mozambique are breaking the cycle of poverty through mindset change, farming innovation, and community leadership.

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...

Children praying and smiling

Research gives us faith that children can be protected

Kathryn is excited about new research in three countries that helps World Vision better understand the role of faith in social change and tackling violence...

Mesfin and Birhanu hugging and smiling

Peace-building efforts resolve hostility between the people of Gedeo and Guji

World Vision's training on peace-building has brought about several constructive and collaborative engagements between the two ethnicities. Mesfin and his...

Faith & Development Programme - Ethiopia

Faith & Development programme supporting partners to maximise impact

The Faith and Development Programme of World Vision has organised and supported the formation of networks of partners, Christian Alliance for Generation...

Tribute to Rev. Bob Sanders

Rev. Pastor Bob Sanders was a man with a heart for missions and Lake Grove Presbyterian Church helped develop his desire. In 1994, he reached out to LuAnn...

Angelo Mathuch: Translating the Bible is my contribution to South Sudan’s transformation

It was in early 1997 in Kakuma Sudanese Refugee Camp in Kenya when I found myself as a translator during a church service for the South Sudanese...

Faith leaders work together

Five ways faith leaders are driving transformational change for children

Esther reflects on five ways she has seen the impact of faith leaders in protecting vulnerable children around the world.

Building resilience and recovering from climate emergencies

What are you doing on Sunday?

Faith communities have a hugely important role to play in the fight against climate change, Jason reflects, and they’re running out of time and excuses not...

Nicole Peter and FBO leaders

Pope Francis' visit: partnerships for peace in Iraq

Nicole shares what the Pope’s visit means to her and the work she and her staff do to help vulnerable children in Iraq.

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Child health and protection no longer the sole responsibility of women in Talensi and West Gonja

In rural communities, aside the Chiefs and “Tendaanas” (land custodians), faith leaders have great respect and honour and wield so much power and authority...

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The lights of hope shine on Krabonso as ginger powder saves the community

Krabonso has the potential for agriculture, but that was not quite so in previous years. Things were going to change after World Vision's Empowered World...

Dry ground in Mauritania

PODCAST: Water, walking in faith, and surviving a bullet

Walking Through Samaria podcast is compilation of great stories of faith displayed by people around the world who understand the true meaning of The Good...

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Equipping faith leaders to work in fragile contexts - Rev. Kannay's story

Providing support to vulnerable populations in fragile contexts often exposes responding staff criminal attacks. World Vision has thus developed the 'Do No...

Faith and Development Work

Faith, Fragility and COVID-19

Andrea Kaufmann shares how progress is made when faith leaders across faith lines come together to improve their communities, putting children front and...

Faith Leaders boost World Vision's COVID-19 prevention efforts

Faith on the frontlines

Never has the role of faith leaders and communities been so important in public health, or under as much scrutiny, as Esther explains.

Putting our faith in action to improve child well-being in Mali and Mauritania

Learn about the impact of World Vision's programming that partners with and educates religious leaders about the importance of child well-being and the...

What can people of faith offer children forced to flee?

Our world is facing a migration crisis. More than 70.8 million people around the globe are facing displacement. Nearly half are considered children on the...

Faith withAction

Faith with Action: Religious Leaders Re-Commit to End Violence Against Children In Uganda

More than 200 senior faith leaders from 35 districts in Uganda have re-committed to end violence against children. This was preceded by a review on...

World Vision Ghana celebrates FY18 Day of Prayer

The Day of Prayer is a time set apart by the World Vision International Partnership at the beginning of the new Financial Year to enable staff across the...

World Vision Niger Observes Global Day of Prayer to End Famine

World Vision Niger dedicated Thursday May 18, 2017 to pray to end famine as part of the Global Day of Prayer to End Famine. The National Director, Albert...

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...