Friday, April 3, 2026

136 Ukrainian Entrepreneurs Complete World Vision’s Business Scale-Up Programme

Entrepreneurs, including IDPs, completed the intensive business development programme under the REACH project; some will receive grants of up to $2,000 to grow their business.

Poverty graduation _ Armenia_ Gayane

Gayane – young, enthusiastic and active mother now dreams big for her three children

Many people in the village know Gayane as a tailor. This young mother of three children has loved knitting since childhood. She is specialised in the...

World Vision's mindset change interventions earn Vice-President's praise

World Vision's mindset change approach earns Vice-President's praise

Malawi’s State Vice-President, Hon. Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has hailed World Vision for championing the inculcation of mindset change for economic...

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Sponsorship provides Daphine's family with life-changing opportunity

Thanks to the support of her sponsor, Daphine's family was able to overcome economic hardships during a year when the entire world was thrown into panic...

Poverty graduation _ Armenia_ Zepyur

Zepyur is now hopeful that she can provide the best care for her children

None of us knows in advance how the life will turn out. We dream, but the reality is quite different. Zepyur got married in Yerevan. After the birth of her...

As Vakhtang says he enjoys the work and feels happy that it gives him the chance to improve living conditions.

Transforming the lives of disadvantaged youth

With low education and skill levels, limited resources and inadequate social and business networks, deprived youth in Georgia face particularly difficult...

Poverty graduation _ Armenia_ Hermine

Hermine is optimistic – she will earn for her children’s house soon

There are not many trailer houses in this rural community. One of them is the house where Hermine and her three children live in. Divorced, busy with daily...

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Ruzanna, a mother with mobility problem strives for a better future for her children

Speaking about the problems of the big family, Ruzanna unintentionally mixes the names of her children. Ruzanna's family is composed of eleven members...

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Anna is now earning and saving for her children’s better life

Anna has been looking for a job for a long time, striving to be a well-off parent. She considers herself a happy mother because she has a good husband and...

Poverty graduation _ Armenia_ Serine

Serine, a mother four, confidently stands on her feet and provides best care for her children

There are six members in Serine’s family. She is a mother of four children, twin girls, an elder daughter and a son with a disability. Serine lives in a...

Purity in the picture

A young entrepreneur with a positive mind

Being the first child, Purity hopes to have a bright future and elevate her family from poverty. She passed her seventh grade examinations and is now in...

Francine happily poses for a photo with her husband Jackson

From one meal a day to being a home owner

In 2018, World Vision trained a group of people on the Empowered Worldview model –a training in which Francine and her husband participated. This model...

Beata busy working in the Pineapple plantation

Cooperatives paving the way for community transformation

Before the formation of their Village Savings and Lending Association (VSLA), it was a struggle for farmers like Beata to be able to save or even acquire...

Samuel is now an apprentice following his vocational training in Ghana.

From child labour to apprentice: Samuel's story

When Samuel (name changed to protect his identity) was just 12 years old, his mother died. Left with no one to care for him and his grandmother, he had no...

Responding to needs in Drc

Dreaming a possible dream – excellence in all we do

It is not enough to want to do good, argues Stephen, we have to be professional in the way we do it, and ensure children, communities and our donors can...

Akhi has been making face masks for her local community.

From child labour to shining light in her Bangladesh community: Akhi’s story

In Bangladesh, 17-year-old Akhi doesn’t let her age deter her from supporting her neighbours. As a girl, Akhi worked in a shrimp processing factory to help...

Luisa from Mozambique

Business mentorship provides financial independence to Luisa after Idai

Luisa's stall is one of the most popular among the customers in Masqul-Alto resettlement centres in the district of Búzi, central Mozambique. This is not...

Kent holds the catch of the day his fisherman father caught.

Empowering fishing families in the Philippines to rise above poverty

World Vision's Gift Catalogue transforms the life of a fisherman in Philippines.

Subash's life saver

For Subash, boat was his life. A boat helped him adapt to a new normal when he was only 14. A boat found him friends and a livelihood. A boat was their...

A stitch in time gives hope to Ajantha

Ajantha Priyadharshini, 37, has always supported her family by stitching. When she was young she mended her own clothes so that her parents will not have...

Taking care of the home garden is a family affair

Cars, country and family

Serena, Nissan and Toyota are siblings. But Toyota’s name didn’t make it to the birth certificate because his mother vehemently protested against it and...

Featured photo at the top: Titus (left) and his wife Damaris with honey harvested from their beehives in Mogotio, Baringo County, Kenya.Titus (left) and his wife Damaris with honey harvested from their beehives in Mogotio, Baringo County, Kenya.

Family Finds Treasures in Trees

Family Finds Treasures in Trees

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Savings groups transform the lives of smallholder farmers in Uganda

In a typical village like Kisuuma, the majority of people are smallholder farmers and are highly dependent on rain-fed agriculture, in an area prone to...

Lessons Learnt from Rwanda: Digitisation of Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) Monitoring and Evaluation

By: Julie Byun, Technical Advisor, Global Livelihoods In August 2020, World Vision launched a year-long learning initiative to attain lessons from World...

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Saving to become a doctor: Phylex's unshakeable dream

A fifth child out of nine, born to parents who eked a living as subsistence farmers, Phylex was faced with the same family’s financial predicament as his...