Thursday, September 8, 2022

Education: Achieving their dreams against the odds in India

Nanuram’s humble home is in the middle of a cornfield in India, ripe for harvest. He and his wife Sughna continue to farm this land just as his parents had done for decades. His parents were illiterate farmers, but sent Nanuram to school and gave him all the support they could.

Nanuram and Sughna overcame poverty and achieved their dreams, against all odds.

Education: Achieving their dreams against the odds in India

Nanuram’s humble home is in the middle of a cornfield in India, ripe for harvest. He and his wife Sughna continue to farm this land just as his parents had...

Sneha working home. She sets great examples to other girls while working in her STEM career.

A go-getter guiding the next generation

Twenty-year-old former sponsored child Sneha recently started working in the Information Technology sector. It was a simple career guidance session...

Varsha and her friends, Shivkanya and Gareema, dressed in traditional costumes in India.

Working with communities to end child marriage in India

India is known for its diverse culture and tradition. During celebrations, women and girls often dress in traditional attire with their ornaments. Ten-year...

Sudha is inspiring other girls and women through her child sponsorship.

Transforming one life at a time: Sudha’s story

“I want to grow up to be a Civil Servant and serve my community at a level that I can't do now,” asserts Sudha, a World Vision sponsored child in Delhi...

Kanu and his family in their village in India.

India: Tackling a decade-long water crisis

Kanu’s village in Alwar, India, is next to a valley that was once a water reservoir. Now it is parched farmland. Kanu is three years old and yet to...

These water wheels are helping children in India get into school on time.

India: The water wheel helping children get to school on time

Krishna pushes the water wheel with a playful gesture. Her family's nearest water source is a hand pump, located a couple of hundred metres from her house...

Three children in India wearing masks looking at the camera

Four adaptations for post-COVID civil society organisations

Sony shares four key adaptations that he believes are required from India’s humanitarian agencies in the light of responding to COVID-19

9-year-old Ashmitha looks at a picture of her father. This will be her first Christmas without him

Facing the first Christmas without her dad

As 9-year-old Ashmitha looks forward to the new year, her one wish is for a lockdown-free 2022. She just wants to feel normal — for the first time in a...

Harsh and his mother Bindoo prepare for the cooking demonstration.

Cooking demonstrations to curb malnutrition in India

Four-year-old Harsh and his mother, Bindoo, sit on a mat with other local women and children. He cranes his head to check out the food items placed on the...

Anuradha was a child bride and is now an anti-child marriage advocate

From a child bride to an advocate against child marriage in India

Anuradha was just 13 years old when child marriage, then motherhood, ended her dreams of becoming a teacher. Or so she thought. “Dawn had just broken and...

Himanshi collects clean water from the Hub and Spoke network tap.

Solar power clean water system keeps Himanshi healthy in India

Just like all of us, Himanshi in India has been told to wash her hands often during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce her chances of catching the virus. But...

Rajeshree, Nitin and their son Pranay attend India's Celebrating Families workshop.

Celebrating Families in India: A workshop becomes a way of life

Rajeshree and Nitin live in small rented house in Mumbai, India, along with their two children Pranay and Anushka. As a volunteer, Rajeshree has previously...

Anitha and the children she helps in her India community.

Anitha’s dream of building self-reliant communities in India

Half a dozen people are assembled under a banyan tree that offers very little shade: its branches snapped and leaves blown away. This is just one week...

Tabassum was tricked by her neighbour when she was facing a tough time.

Almost trafficked: The Girl Power Group saving children in India

A trafficker is an expert storyteller. Whether it is a promise of a happy marriage, a well-paying job in the city or an escape from the harsh realities of...

Pray for India

India fights COVID-19: It takes all of us to end the pandemic

Amid a terrifying pandemic, Madhav reflects on where the priority must be as India fights a deadly second wave of COVID-19.

Hemant started his barbershop 13 years ago with a kit from World Vision India

India: A barbershop gives Hemant income stability

“For the first few days I got so many customers that I could hardly take a break. I’d never had so much money,”

Getting in the game – Meet 6 girls excelling in sports

The Women in Sports Foundation, founded by tennis great Billie Jean King, reports that girls and women who play sports have higher levels of confidence and...

Celebrating Dads

Baba, Tatay, Bố, Aba, Por, Pappa, Dad. Families across the world will celebrate fathers this weekend. Meet 9 dads who are taking part in World Vision...

India's Climate Change project - Bahmandeh diaries

Bamandeh is a remote village surrounded by disappearing forestlands in Rajasthan. The population is the minority Sahariya tribe. World Vision implemented...

Food distribution - Responding to severe drought in India

Around 330 million people - 25% of India’s total population - have been hit by a severe drought caused by an extended heatwave. The acute water shortage is...

What makes you happy?

Every year, the UN commemorates International Day of Happiness in March, as a way to recognise the importance of happiness in the lives of people around...

3 countries, a notorious list

How young is too young to marry? 16? 14? What about 12? Marriage this young is reality for millions of girls. In South Asia, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal...

Changing attitudes about girls

Mangay Lal knows all too well the flawed conditioning of the mind-set toward girls and women. "We have been made to believe by society, that a girl is...

Double dowry

16-year-old Geeta* had no saviour. Her father Kumar* says, “They told me, ‘You are poor. You don’t have much money. Get both daughters married at the same...