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Marianny: A Young Mother Sewing a Better Future in Venezuela

Marianny, a young mother from Bolívar, Venezuela, turned her passion for sewing into a business with support from World Vision.

ONG llaman a los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe a implementar y dar seguimiento a la Declaración y Plan de Acción de Chile para abordar los desafíos del desplazamiento forzado en la región

La Coalición LAC RMD llama a los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe a implementar la Declaración y Plan de Acción de Chile 2024-2034. Inspirado en la...

Empowering Livelihoods: Building Sustainable Futures in Venezuela

World Vision Venezuela empowers communities by providing tools for sustainable livelihoods, fostering entrepreneurship, and improving family well-being.

Safe Water for Children: Transforming Lives in Zulia

Discover how the Safe Water for Children project improves lives in Zulia, providing nearly 900 people with access to clean water and enhancing community...

"Building Hope Through Music: An Entrepreneurial Father’s Journey"

Discover José's journey, a Venezuelan music teacher crafting instruments to support his family. With World Vision's help, he's building a hopeful future.

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World Vision's Humanitarian Response Addresses Increased Migration Flow at Brazil-Venezuela Border

World Vision addresses increased migration at the Brazil-Venezuela border, supporting women heads of households and children with essential services and...

Migrant family in Mexico City

Emergency Response

La Soledad: The Church for Migrants in Mexico City

The stories of families like Luzmar and Yesmelis serve as reminders of the trials faced by migrants in search of a better future. From the Darien jungle to...

Espacios amigables de la niñez migrante

Spaces of Hope for Migrant Children in Pacaraima

Discover how Child-Friendly Spaces in Pacaraima, Brazil, offer hope and support to migrant children from Venezuela, fostering integration and resilience in...

World Vision está entregando alimentos no perecibles y artículos de higiene a migrantes que cruzan el Darién

World Vision is present in the Darien jungle

Amid dangerous Darien jungle crossings, 1500-2000 people daily seek a better life up north of American continent, but face dire challenges. With 21% being...

World Vision is assisting migrant families on the Chilean-Peruvian border

World Vision is working at dangerous and violent border points in Latin America to protect migrant children and adolescents.

Casa Arica: a shelter of hope for migrants and refugees

This video shows us the work carried out at Casa Arica, a migrant shelter in Chile. In this place, fundamental services such as shelter, food, and...

Migrant women boost the economy of their new communities

Migration is an opportunity to generate new enterprises. Migrant women learn new trades to support their families.

Good nutrition is essential for all children and adolescents, including migrants

In Venezuela, only 9% of children between 6 and 23 months of age eat five or more food groups leading to a lack of nutrients and malnutrition. This is one...

Migrant children have the right to live in an environment free from xenophobia

The migrant children need our solidarity and support. Every migrant and refugee child has the same rights. World Vision, through its project "Hope without...

Ami from Venezuela with her Mickey Mouse doll

Migrants deserve our compassion and action

On International Migrants Day, Chris urges everyone to act for migrants

Venezuela migrant Lourdes and her daughter Isabela

Venezuelan migrant Lourdes hopes better days are coming

Lourdes, 33, is originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela. The hunger crisis forced her to make the difficult decision to migrate with her daughter, Isabela...

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...

Food support is a lifeline for vulnerable families in Venezuela

This video story focuses on Danfred, 13, who has experienced malnutrition and other struggles with his sister and grandmother in Venezuela. World Vision...

Hunger in Venezuela: Food support is a lifeline for vulnerable families.

Danfred is a 13 year old boy who lives with his grandmother. When his grandmother nearly died of COVID-19, Danfred faced the difficult decision of whether...

Ami and her Mickey Mouse toy fled Venezuela to the Ecuadorian border with Peru.

Venezuela crisis: Five-year-old Ami's story of hunger and health

According to the United Nations, nearly 5.5 million Venezuelans have fled their homes to seek refuge in neighbouring countries such as Colombia, Brazil...

Reishell fled Venezuela for Ecuador with her Peppa Pig toy

Why child refugees need our support: From trauma to bullying

Political and economic instability has gripped the South American nation of Venezuela for nearly a decade. A shortage of affordable food and vital medicine...

Reishell fled Venezuela for Ecuador with her Peppa Pig toy

Reishell and Peppa Pig flee Venezuela: Childhood on hold

Reishell remembers her last day in Venezuela before her family fled the country. Her parents took her and her younger brother to the beach. “I was scared...

Single mother Johana and her grandson Rosneib in Venezuela

Venezuela: A big family with big challenges

By: Mónica Rumbos, Cash Transfer Programme Coordinator Johana, a 35-year-old single mother, lives in Miranda state, Venezuela. Three of her young daughters...

Amanda Rives and family

Sister Warriors: What I learned from Venezuelan girls and young women fighting for a better future during COVID-19

Amanda shares heart-wrenching stories of suffering shared by Venezuelan girls, and remembers Venezuelan friends in Panama also facing poverty and injustice...