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Monday, May 19, 2025

Prepared to Protect: How Local Volunteers Saved Lives When Seconds Counted

Through a recent project, 18 villages across the West Bank—along with 31 schools and 6 local Civil Defense units—have been provided with essential equipment and local volunteers have been trained to strengthen their emergency response capabilities. When every second matters, these volunteers are now the heroes their community can count on.

A local volunteer responds to a fire in the West Bank

Emergency Response

Prepared to Protect: How Local Volunteers Saved Lives When Seconds Counted

Through a recent project, 18 villages across the West Bank—along with 31 schools and 6 local Civil Defense units—have been provided with essential...

A Community worker

DR Congo: From Crisis to Resilience – Our Response to the Cholera Outbreak in Likasi

This article highlights the major cholera outbreak that struck Likasi, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January 2025, severely impacting densely populated...

Protection and Psychosocial Support

More than a center: a door to a different world

More Than a Center: A Door to a Different World

Marah posing for the camera during one of the sessions given World Vision Syria Response - Zaher Jaber

Women Empowerment

A Journey of Growth and Empowerment for Women in North West Syria

A Journey of Growth and Empowerment for Women in NWS

International Women's Day

Women on the front line of change: Celebrating female volunteers

In 2024, in very challenging conditions, more than 200,000 people in close to 400 villages took part in World Vision’s programmes in the West Bank. It was...

Community Score Cards responding to SDG III in Mzimba North

A story on how CSC models are bringing together the demand side (service users) and the supply side (service providers), and helping in advocating for...

TB Volunteers Transformed Malumbo Jere's Life

Malawi's TB volunteers in Mzimba are saving lives under Global Fund TB funded program.

Ismail* with his two daughters next to the private latrine installed

From strain to safety, the suffering ends today

“My hope is in my children, everything I do is for my family. I just want to keep them safe, to put food on the table.” Voices 41-year-old Ismail*, but...

Story

Community Support

Giving up was never an option for me

Giving up was never an option for me

The Refugee Accommodation Center in Moldova: A testament of people’s enduring hope and kindness

Eighty-seven people participate in World Vision's Cash for Work Program funded by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) that not only provides crucial...

Yaser during volunteering work

Syria Crisis Response

Superhero mode: Yaser* rebuilds Syria

Yaser* is one of the volunteers who works towards rebuilding Syria after the destructive earthquake. Despite suffering from a disability, he is adamant on...

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Journeying from fear to family empowerment

Journeying from fear to family empowerment

Aya and Sarah conducting door to door awareness sessions in Azraq Camp for the Solid Waste Management Programme.

Equal Opportunities - Equal Impact

Sarah, 39, and Aya*, 36, are among 1953 females [out of (3235 from January 2023 until May 2023] who maintain the camp’s environment. We are joining them...

Saeng Dao, volunteer with World Vision Thailand

A light that shines over Pho Katha community

Saeng Dao - the light that shines over Pho Katha Community, Tak province, Thailand - is a World Vision volunteer committed to bringing smiles and improving...

Kalid Volunteer work

Former Street Child Becomes Proprietor and Helps Homeless People

Former Street Child Becomes Proprietor and Helps Homeless People

Cash-for-work program: A timely response to Ukrainians and Moldovans in-need

World Vision’s cash-for-work program in Moldova, supported by Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), provide Ukrainians and host communities the opportunity...

Eyewitness from Kakhovka’s ground zero: Displaced Ukrainians face ongoing conflict and toxic water

World Vision's emergency efforts are made possible with support from Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH), USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)...

On Kakhovka dam’s ground zero, Arms of Mercy volunteer shows up for her fellow Ukrainians in need

A young Ukrainian woman defied the odds to return from the US and help her fellow countrymen amidst the tragedy caused by the Kakhovka Dam destruction...

Gloire and his family

Gloire, a former sponsored child who became a community volunteer

This article tells the story of a sponsored child turned community volunteer. Gloire's life was changed by the support of World Vision. Grateful and...

The Migrant Health Volunteers of the Vaccine Roll-out Project for Supporting Equitable Urban Vaccine Roll-out for Migrant Workers

Migrant Health Volunteers promote access to COVID-19 vaccines

Supporting equitable urban vaccine roll-out for migrant workers through the promotion of COVID-19 knowledge and correct information about vaccines

Yadanar speaking about safety, fairness and rights for migrant worker

Empowering migrant women

Voice from a Myanmar migrant volunteer about safe, fair and right for migrant worker

Despite daunting challenges Ukrainian mothers in Romania find time to help fellow refugees

Over 86,000 refugees from Ukraine fled to Romania at the start of the crisis, majority are women and children.

Sanaa

Serving their communities.

Nurturing Care Groups

Joy, a World Vision Health Promoter, holds her vaccine certificate

The power of mothers promoting the COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine is safe. It will protect my children and me from COVID-19. Joy Nimaya is a 22-year-old mother of three and a health promoter for World Vision...