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Child refugees fleeing Venezuela

Is lending to refugees, emigrants, or asylum seekers a wise choice?

Edgar makes us think again about how we treat displaced people who turn up on our doorstep asking for help. By Edgar S. Martinez Refugees. Emigrants. Asylum seekers. There are more of them crossing borders today than ever before in history. On foot, by boat, in trucks.

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An IDP girl in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Iraq: more than just a news headline

Nicole explains that just because Iraq and its people slip from the headlines, doesn’t mean they stop being...

Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 10:56

A child in Myanmar wearing a mask

COVID-19: When someone's drowning, you don't row away.

Jennifer warns the international community not to move on from the pandemic while the most vulnerable in...

Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 08:31

Muuse Rootile IDP camp Somalia 2011 ©2011 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren

We told ourselves – We'd never let famine happen again

On the 10th Anniversary of the Somalia Famine, Sheri Arnott asks: 'How did we get here again?'...

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 00:01

Colombian child speaking up

Los niños y los adolescentes en el informe de Colombia sobre los ODS en la ONU

Sara Lara celebra que los niños y los jóvenes sean incluidos en el Informe Nacional Voluntario de Colombia...

Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 14:36

Learning sewing skills with World Vision in Zambia

Skills are how we turn talk into action

It’s unrealistic to just say young people should participate in society – they need the support to...

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 12:55

Colombian child speaking up

Children and adolescents speak up through Colombia’s SDG UN report

Sara Lara celebrates that the views of children and youth were included in Colombia's Voluntary National Report...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 15:04

Hasan in World Vision Jerusalem-West Bank-Gaza programmes

Bridging the evidence-practice gap: four things to know

Scaling up programmes to help end violence against children depends on us having good evidence, writes Juliana, and...

Monday, July 12, 2021 - 13:19

Syrian refugees sitting on a step

Battered by violence, isolated by COVID-19

Phiona gives four ways to avoid a crisis in the mental health of refugee and displaced children...

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 09:14

Girl holds her hand out against child marriage

Ending violence against girls is sacred work

Bill explains that it takes all of World Vision's teams and partners to work towards a future...

Friday, July 2, 2021 - 14:36

Overcoming extreme poverty in Myanmar

The things we can’t forget when it comes to ending poverty

A recent industry learning event has Colin musing about the things we need to remember as we work...

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 13:34

Somalia tree planting

Why planting a tree doesn’t make up for your takeaway coffee cups

It’s natural to look for quick fixes, but tackling climate change is going to take more than...

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 11:40

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants are stuck waiting at the border after Peru closed their border over COVID-19 concerns. The problem is straining the local economy and infrastructure and migrant and local families are becoming increasingly vulnerable.© World Vision / Chris Huber

How are refugees faring in the vaccine race? Not well

World Refugee Day: Amanda Rives Argeñal explains how refugees are invisible in the current COVID-19 vaccine roll-out...

Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 15:41

Syrian mother and children in tent

What James Joyce can teach us about refugee policy

What have we learned in 70 years of global agreements on how to care for those forced from...

Friday, June 18, 2021 - 19:35

Elizabeth in Kakuma

Refugees are high risk, low priority and ignored

Besi shares how teaching displaced people their rights and helping them speak up could improve services and...

Friday, June 18, 2021 - 17:12

refugees in Uganda

Lending to refugees: How impossible becomes possible

Martina challenges the finance sector to think again about how risky refugees are when it comes to...

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 14:41

Child refugees fleeing Venezuela

Is lending to refugees, emigrants, or asylum seekers a wise choice?

Edgar makes us think again about how we treat displaced people who turn up on our doorstep asking...

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

People crossing Nepal/India border

The six things India - and the world – needs to do right now

As the Delta variant causes concern for governments, and the G7 pledges one billion vaccines, Robert looks...

Monday, June 14, 2021 - 18:32

Syrian children play outside World Vision tents

Hope despite a thousand cuts

Alexandra reflects on the story of any Syrian refugee, as World Refugee Day nears. By Alexandra Matei...

Monday, June 14, 2021 - 18:06

Child participation in the Philippines

Are you listening to me - or them?

Children must be seen and heard, in life and in climate action, but that's easier said than done...

Friday, June 11, 2021 - 17:11

World Vision consults community in Lesotho

The (participation) revolution will not be televised

Catherine reflects on the loss of the much-anticipated participation revolution promised at the World Humanitarian Summit. By...

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 12:13

World Vision responding in Tigray

Finding the balance!

Critical, life-saving decisions happen somewhere between let’s-all-agree collaboration and a military-level chain of command, writes Frances. By...

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 21:30

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...

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 11:58

Unleashing the world's underground forests

Famously known as the “forest maker”, World Vision's Tony Rinaudo shows us how restoring our environment can...

Monday, May 31, 2021 - 11:34

mother breastfeeds her child

Stop companies using COVID-19 fear to push infant formula

On the 40th anniversary of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, Melani says governments must...

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 15:58

World Vision staff look on West Bank

‘Will I wake up?’ The questions no child should have to ask

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds, Lauren reflects on the damage being done to children who...

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 15:38