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Faith leaders and Child Rights Advocates: the good news and the bad news.

On the 30th anniversary of the Convention, do people of faith care about the CRC? By Dana Buzducea, World Vision's Global Leader for Advocacy and Engagement The story of religion and protection of children’s rights has been one of highs and lows, good news and bad.

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child? It’s Biblical!

30 years on, the CRC is an important tool in Christians’ calling to help children flourish. As Christians,...

Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 13:55

A refugee child in Syria is seen by a doctor

Piecing peace together – three things children need now

By Bill Forbes, Child Protection and Participation Global Lead, World Vision International Once again this week, we...

Friday, October 18, 2019 - 17:06

At the European Development Days, Samila presented research she and a group of nine young people had conducted in Brazil, looking at issues of violence against children.

Expertise has no age limit: child researchers in action

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Senior Advisor – Child Participation and Rights Fascinating, encouraging and inspirational. Both the young...

Friday, October 18, 2019

An individual washes their hands

#cleanhandsforall takes all of us

Kristie Urich reflects on how clean hands for all should be more convenient and more inclusive. Recently, I...

Monday, October 14, 2019 - 14:51

Ethiopian farmer holding carrots

The untapped potential of agroforestry

Bill Mollison, father of permaculture, once said: “Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the...

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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Flogerta, the volunteer from Thumana

Volunteering for children that have lost everything Everyone calls her Gerta, she has a peaceful smile that...

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 16:34

Andi's family

Searching for a shelter

Kurti family returned to Albania from France some time ago, where they stayed for three years as an...

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 15:27

Circles of life

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 15:12

Waad and her son Adam

The fruit of hard work

Bad experiences often have a toll on an individual's personality. When a child is raised in vulnerable...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 14:11

World Vision & Britam Launch Water Insurance

Insurance Innovation to Boost Sustainability of Rural Water Projects in Kenya

World Vision, in partnership with Britam General Insurance, has launched a water insurance innovation that seeks to enhance...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 12:59

Family Durres

A glimmer of hope after the dreadful earthquake

World Vision Albania continues helping children and their families affected by the destructive earthquake. “We hope that...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 10:13

Samuel bike

A bicycle goes a long way to build a boy’s confidence in school

Like some of his classmates, 10-year-old Samuel lives in the farmyard, far away from his school. In...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 09:55

Clean water supply frees Kodok’s children from cholera and water-borne diseases

When conflict raged in Kodok, a small town in Upper Nile State’s Fashoda County in South Sudan, people...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 08:25

Gift (right)and his friend play at Masaku Primary School in Kenya's Machakos County. The wheelchairs, donated by World Vision, have enabled the children perform tasks independently and play with friends. @World Vision Photo/By Hellen Owuor.

Wheelchair Revives Young Boy's Dreams

It is every child’s wish to play, run around and have fun with other children. However, life...

Monday, December 2, 2019 - 15:56

Distribution of 245 tons of food assistance for South Sudan’s Upper Nile State’s flood survivors underway

A total of 245 tons of emergency food assistance for Melut and Adar Counties’ 7,000 flood survivors...

Monday, December 2, 2019 - 08:23

Mobile Health and Nutrition Team

Thousands of people in the Northern districts of Herat , Afghanistan left their homes because of long-lasting drought...

Friday, November 29, 2019 - 18:09

Safe learning at Durga Basic School

Safe learning at Durga Basic School

Situated on the tip of a hill, the newly built and reconstructed buildings of Durga Basic School...

Friday, November 29, 2019 - 09:26

Cash helps children to be back to school

Cash to address returnees’ most pressing needs

Sitting in front of her mud-walled house, covered with a thatched roof, Mathilda, a mother of 6,...

Friday, November 29, 2019 - 08:51

After the shock

Two days after the earthquake hit Albania, in the most affected areas happiness is hard to find... Three...

Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 15:27

kurbin house

The earthquake left the father and two children without a shelter

After the severe 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Albania during the first hours on November 26 2019,...

Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 12:01

father Kurbin

The earthquake left the father and two children without a house…

After the severe 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Albania during the first hours on November 26 2019,...

Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 11:09

Anna Hakobyan visiting Poverty Graduation programme beneficiary families

World Vision Armenia hosts Anna Hakobyan in Tchambarak

World Vision Armenia hosted Anna Hakobyan, the spouse of the Armenian Prime Minister, to present poverty reduction interventions...

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 09:39

It Takes a World to End Child Marriage Campaign launching event.

World Vision Launches a Campaign to End Marriage in Tigray Region

In collaboration with the Tigray Regional State Bureau of Women Affairs, World Vision in Ethiopia launched the...

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 07:41

Beauty

Ending violence against women and girls is a priority

By Lara Villar, Senior Director of Operations, Ministry Impact & Engagement Violence against women continues to be...

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 07:22

WaSH inaguration in Tigray region, Ethiopia.

New Water Facilities for Meseret Tabia

“Water is life!….Water is life!….Clean water for all!…...Clean water for All!,” loudly chanted by children of Meseret Tabia...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 10:19