News and Updates

We feature write-ups from supporters and staff who are hungry for change and want their voices to be heard.

Why children go hungry from a lack of clean water

22 Mar 2023
Child Sponsorship Stories

No child should ever go thirsty or hungry. Children need to be more than fed—they need to be nourished. Water is vital to achieving this.

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Fuel-efficient cook stoves combating climate change

20 Mar 2023
Children of Climate Change

Cutting forests for firewood and farming had ruptured the ecosystem and set off a chain reaction. Fuel-efficient cook stove has shown themselves to be capable of solving many of these problems such as reducing reforestation, indoor pollution at homes, protecting children against respiratory diseases and more. 

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The Forest Maker

20 Mar 2023
Children of Climate Change

World Vision’s Tony Rinaudo is the man who championed a reforestation technique over 35 years ago that led to the largest possible environmental transformation across Africa. Known as Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration or FMNR, the simple farming practise has morphed desert plains into reforested and productive farmland.

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Humanitarian needs in Syria still soaring, after earthquakes and 12 years of war

15 Mar 2023
Children in Crisis

Humanitarian needs in Syria are currently at their highest, while funding continues to dwindle year after year.  The recent earthquakes of February 6th have only added to their complex layers of suffering, making them more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, the NGO adds. Many Syrian children have known nothing but war as the protracted conflict reaches its twelfth year today and they now risk once again being forgotten by the international community. World Vision has released a policy brief outlining the dire situation of children and their families in Syria today.

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Deepening mental health crisis in Syria, following last month's earthquakes, warns World Vision

08 Mar 2023
Children in Crisis
Children in Disasters

There is a mental health crisis, especially among children, in Northwest Syria, as a result of the earthquakes which first struck on 6 February 2023 (one month ago today) and the conflict which began 12 years ago this month. Mental health experts believe that the devastation of the earthquake, and the series of aftershocks and displacement resulting from it, will further worsen the mental health needs of children. 

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