News and Updates

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

Bo Kluea: Off the beaten track to visit our sponsored children

04 3月 2016
Trip Reflections

I always look forward to World Vision's  Child Sponsor Trips as this means that I would get to meet my sponsored child and his/her family. This is the fifth time I have been on a child sponsors trip and each time I never fail to marvel at how much my small contribution benefits the community and my sponsored child.

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Syrian mothers, babies survive bomb blast at WV-supported hospital

17 2月 2016
Latest Updates

A bomb blast Feb. 15 outside a World Vision-supported hospital in A’zaz, northern Syria left a crater of rubble, shattered windows and slightly damaged the building. No patients were injured, but as many as 14 people were killed in the attack.

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Defying all odds, sponsored child earns MBA

29 1月 2016
Child Sponsorship Stories

Growing up in a poor part of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Razia Akter’s (above, far right) greatest wish was to escape the harsh reality of her family’s poverty. She dreamed of becoming a NASA astronaut and traveling to the moon. An avid reader, she yearned to explore places she read about, like the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

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Zambia: Meeting Maybin for the very first time

19 1月 2016
Trip Reflections

“You can't change the world, but you can change the world for one person” – Katie Davis

It felt that way when I first met Maybin, my sponsored child. Perhaps not so much that I changed his world, but that he changed mine.

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Hungry to Help: Extending Eight Lives

07 1月 2016
Youth and Schools

Hello! We are a group of students from Hwa Chong Institution who have come together to raise awareness on global poverty and ultimately implement a child sponsorship programme in our school as part of the Hungry to Help Challenge. Our starting approach was to get students to care more about poverty, and offer them possible avenues to help in a tangible manner.

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