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One of our favorite photos of 2016 is of a dramatic storm in Zambia.

Life frames: Our favorite photos of 2016

World Vision’s photographers captured thousands of moments this year. Here are their best photos of 2016 — and the stories behind them.

Child Sponsorship

Water inundates Boudain, a community on La Gonâve island, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew on the island nation. Ivonne and her daughter Cindia, 8, walk toward their collapsed home. “I really do not know what I will do,” she says. World Vision supports 100 children in Boudain through sponsorship and is bringing relief supplies. (©2016 Claudia Martinez/World Vision)

From the Field

2016 humanitarian world news headlines

Humanitarian world news brings you a regularly updated selection of events and trends impacting people and the humanitarian community worldwide in 2016.

Disaster Relief

Resheal, holding a chicken, with his mother, Esnart. The chicken is an offspring of chickens his mother got through the Gift Catalog.

Change Makers

Emotions of giving: The cost of kindness

Is it better to give than to receive? This new research proves it is. Find out why, and see charts and graphs that show the emotions of giving.

Charitable Giving

Change Makers

#ShareBigDreams: Easy shareable Christmas cookies

This fun little recipe video shows you the secret ingredient to these tasty peppermint cookies. Share big dreams this Christmas.

Charitable Giving

Alligators in the toilet? Maybe the urban legend is not so far-fetched. Cobras, scorpions, slippery rocks, and high tides are among the daily hazards people face answering nature’s call.

From the Field

Photos: 8 places you don’t want to ‘go’ on World Toilet Day

Alligators in the toilet? Maybe the urban legend is not so far-fetched. Cobras, scorpions, slippery rocks, and high tides are among the daily hazards people face answering nature’s call.

Clean Water Stories

From the Field

2016 life frames: Storytelling from World Vision photographers

World Vision’s award-winning photographers travel around the world every year, capturing moments of God’s grace and faithfulness as we follow Jesus’ example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. They bring back stories that inspire us to action and compassion.

Christian Faith Stories
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From the Field

Behind the curtain: Best, worst places in the world to be a girl

Research on the best and worst places in the world to be a girl. Read on for infographics with gender inequality stats from around the world.

Gender Equality

At his home in northeast Burundi, community health worker Diomede, right, diagnoses and treats common ailments of children under age 5. Malaria is among the three most deadly diseases for children this young. (©2016 World Vision, Javan Niyakire)

From the Field

Malaria grips Burundi: What happens when half the country gets sick?

In Burundi, a malaria outbreak is affecting more than 5 million people. Diomede, a volunteer health worker, provides diagnosis and treatment to vulnerable children.

Health
Burundi

In Ethiopia, Seble and her grandfather share a book in the reading corner they made together. (©2015 World Vision, Max Greenstein)

From the Field

The ABCs of creating a child’s reading corner

Around the world, parents encourage their children to read by creating a reading corner, a comfortable spot with good light and lots of books. Learn how.