In an article from July 1979, former World Vision U.S. President Stan Mooneyham writes about his visit to Uganda after the genocide perpetrated by dictator Idi Amin.
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2013 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.
From the Field
Former sponsored child in Mozambique teaches farming best practices
The son of subsistence farmers, a former sponsored child in Mozambique now teaches his community to grow crops for better nutrition.
Voices
A child marriage: Betrothed before birth
The documentary Girl Rising aims to ignite a movement to educate girls around the world. Millions of girls, like Jenneh in Sierra Leone, face barriers like child marriage to their education. This is Jenneh’s story.
From the Field
Girls living in poverty overcome obstacles to education
Millions of girls around the world can’t attend school. Instead, neglect, abuse, and poverty create obstacles. These girls overcame barriers to education.
Voices
Fair trade coffee improves children’s lives in Ethiopia
Southern Ethiopia is one of the best coffee-growing regions in the world! Through a World Vision training and fair trade program, coffee grower Tesfaye now brings in enough income to support his family and send his children to school, giving them hope for the future.
From the Field
Bill and Chelsea Clinton visit a Rwanda water project
Former President Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton, got a personal look at the toll of unsafe water on a community as part of their visit to Groupe Scholaire Camp Kanombe primary school in Kigali, Rwanda.
From the Field
New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, babies, and changing lives
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof joined young journalist Erin Luhmann on a recent visit to the Loumia community in Chad as part of Kristof’s annual Win-A-Trip visit to Africa, which Luhmann won. World Vision has had a program in Loumia since 1999, collaborating with the community of more than 36,000 residents through education, health programs, water projects, and child sponsorship.
Voices
[Video] Sheila Walsh: Seeing the bigger picture
World Vision Artist speaker, author, Bible teacher, and singer Sheila Walsh writes about a recent trip to Ethiopia where she met one of her sponsored children and saw the bigger picture of what child sponsorship is all about.
From the Field
Child labor: Children reveal horror of working in mines
The brutal reality of child labor is the focus of a World Vision report about children who work in the mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.