A mock event prompts 130 youth and community leaders from across Nicaragua to train for emergency response and learn life-saving tactics.
News & Stories
Latin America/Caribbean
Special Features
God made me free
FEB. 1, 2013, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Domestic violence, teen pregnancy, and early marriage can derail a girl’s future in the Dominican Republic. But not in Esteban Cuevas’ neighborhood.
From the Field
Peru: Alpacas bring hope after Shining Path
A Peruvian family who suffered horrific violence from the Shining Path terrorists found hope through a gift of alpacas from World Vision.
Special Features
Here’s to the givers
NOV. 1, 2012 — Here’s to the givers of the world … givers of all sizes and ages, from different walks of life and various income levels. They give not because of a date on the calendar but because they are God’s beloved cheerful givers. Their stories show the impact of relatively simple gifts in developing countries.
Special Features
Happy harmony through the Gift Catalog
NOV. 1, 2012, UNITED STATES AND GUATEMALA — An American child with a disability and love for music made an impact on Guatemalan children with a special gift from the World Vision Gift Catalog.
Special Features
Fighting gangs’ consuming fire
AUG. 1, 2012, EL SALVADOR — Gang warfare and high murder rates make El Salvador a perilous place to live. World Vision’s community development and child sponsorship programs not only provide a way out of poverty; They also promote youth-focused community programs that keep kids from being drawn into the red-hot cycle of violence.
Voices
Human trafficking: Consequences of congressional inaction
Jessica Bousquette traveled to the Dominican Republic to research how the U.S. government could continue to partner with the Dominican government to address modern-day slavery. She felt overwhelming thankfulness for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the largest piece of human rights legislation to ever pass Congress.
Voices
The fatherless epidemic
The fatherless epidemic in Bolivia can’t be fixed overnight. But World Vision is working toward change — through education, counseling, and much more. Blogger Matthew Paul Turner shares an experience from his visit to Bolivia.
Special Features
Confessions of a child sponsorship skeptic
MAY 1, 2012, Bolivia — When World Vision invited Rachel Held Evans to travel to Bolivia for a week to see our community-based worked up close and raise awareness about child sponsorship, she was skeptical. But that quickly changed.
Special Features
Hunger 101
FEB 1, 2012 — Who’s hungry? Around the world, 925 million people — more than the populations of North America and South America combined — go hungry on a daily basis. Here are a few fast facts to help you grasp the severity of the problem.