World Vision’s photographers traveled around the world this year to tell stories of heartache and of hope. Here are our favorite photos from 2017.
News & Stories
Zambia
Voices
Make your gift twice as personal on Giving Tuesday
On Giving Tuesday, Thirty-One Gifts matches contributions to World Vision with a product donation. Meet children who have received these items in Armenia and Zambia!
Meet Rosemary and Tassy
Rosemary and Tassy are best friends in rural Zambia. Their lives dramatically changed when World Vision began child sponsorship programs in their community.
Special Features
A gift that keeps giving
NOV. 2, 2017, ZAMBIA — When you give the gift of goats, it starts a ripple effect of generosity around the world. In Zambia, we meet a family who received Gift Catalog goats and has since passed on goats to other families, who are now benefiting from the gift of animals.
From the Field
In the kitchen: Nshima recipe
Learn how to cook traditional Zambian food with this nshima recipe, and learn how to make the meat and vegetables relishes to eat with it.
Voices
The desperation of dirty water
Have you ever been lost in the woods — literally or figuratively? Have you rationed your resources, preparing for the worst? Families who can’t access clean water feel this kind of desperation every day. Blogger Rachel Teodoro has met some of these families. Read one of their stories, and learn a simple way you can give them hope!
Voices
Nivesh begins to dream of water and beyond
Without clean water, you and your clothes stay dirty. Imagine being too ashamed to go to church. To school. Without hope or community around you. Nivesh is a girl whose dreams were dying before they ever had a chance. See how the promise of clean water is giving new life to her dreams!
From the Field
Blessings overflow: Clean water makes Everlyn’s future bright
Everlyn’s in school, her mother’s garden is thriving, and her family’s faith is stronger. Child sponsorship and clean water have made all the difference.
From the Field
Despite fear, Nivesh walks for water
Though she fears being abducted and killed, 11-year-old Nivesh gets water from a stream in southern Zambia three times a day to keep her family alive.
From the Field
A father’s painful choice: Ruth walks a dangerous trek for water
Before clean water came to her community in Zambia, 11-year-old Ruth walked a scary route many times a day to collect dirty water that often made her family sick.