Stories from where World Vision works

Who welcomes refugees? A country you wouldn’t expect

Find out which small East African country rolls out the welcome mat and hosts more than half a million refugees, the eighth largest number in the world.

Refugee Crisis
Uganda

Health worker screens a child for malnutrition in South Darfur, Sudan.

From the Field

Child mortality: Top causes, best solutions

While the number of preventable child deaths has dropped dramatically, child mortality is still a problem. A few simple solutions can save even more lives.

Health

Pray with us for refugees and those affected by the violence in Syria, which has displaced millions of families and killed innocent children.

From the Field

Top humanitarian crises of 2015

What were the top 8 humanitarian crises of 2015? Find out what they were and what World Vision and people like you did to help.

Disaster Relief
IraqNepalSomaliaSyria

2015 Nepal earthquake in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Search and rescue workers look for victims amid the rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake also caused landslides and avalanches in the Himalaya Mountains.

From the Field

2015 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 2015.

Disaster Relief

Alima, a nurse, checks 3-year-old Ebola orphan Samuel Batty’s temperature. The boy is one of about 3,500 Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to Ebola, according to a recent World Bank report. The fight against Ebola is not over. Orphans still need care and responders still need resources to quell the few new cases cropping up week to week and rid the disease from Sierra Leone. (©2015 Sahr Ngaujah/World Vision)

From the Field

Hope for Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone

An estimated 22,000 children lost one or both parents to Ebola during the 2014 West Africa outbreak. Read the stories of three Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone.

Child Protection Stories
Sierra Leone

From the Field

6 of the worst disasters in 2015

Floods, drought, heat waves, earthquakes and monsoons top of the list for the worst natural disasters in 2015. Learn more about how World Vision responded.

Disaster Relief
NepalEthiopiaMalawiMozambiqueMyanmar

World Vision's photographers captured thousands of moments in 2015. Here are their best photos — and the stories behind them.

From the Field

Life frames: Our favorite photos of 2015

World Vision’s photographers captured thousands of moments in 2015. Here are their favorite photos — and the stories behind them.

Child Sponsorship
NicaraguaArmeniaGuatemalaKenyaLebanonMongoliaPeruRwandaSerbiaZambiaUnited States

Nikon D810, 17-35mm lens at 20mm, f/20, 1/160th, 200 ISO (©2015 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren)

From the Field

2015 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.