In our work around the world, we’ve found that the right clothing can protect children from illness and keep them active and healthy. Here are five critical pieces of clothing to protect children’s health.
News & Stories
Voices
The sacred dignity of children through a photographer’s lens
Author and photographer Matthew Paul Turner witnessed 335 children have the opportunity to choose their sponsor through World Vision’s Chosen. See this experience through his lens.
From the Field
Syrian refugee children find hope in thankfulness
We asked seven Syrian refugee children in Lebanon what they are thankful for; their answers were surprisingly similar and deeply humbling.
From the Field
Child rights: Facts and FAQs
Every child, regardless of age, race, gender, wealth, or birthplace, has a basic right to live free of fear and want. Yet millions of children have their child rights denied and their childhoods stolen from them by abuse, exploitation, or slavery.
Voices
2019 top 5 surprising Christmas gift ideas — including one for yourself!
This holiday shopping season, check out four gift ideas that might surprise you for those important people in your life — and one idea just for you.
From the Field
5 benefits of soccer for kids around the world
All around the world, boys and girls play the world’s most popular sport — the game we in the U.S. call soccer and the rest of the world calls football. We break down five benefits of soccer for kids.
Change Makers
How to teach your children generosity this Christmas
World Vision is back in New York City’s Bryant Park for our third annual Give-back Gift Shop this Giving Tuesday. Even if you can’t join us there, learn how to create your own experience at home with your family through these simple activities that have been featured at Give-back Gift Shop.
Change Makers
Christmas Gift Catalog gift guide
Need Christmas gift ideas or last minute gifts? Check out our Gift Catalog Christmas gift guide, full of life-changing gifts for everyone on your list!
Voices
Giving Tuesday 2019: World Vision donations matched through Thirty-One Gifts
We spoke with Wendy Bradshaw, executive director of community affairs and philanthropy at Thirty-One Gifts, to learn more about why they work with World Vision and the impact Giving Tuesday will have.
Voices
How to sew a handmade gift for the child who chooses you
In this guest blog post, sewing YouTuber Melanie Ham gives a tutorial about how to sew a simple drawstring bag that you can make and send to the sponsored child who chooses you! Read about Melanie’s experience traveling to Ecuador last month, where she met the child who chose her, and watch how to make this simple, special gift.
From the Field
Packed with love: Sending letters, packages to your sponsored child
From thousands of miles away, a letter and a package filled with small gifts — from stickers to hair ribbons — mean the world to a sponsored child.
From the Field
5,000 reasons to celebrate
When a shipment filled with clothes, blankets, school supplies, bikes, and towels arrived in Zambia in October, it was more than just another container of supplies — it was the 5,000th international container of gifts-in-kind products World Vision had shipped.
