Literacy rates are improving for children in Nepal as a result of World Vision’s literacy program, which encourages new ways of learning to read by improving classroom teaching techniques, incorporating reading programs outside of class, and helping parents create environments that nurture learning at home.
News & Stories
Special Features
Love breaks through in Lebanon
FEB. 22, 2019, LEBANON — Many Lebanese churches are providing critical social care and a powerful witness to the inclusive and transforming love of Jesus Christ to Syrian refugees.
Voices
Beautiful feet: A story of medical missions
As a surgeon, our friend Dr. Paul Osteen spends several months each year doing medical missions in Africa. Through this work, he and his family witness God’s miracles of healing performed by compassionate believers: the hands and feet of Christ on earth. This is the story of one of those miracles.
Voices
When you yield to the Spirit, expect miracles
World Vision U.S. President Edgar Sandoval Sr. reflects on how we can expect nothing short of miracles when we yield to the Miracle Worker.
Voices
Q&A: Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Kelly Clark
U.S. snowboarder Kelly Clark, who won three Olympic and 14 X Games medals, announced her retirement from professional competition. In an interview with World Vision, she talks about retirement, purpose, and her visit to see World Vision’s work and meet her sponsored child in Zambia.
From the Field
Child labor: Head of the house as a child
Tania is only 16; she runs her household and is engaged in child labor. But she has begun attending a World Vision center to help her catch up on her education.
Voices
Meet Pastor Roman in Honduras with Amazing Grace
God brings people into our lives in his perfect timing. When a team from our partners at Amazing Grace Life ministry visited Honduras, they made themselves available to the Lord. Great things happened! Read how.
Change Makers
Your role as an advocate
The Bible calls Christians to advocate for those who need help, and that can seem daunting, but we each have a role to play because advocacy is a partnership.
Prayers
How to pray for your government leaders
The Bible tells us to pray for those in positions of authority. As we begin the new year, let’s lift up our leaders — who can all be voices of change.
Voices
Winter isn’t so wonderful without warm clothes
Two brothers once had only jean jackets to stay warm during their long walk to school. Thanks to donors’ generous gifts, they now have warm winter coats.
Voices
A year of courage: 6 Instagram posts of 2018
These six Instagram posts of 2018 embody the theme of courage: children, families, World Vision staff, and our amazing supporters stepping out in faith and believing that God will provide even in the midst of trials and tribulations.
From the Field
7 of the worst disasters in 2018
As these seven of the worst disasters in 2018 show us, children and families around the world experienced tremendous pain and suffering this past year. But there remains a glimmer of light in each of them. Hope has not been snuffed out.
