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A woman in Sinazongwe Zambia, carries a baby on her back and container of water from a World Vision borehole on her head. Carrying water long distances can have lasting effects on one’s health, some research shows. (©2016 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren)
From the Field

Carrying water can be a pain in the neck

  • Clean Water Stories
Though Cheru and Kamama live 16 miles apart, for one, her walk for water is a 3-hour struggle; for the other, it’s a 7-minute stroll. Walk with them.
Special Features

Water within reach: Compare two 5-year-olds’ walk for water

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Kenya
With baby Haron tied to her back Monica makes milk tea for her children's breakfast.
From the Field

What’s in the water will make you sick

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Kenya
Monica uses a twig to clean Cheru’s teeth in a break from their long walk for water.
From the Field

Walk for water: Moms bear the burden when water is scarce

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Kenya
Growing up without clean water in rural Kenya, Sam Irungu knew the daily struggle of collecting dirty water from the early age of 5. Today, he works as a software engineer!
Voices

A Kenya childhood: Growing up without clean water

  • Blog
  • Kenya
Dira, left, encourages her 12-year-old sister, Phinat, right, in her studies. Dira is the sixth of eight children and had to leave school in the second grade so she could scavenge for junk to help her family earn money after her father died. Later, with World Vision’s help, she got nonformal education and vocational training and now runs a hairdresser shop in her town of Battambang, Cambodia. Because of her experience, she wants her younger siblings to have a different life, including Phinat. “I want them to study until [they] finish class,” she says. “I don’t want Phinat to scavenge because she is too young. Scavengers face risk, such as rape and traffic accidents.” Phinat has the second-highest grades in her class of 30 students. “My older sister encourages me to study hard,” Phinat says. “She doesn’t allow me to pick up junk.”
From the Field

10 girls who overcame the odds to attend school

  • Education
Former sponsored child reflects on fulfilled dreams: Child sponsorship opened doors for a Bangladeshi child to pursue his dream of a career in education and impact his community.
From the Field

Former sponsored child reflects on fulfilled dreams

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Bangladesh
When you partner with World Vision, you are walking with the poor. Mothers, fathers, and children feel your love and support across the miles. And with that comes a sense of God’s love. Knowing they’re not alone in their struggles lightens their load.
Voices

Walking with the poor: Solving the global water crisis

  • Clean Water Stories
Children run across a field as stormy cumulonimbus clouds pour rain to a village in Magoye, Zambia.
From the Field

10 awe-inspiring weather photos for World Meteorological Day

  • Christian Faith Stories
On World Water Day, World Vision celebrates reaching one person with clean water every 10 seconds and Margarita's village anticipates its new pipeline.
From the Field

World Water Day: Every 10 seconds one person gets clean water

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Honduras
For International Day of Happiness, we’re celebrating children around the world with the name Happy, and helping to bring happiness to the world.
Voices

Bringing happiness to a child named Happy

  • Blog
In 2013, Rich Stearns met Haya, a refugee in Jordan. The poem she read to him became a pivotal moment in his life. Three years later, we reconnect with her.
Voices

Facing responsibility: The face of a refugee child

  • Blog
  • SyriaJordan
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