A Mongolian couple is teaching boxing as a ministry to youth in this poor central Mongolian province transforming the lives of children.
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Back-to-school supplies power students, teachers for successful year
As millions of students head back to school, World Vision and its partners equip thousands of them with the supplies they need to succeed.
Clean water lifts mother’s spirit, family’s burden
In a remote Maasai village in rural Kenya, Naomi used to walk and wait for hours to gather unsafe water from a spring they shared with livestock and wild baboons.
Olympians meet inspiring Brazilian ‘sister’
While in Brazil, Olympian cyclists Annette and Alex Edmondson finally met Vanessa, the sponsored child whose life story they’ve followed for 10 years.
Becoming Olympians for Christ
During the Olympics, we watch athletes who have dedicated their lives to their sport. Shouldn’t followers of Christ be as committed to their faith?
Olympic couple finds purpose beyond gold medals
Meeting the child they sponsor gave Olympians Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton a deeper motivation to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio.
Training children to teach others to read
Giduma taught his siblings to read. How? Reading Buddies, a World Vision program that trains children how to read with and teach other kids how to read.
6 things Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton learned in Kenya
Olympic medalists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton visited their sponsored child in Kenya and learned first-hand how World Vision sponsorship works.
Lured into marriage: A survivor’s story of being trafficked
Pyone is a survivor of human trafficking. After four years trapped in another country, today she is reunited with her family, working to support her daughter, and this past spring told her story so other young women might avoid her horrible experience. Read her story.
Fleeing conflict in South Sudan, refugees flood Uganda border
More than 37,000 people fled South Sudan for Uganda within three weeks, straining social services for refugee newcomers.
Teaching children empathy as a way to see and address poverty
How can we redefine “selfishness” with our kids so it includes the thriving of all humans, not only ourselves? Blogger Joy Bennett describes three ways to help our children grow stronger in empathy.
9 tips for raising courageous, world-changing kids
If you think your kids are too young to think globally, author Anna Goodworth challenges you with nine tips for raising missional children.