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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?
Voices

Becoming Olympians for Christ

  • Christian Faith Stories
Meeting the child they sponsor gave Olympians Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton a deeper motivation to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio.
From the Field

Olympic couple finds purpose beyond gold medals

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • Kenya
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.

Training children to teach others to read

  • Education
  • Ethiopia
Olympic medalists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton visited their sponsored child in Kenya and learned first-hand how World Vision sponsorship works.
Change Makers

6 things Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton learned in Kenya

  • Child Sponsorship
Pyone is a survivor of human trafficking. After 4 years trapped in another country, today she is reunited with her family, working to support her daughter.
Voices

Lured into marriage: A survivor’s story of being trafficked

  • Blog
  • Myanmar
South Sudanese refugees in Uganda, children, hunger,

Fleeing conflict in South Sudan, refugees flood Uganda border

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • Uganda
How can we redefine
Voices

Teaching children empathy as a way to see and address poverty

  • Blog
Adelaine and Lukas studied about slavery in their homeschool history class. They wrote their members of Congress to urge them to consider legislation that addresses human trafficking, a modern form of slavery. After a family vacation to Washington, D.C., Representative Etsy says their visit to her office inspired her to back the anti-trafficking bill that is now law.
Change Makers

9 tips for raising courageous, world-changing kids

  • Christian Faith Stories
During the Ebola crisis in West Africa, Mollie Johanson donated profits from her Etsy shop to build 120 kits for World Vision caregivers.
Change Makers

Handmade from the heart: Fundraising to build Caregiver Kits

  • Charitable Giving
La Bestia
From the Field

Defying La Bestia, ‘The Beast’

  • Child Sponsorship
  • HondurasLatin America/Caribbean
Syrian refugee children who attend Child-Friendly Spaces have a chance to heal and reclaim their childhood.
Special Features

Childhood lost and found: Syrian refugee children reclaim their childhood

  • Child Protection Stories
  • LebanonSyria
On a trip to Honduras with World Vision, pro football player Kelvin Beachum Jr. realizes that sometimes the biggest obstacle to overcoming poverty is access.
Voices

Kelvin Beachum Jr. witnesses a forward pass for progress

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Honduras
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