While in Brazil, Olympian cyclists Annette and Alex Edmondson finally met Vanessa, the sponsored child whose life story they’ve followed for 10 years.
News & Stories
Voices
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?
From the Field
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.
Change Makers
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.
Voices
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.
Voices
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.
Change Makers
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.
Change Makers
Handmade from the heart: Fundraising to build Caregiver Kits
During the Ebola crisis in West Africa, Mollie Johanson — a blogger and Etsy shop owner in Illinois — donated profits from her shop to build 120 Caregiver Kits to aid World Vision’s response.
From the Field
Defying La Bestia, ‘The Beast’
Crushed by natural disasters, poverty, and violence, many Hondurans are making the dangerous, desperate trek north using a network of freight trains to find opportunity. Find out how World Vision is creating ways to give young people and their families a reason to stay — and flourish — in the country they love.
Special Features
Childhood lost and found: Syrian refugee children reclaim their childhood
JULY 15, 2016, LEBANON — Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are haunted by their losses. But attending Child-Friendly Spaces and early childhood education centers give them a chance to heal and reclaim their childhood.
