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The Brissettes lived in Syria working for the Foreign Service. They discuss pre-war Syria, their inspiration to help refugees, and their hopes for tomorrow.
Voices

Syria: Yesterday, today, tomorrow

  • Blog
  • Syria

3 ways you can fight malnutrition in your sphere

  • Health
  • GuatemalaUganda
The Syrian refugee crisis is now the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time. Because of the Syrian civil war, 5.5 million people have fled Syria as refugees, putting a strain on the region’s ability to cope. And another 6.1 million people are displaced within Syria.
From the Field

Google map perspective: A refugee’s journey walking from Syria to Serbia

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaJerusalem, West Bank, GazaJordanLebanon
syrian mother and daughter
Voices

A refugee mom’s to-do list

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaLebanon
Joyce West and Doug Lee, center, with the group of widows who inspired their church’s commitment to prayer. (Photo courtesy of Grace Fellowship Community Church)
Change Makers

A California church commits to praying for refugees

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • Syria
n Zambia and Malawi, World Vision’s THRIVE program offers six techniques as the keys to success for farmers, their families and their communities.
From the Field

THRIVE: 6 ways farmers can change their communities

  • Economic Empowerment
From Honduras to Bangladesh, we’re wishing a happy Mother’s Day to all kinds of moms around the world.
From the Field

Mother’s Day: Celebrating moms around the world

  • Child Protection Stories
Are you the protagonist in your own life story … with God as the Author? Join blogger Elayna Fernandez as she meets youth in the Dominican Republic.
Voices

Are you the protagonist of your life story?

  • Blog
  • Dominican Republic
Families that plan to space out pregnancies improve the health of both the mothers and children. Meet two moms in India who chose plans for their families.
Voices

‘I explored, I understood, and I chose’

  • Blog
Sok Ouk’s family was hungry and in debt. World Vision sponsorship and other programs helped transform them into shining examples of what God can do.
From the Field

A life transformed from burden to example

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Cambodia
Our innovative Amber Alert, designed to save kids from child sacrifice in Uganda, is working! Communities are working together to keep their children safe.
Voices

UPDATE: Protection from child sacrifice — It’s working!

  • Blog
  • Uganda
Pray Psalms 22:11 for children hurt by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the Vietnam War.
Prayers

Praying Psalm 22:11 over the people of Laos

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • Laos
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