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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.

Syrian refugee children: A story in 23 photos

  • Refugee Crisis
  • LebanonSyria
In 2014, the Owens family from California circled the globe to visit their sponsored children and teach their kids about other cultures.
Change Makers

When the world becomes a classroom

  • Child Sponsorship
Voices

Regarding Henry’s nutrition in Honduras

  • Blog
  • Honduras
It’s harder to pray for needs in countries you’ve never visited than what you know well. Learn how to include distant lands and people in your prayer life.
Prayers

Five tips for praying globally

  • Christian Faith Stories
World Vision sponsor with her sponsored children in Haiti.
Change Makers

A perfect day: Making sponsorship real

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Haiti
Uganda, South Sudan refugees
From the Field

Who welcomes refugees? A country you wouldn’t expect

  • Refugee Crisis
  • Uganda
Voices

Why Debbie Macomber knits for kids

  • Blog
  • Kenya
Help Syrian refugees like Rahaff, 5, who escaped from Syria five months ago.
Voices

Syrian refugee children write a letter to the world

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaJerusalem, West Bank, GazaLebanon
Health worker screens a child for malnutrition in South Darfur, Sudan.
From the Field

Child mortality: Top causes, best solutions

  • Health
Change Makers

John C. Maxwell partners with World Vision

  • Christian Faith Stories
What if the best New Year's resolution you can make is about someone else? This 12-step guide from blogger Rachel Teodoro outlines monthly fun and creative ways that will help you build a deep relationship with the child you sponsor throughout the year!
Voices

12 steps to a deeper relationship with your sponsored child

  • Blog
Pray with us for refugees and those affected by the violence in Syria, which has displaced millions of families and killed innocent children.
From the Field

Top humanitarian crises of 2015

  • Disaster Relief
  • IraqNepalSomaliaSyria
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