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Feliciano Rimachi Ramirez's hands tell his story and the story of his village, Carhuahuran, Peru. The Bible he holds was given to him by World Vision staff.
Special Features

Peru’s moving past

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Peru
A family sells rubber ducks in Alaska so they can purchase live ducks through World Vision's Gift Catalog, which are given to families in need around the world.
Change Makers

The new duck dynasty

  • Charitable Giving
Our advisor on fragile states breaks down this difficult context for humanitarian work and explains how we're uniquely equipped to respond.
From the Field

Fragile states: Helping children in the worst of all worlds

  • Disaster Relief
When the World Health Organization declared the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak an
From the Field

Breaking barriers: Overcoming Ebola’s impact on education in Sierra Leone

  • Health
  • Sierra Leone
Children's emotional scars from Syria's civil war: Amid conflict in Syria and neighboring countries stemming from Syria's civil war, a sense of childhood is slipping away for a generation of children.
From the Field

Children’s emotional scars from Syria’s civil war

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaIraqJordanLebanon
Amid shattered dreams and broken hearts in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Syrian refugee children live in shelters that are haphazard jumbles.
From the Field

Syrian refugee crisis: Children fleeing violence

  • Refugee Crisis
  • LebanonSyria
Once war-ravaged, Korea is now blessing others with the same spiritual hope and practical help they received more than half a century ago. Find out how through eyewitness accounts from World Vision founder Bob Pierce and his daughter Marilee.
Voices

Korea is transformed into a nation that blesses others

  • Christian Faith Stories
The list of fragile countries includes four in Africa, where political instability, poverty, and prolonged crises cause the suffering of millions. 
From the Field

Africa’s foremost fragile places

  • Refugee Crisis
Back in 1975 in Operation Babylift, World Vision evacuated 27 Vietnamese and 20 Cambodian orphans to the United States due to deteriorating conditions in Southeast Asia.
From the Field

TBT: Operation Babylift in Vietnam rescues orphans

  • Child Protection Stories
  • Viet NamCambodia
Sponsored boy Jean de Dieu (right) plays with his brother with the toys sent by his sponsor.
Prayers

Wrapping children in prayer: Pray for children living in chaos

  • Christian Faith Stories
Children here used to experience malnutrition. Now they're eating nutritious meals.
From the Field

Battling malnutrition: Veggies make the meal

  • Hunger News
  • Indonesia
Two girls sit next to the river where they used to get their drinking water but have access to fresh, safe water after World Vision Ethiopia constructed a borehole well in their community in 2011.
Voices

The most important women’s issue you’ve never heard of

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
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