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Follow the evolution of child sponsorship at World Vision from caring for orphans in the 1950s to transforming whole communities today.
From the Field

Evolution of child sponsorship through the years

  • Child Sponsorship
Our team recently traveled to South Sudan, where they met a family of four siblings, orphaned and displaced by war, having recently lost their mother.
Voices

Our mother died because she ran too slow

  • Blog
  • South Sudan
June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor.
From the Field

Igniting a movement against child labor

  • Child Protection Stories
Bithi wanted to become a doctor. But poverty forced her into child labor in a garment factory in Bangladesh, making upwards of 480 pairs of pants a day.
From the Field

A look at child labor inside a garment factory in Bangladesh

  • Child Protection Stories
  • Bangladesh
Voices

Q&A: Hope at home in Honduras

  • Blog
  • HondurasLatin America/Caribbean
In India, a boy from one of the poorest families in his village became the first college graduate — an accomplishment he credits to his World Vision sponsor.
From the Field

Former sponsored child passes on his love of learning

  • Child Sponsorship
family in Mozambique holding birth registration cards
From the Field

Congress passes legislation to protect children through birth certificates

  • Child Protection Stories
  • United States
This Ebola survivor's inspiring story and the work of World Vision-trained Ebola burial teams received the Bond International Humanitarian Award.
From the Field

Ebola survivor brings dignity to burials

  • Disaster Relief
  • Sierra Leone
Child sponsorship and community development have helped families in Huanta, Peru overcome a violent past.
From the Field

Children in Peru thrive through child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Peru
Despite continued heartbreak in the most difficult places, the past few decades have shown incredible progress in the fight against extreme poverty.
Voices

Solving the puzzle of poverty with child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
Zambian families waited decades for clean water. Then one day, life was transformed.
Voices

Brimming with hope: Clean water transforms a Zambian village

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Tyler Brunst is a kid with big dreams of bringing clean water to communities in Africa. He's raising money by selling lemonade and bracelets.
Change Makers

11-year-old’s lemonade stand raises over $16K for clean water

  • Clean Water Stories
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