Follow the evolution of child sponsorship at World Vision from caring for orphans in the 1950s to transforming whole communities today.
News & Stories
Voices
Our mother died because she ran too slow
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.
From the Field
Igniting a movement against child labor
June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor, a time to remember the young workers who have been robbed of childhood, education, and the future they deserve.
From the Field
A look at child labor inside a garment factory in Bangladesh
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.
Voices
Q&A: Hope at home in Honduras
In today’s Q&A, Matt Stephens — our senior adviser for child protection — answers the question of why children from Central America are leaving home and explores how World Vision is working to address the root causes of this crisis by promoting hope at home.
From the Field
Former sponsored child passes on his love of learning
In India, a former sponsored child was the first in his village to graduate from college — an accomplishment he credits to his World Vision sponsor.
From the Field
Congress passes legislation to protect children through birth certificates
What if you or your child never got a birth certificate? Not having birth certificates puts millions of children around the world at greater risk of abuse.
From the Field
Ebola survivor brings dignity to burials
Maseray Kamara knows Ebola’s toll firsthand. The virus took her husband and sister during its rampage through Sierra Leone. Ebola struck her as well, but she survived.
From the Field
Children in Peru thrive through child sponsorship
The sky’s the limit for children in Huanta, Peru, where 19 years of child sponsorship and community development have helped families overcome a violent past.
Voices
Solving the puzzle of poverty with child sponsorship
World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns reflects on how child sponsorship allows World Vision to tackle a wide range of community problems and create lasting change.
Voices
Brimming with hope: Clean water transforms a Zambian village
Zambian families waited decades for clean water. Then one day, life was transformed — clean water changes everything.
Change Makers
11-year-old’s lemonade stand raises over $16K for clean water
11-year-old Tyler has big dreams of bringing clean water to communities in Africa. Watch how his dreams are turning into reality by selling lemonade in his community.
