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Syrian refugee children who attend Child-Friendly Spaces for play and socialization have more confidence about avoiding child trafficking and labor than their peers who do not, research shows.
From the Field

Child-Friendly Spaces help children hold on to their childhood

  • Child Protection Stories
When drilling teams strike water, entire villages erupt in celebration! All because clean water changes everything for people like Emmanuel in Ghana.
Voices

Clean water changes everything

  • Blog
  • Ghana
A child bears the scars of genocide in Rwanda.
Special Features

Rwanda: 20 years later

  • Disaster Relief
  • Rwanda
The drill rig team celebrated with villagers as World Vision’s 1,000th successful borehole drilled in Mali since 2003 brought clean water to the community. 
From the Field

The 1,000th well in Mali marks a clean-water milestone

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Mali
At only 15, Salmina was forced to marry a 58-year-old man and leave school. Now she has escaped from child marriage and is back in school.
Voices

Salmina escapes from child marriage

  • Blog
  • Mozambique
In Uganda, child sacrifice is a real danger. 3-year-old Sharon's pierced ears may protect her, and an amber alert helps recover kids that have been taken.
Voices

Child sacrifice: Protection through pierced ears in Uganda

  • Blog
  • Uganda
For World Poetry Day, watch this video of spoken-word poet Propaganda performing Childhood Lost — “Childhood is worth saving, because once it’s gone, it’s gone.”
Voices

World Poetry Day: “Childhood Lost” by Propaganda

  • Blog
  • Bangladesh
Together, World Vision and P&G have provided 1 billion liters of clean drinking water, with many miracles along the way and new plans for the future.
Voices

Celebrating 1 billion liters of clean water

  • Blog
  • Kenya
Haya's song: Rich Stearns, World Vision U.S. president, thinks of his own children when he meets Haya, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee in Jordan and listens to her story of bravery and loss.
Voices

Our humanity brings us together

  • Refugee Crisis
  • JordanSyria
Former pastor Steve Spear now works with World Vision since completing his run across America to raise money for water for children in Africa. (©2013 World Vision/photo by Chris Huber)
Change Makers

New journey for former pastor after run across America

  • Clean Water Stories
The children of Syria have have borne the brunt of violence and tragedy, while millions have fled. Meet Ola, a child whose laughter would give way to tears.
Voices

My encounter with a child of Syria

  • Blog
  • SyriaJordan
A dream inspires a retired carpenter to bike across America to raise money for World Vision water projects in Kenya.
Change Makers

What’s Keith Richards’ brother-in-law doing for World Vision?

  • Clean Water Stories
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