News & Stories

More Filters
Grid List
Through a growing group of U.S. child sponsors, struggling families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are daring to believe that miracles are possible.
From the Field

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Miracle in the making

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
For Valentine's Day, we give thanks for the love our supporters have shown us, our work, and the children we serve in five photos.
Voices

Valentine’s Day: Messages of love

  • Blog
Pastor Keith Stewart reflects on how deep satisfaction comes when God uses our human weaknesses for his higher purposes.
Voices

Texas pastor runs a marathon for his sponsored child

  • Child Sponsorship
The daughter of World Vision’s founder shares how a little girl named Joy in Uganda helped her put her faith into action through child sponsorship.
Voices

Joy, my sponsored child, chose me

  • Child Sponsorship
8 miles for water: A Wisconsin couple launched a fundraiser called “8 Miles for Water,” in recognition of a Kenyan woman who walked that many miles each day to get water.
Change Makers

Wisconsin walkers raise money for clean water in Kenya

  • Clean Water Stories
Baby Parul, 8 months old, lives in a brothel with her mother, who works as a sex worker.
Special Features

Children of the brothel

  • Child Protection Stories
  • Bangladesh
Now the first and only professional in his family, a father of two in El Salvador reflects on the impact of child sponsorship in his spiritual life and career path.
From the Field

El Salvador father recalls sponsorship’s role in his spiritual life

  • Child Sponsorship
  • El Salvador
Sedra, 7, her parents, and her six siblings, ages 1 to 11, feared for their lives as they fled their war-torn nation, running away with only the clothes on their backs as they headed to the Jordanian border. They now live in Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan.
Special Features

Crying for their country

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaJordan
Letter writing may seem old-fashioned. But for Kay's sponsored child Maya, letters transformed her life. Read her tips on writing life-changing letters.
Change Makers

5 simple tips on life-changing letter writing

  • Child Sponsorship
Uganda genocide: In an article from July 1979, former World Vision U.S. President Stan Mooneyham writes about his visit to Uganda after the genocide perpetrated by dictator Idi Amin.
Voices

Uganda genocide: A nightmare finally comes to an end

  • Disaster Relief
  • Uganda
One of Marilee Pierce Dunker’s greatest joys is watching people come to a child sponsorship table to search for the little face that touches their heart.
Voices

The divine matchmaking of child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
A visit with elderly saints in Xiamen, China who came to Christ in faith before communism closed China to the gospel.
Voices

In China, a flame of faith ignites eager, young hearts

  • Christian Faith Stories
  • China
Load More