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Marilee Pierce Dunker tells how a treasured music box overflowing with colorful reminders is part of her foundation of faith.
Voices

Standing on the promises of God

  • Christian Faith Stories
Millions of girls, like Jenneh in Sierra Leone, face barriers like early marriage to their education. This is Jenneh's story.
Voices

A child marriage: Betrothed before birth

  • Blog
  • Sierra Leone
World Vision strengthens the faith of children around the world through programs designed to meet them where their need is greatest.
From the Field

Girls living in poverty overcome obstacles to education

  • Education
  • BurundiBangladeshCambodiaEthiopiaHaitiLebanonMozambiquePeruRomaniaSyria
In India, there is a tradition that women serve men and do not go to school. But education for women is possible, especially through child sponsorship.
Voices

A stitch in time empowers women in India

  • Blog
Change Makers

Q&A with Lisa Marie Presley

  • Charitable Giving
World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns reflects on the hardware and software of child sponsorship that make World Vision’s work sustainable.
Voices

The software of child sponsorship

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Honduras
Brian Fikkert, author of “When Helping Hurts,” shares his thoughts on how the average person or church community can help people living in poverty without negative long-term consequences.
Voices

Q&A with Brian Fikkert, author of ‘When Helping Hurts’

  • Charitable Giving
A World Vision study finds that a country’s wealth is not as closely related to good healthcare as you may think. The U.S. ranked 46 out of 176 countries.
From the Field

Study: A country’s wealth not tied to good healthcare

  • Health
  • Mongolia
On our second day in Guatemala, blogger Shelby Zacharias had the amazing opportunity to meet her sponsored child 8-year-old Gerson for the first time!
Voices

Speaking love through soccer balls and bear hugs

  • Blog
  • Guatemala
Through a fair trade coffee program, grower Tesfaye now brings in enough income to send his children to school, giving them hope for the future.
Voices

Fair trade coffee improves children’s lives in Ethiopia

  • Blog
  • Ethiopia
As a sponsored child in World Vision’s music program in Guatemala, Hector began playing the cello. Now he plays with Guatemala's national orchestra!
Voices

Former sponsored child makes Guatemala’s national orchestra

  • Blog
  • Guatemala
A survivor of the 1980s Ethiopia famine and former World Vision sponsored child — now on staff — explains how he treasured letters and gifts from his sponsor.
Voices

Postcards, pencils, and chocolate!

  • Child Sponsorship
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