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Voices
Podcast with Hillsong United
This month we talk with JD and Dylon Thomas from Hillsong United about refugees, life on the road, and their new album, “Wonder.”
Voices
World Refugee Day: Moses misses his father
Nearly 10,000 refugee children have crossed from South Sudan into Uganda without their parents. Meet Moses, one of these unaccompanied children who now must wear the shoes of a father for his sisters. Learn how this responsibility weighs on him and how World Vision is helping to look after them.
Change Makers
From Syria to Seattle: When worlds collide
They did not know each other, but simultaneously, their lives were plunging into an abyss. Seattle software programmer Cari Conklin was on a collision course with the Alhamdens, one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria’s civil war.
From the Field
Photos: The streets of Aleppo, Syria
Aleppo was once Syria’s largest city and a cultural and economic hub. Photos of its destruction show a stark contrast to a once-thriving city.
From the Field
6 of the worst disasters in 2016
About 194 major natural disasters affected millions of people worldwide in 2016. Armed conflicts claimed tens of thousands of lives. This year saw a record 65.3 million people forcibly displaced.
From the Field
Fleeing Aleppo: Man recounts chaos leaving war-torn city
Shihab fled his home in eastern Aleppo, Syria, in the early hours Friday, Dec. 16. In the chaos, he managed to cram into an overcrowded bus leaving for safety in Idlib. Read his story.
From the Field
Children fleeing Mosul offensive find a safe place to play
After two years under the rule of a harsh militant group, children and families are fleeing newly-liberated villages and towns near Mosul, Iraq. World Vision’s Child-Friendly Spaces in Zelican camp give them a chance to play and be kids again.
Voices
The best people on Earth: Bravery and beauty in Iraq
Refugees are more than just numbers. They are some of the most incredible people on earth, as World Vision writer Kari Costanza found in Iraq.
From the Field
Top humanitarian crises of 2015
What were the top 8 humanitarian crises of 2015? Find out what they were and what World Vision and people like you did to help.