In 2010, we embarked on a mission unlike any we’d undertaken before. In the midst of the worst economic crisis of our day, we launched World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child. Our audacious goal was to raise $500 million and change the lives of 20 million people worldwide. We felt God calling us to make this bold move — and many of you felt the same call.
News & Stories
Economic Empowerment
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
Microloans make an unexpected CEO
Jacqueline has faced many harsh circumstances in her life … She lost family members to disease and war. When she became a mother, she could barely afford to provide for her children. Find out how a microloan helped turn her life around.
Voices
Economic empowerment gives hope to India’s Bru tribe
Dozens of Bru tribe families in India have homes of their own, thanks to the economic empowerment program called “Land for the Landless.”
Voices
Pursuing the best: Innovation revolutionizes farming in Africa
World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns reflects on how putting old things together in a new way can create something revolutionary — a new innovative approach to farming in Tanzania is freeing communities from the grip of poverty.
Special Features
From dependence to dignity
AUG. 1, 2014, TANZANIA — Start with an unpredictable climate. Add a portion of destructive cultural values. Stir in some fear. The result: a recipe for ruin. But World Vision has figured out how to reverse the course, leading entire communities of hardworking, God-gifted people from dependence to dignity.
Voices
A stitch in time empowers women in India
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
Fair trade coffee improves children’s lives in Ethiopia
Southern Ethiopia is one of the best coffee-growing regions in the world! Through a World Vision training and fair trade program, coffee grower Tesfaye now brings in enough income to support his family and send his children to school, giving them hope for the future.
From the Field
Microloans lift family out of desperation after devastating fire
Microloans from World Vision helped a Dominican Republic family recover from a devastating fire that destroyed their family bakery.
Voices
Report: U.S. poverty rate at highest level since 1993
In 2010, the U.S. poverty rate rose to 15.1% — up from 14.3% in 2009, and up to its highest level since 1993.