Get inspired with these 5 stories of children around the world who grew up to be global citizens — using what God has blessed them with to pay it forward.
News & Stories
Education
Back-to-school supplies power students, teachers for successful year
As millions of students head back to school, World Vision and its partners equip thousands of them with the supplies they need to succeed.
Training children to teach others to read
Giduma taught his siblings to read. How? Reading Buddies, a World Vision program that trains children how to read with and teach other kids how to read.
From the Field
Defying La Bestia, ‘The Beast’
Crushed by natural disasters, poverty, and violence, many Hondurans are making the dangerous, desperate trek north using a network of freight trains to find opportunity. Find out how World Vision is creating ways to give young people and their families a reason to stay — and flourish — in the country they love.
From the Field
From binding books to reading them
Tutoring at an informal education center prepared Mohsin, a child laborer in India, to enroll in school.
From the Field
Education: Removing obstacles to knowledge
A father’s options are limited by his lack of education — but he won’t let that happen to his children. Plus, five ways World Vision equips non-traditional students.
Voices
Debbie Macomber: A love story
Best-selling author Debbie Macomber has written hundreds of stories. Today, she is the main character. The supporting characters of this story are a Microsoft VP, World Vision, and the girls of a school in Kenya. Read her story!
From the Field
Campaign For Every Child: Finishing the race
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.
From the Field
Breaking barriers: Overcoming Ebola’s impact on education in Sierra Leone
When the World Health Organization declared the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak an “international health concern,” Sierra Leone closed schools, disrupting the education of about 1.7 million children. It would take nine months for schools to reopen.
From the Field
Literacy Boost program encourages a love of reading
In Malawi, World Vision supports a community through the Literacy Boost program, which provides training and books that cultivate a love of reading.