This World Teacher Day, find out how St. Elizabeth’s school for girls in Kenya serves as a safety net for vulnerable girls facing child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Education
Special Features
Life in urban India: 7 families, 7 journeys
AUG. 2, 2017, INDIA — Urbanization has changed the face of poverty and how World Vision works. We went to India to talk to seven families about their experiences.
Voices
Make a world of good: Do something!
While children in the United States are going back to school, Reneé Stearns reflects on how a special school in Kenya is making a world of good for girls.
From the Field
School’s out: Kids share their favorite summer activities
As summer vacation draws near, catch a glimpse of how students around the world will spend their breaks this year.
Change Makers
Book picks to help you become a better global citizen
In honor of World Book Day on April 23, here are our recommendations for books to help you become a better global citizen.
![Dira, left, encourages her 12-year-old sister, Phinat, right, in her studies. Dira is the sixth of eight children and had to leave school in the second grade so she could scavenge for junk to help her family earn money after her father died. Later, with World Vision’s help, she got nonformal education and vocational training and now runs a hairdresser shop in her town of Battambang, Cambodia. Because of her experience, she wants her younger siblings to have a different life, including Phinat. “I want them to study until [they] finish class,” she says. “I don’t want Phinat to scavenge because she is too young. Scavengers face risk, such as rape and traffic accidents.” Phinat has the second-highest grades in her class of 30 students. “My older sister encourages me to study hard,” Phinat says. “She doesn’t allow me to pick up junk.”](https://wvusstatic.com/www/uploads/2017/04/OTG-Email-Hero-Early-6-Ed-Overcome-3-Cambodia-D055-0763-31_419222-crop-640x400.jpg)
From the Field
10 girls who overcame the odds to attend school
Every day millions of girls don’t get to go to school. These 10 were determined to go anyway. Learn how you can help girls education odds improve.
Voices
My mission statement: Be a blessing
Bestselling author Debbie Macomber’s mission statement was inspired by God’s covenant with Abraham: “I will make you a blessing!” Read how she’s been led to bless others.
Thanksgiving: Kids give thanks for vegetables
KidREACH — a World Vision afterschool, tutoring, and mentoring program — teaches kids about healthy eating and how to cultivate fruits and vegetables. Learn how the kids at Mount Vernon Elementary School in Brownton, West Virginia, are reading, writing, and gardening.
From the Field
World Vision uses innovative technology to help bring hope to families
Mobile apps, computers, and solar energy are commonplace, but World Vision is using this same technology to transform remote communities around the world.
From the Field
The ABCs of creating a child’s reading corner
Around the world, parents encourage their children to read by creating a reading corner, a comfortable spot with good light and lots of books. Learn how.