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This World Malaria Day join World Vision in remembering the lives devastated by this preventable disease and in our hope and progress toward eradicating it.
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World Malaria Day: The gossamer thread

This World Malaria Day, join World Vision in remembering the lives devastated by this preventable, treatable disease — and in our mission of eradicating it from the world. See the miraculous change a few square meters of netting brought about for a Mozambican family.

Emily Mphahlele waits at the hospital in South Africa for a doctor to review her anti-retroviral prescription.
Special Features

Pride and prejudice

FEB. 1, 2013, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa’s patriarchal society denies women a voice on issues affecting them most: gender equality, child abuse, rape, and high HIV rates. But now many are standing against the denial and prejudice associated with HIV by learning to live productive lives.

A woman cups dirty water in her hands in India. (©2010 World Vision/photo by Ajitson Samuel Justus)
Special Features

Here’s to the givers

NOV. 1, 2012 — Here’s to the givers of the world … givers of all sizes and ages, from different walks of life and various income levels. They give not because of a date on the calendar but because they are God’s beloved cheerful givers. Their stories show the impact of relatively simple gifts in developing countries.

Delfina in Mozambique is protected from malaria-carrying mosquitos thanks to her bed net.
Special Features

Net effect

NOV. 1, 2012, MOZAMBIQUE — In malaria-prone Mozambique, two girls live very different lives. One is protected by a mosquito bed net; the other is not. A handful of gossamer threads treated with insecticide makes all the difference.

33 million people live with HIV. This statistic no longer seems foreign once you meet one of them. World Vision Experience: AIDS brings those faces to life.
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I’ve met the face of AIDS

Some 33 million people are living with HIV right now. No longer does this statistic seem foreign to me, because I’ve met one of those 33 million. The World Vision Experience: AIDS tour brings those real faces to life.