As World Vision marks 75 years of walking alongside children and families, this digital magazine winter edition celebrates what God has done so far. You’ll meet children growing into their dreams, families planting seeds of change, and communities rising together. These stories honor God’s faithfulness and love that continues to reach across generations and around the world.
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From the World Vision U.S. president: 75 years of belief
World Vision President and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. reflects on feeding a malnourished child named Mone in Ethiopia and how moments like this reveal both the challenges families face and the power of faith in action. Marking World Vision’s 75th anniversary, he looks back on decades of God’s faithfulness, from war-torn Korea to today’s global crises, and shares a bold vision as we look toward the future.
Remembering God’s faithfulness and trusting Him for the future
In this editor’s letter, we pause to remember how far God has brought us. Drawing from 1 Samuel 7, where Samuel sets up a stone of remembrance and calls it Ebenezer, this reflection marks World Vision’s 75th anniversary as a moment to look back with gratitude and forward with faith. The stories in this issue serve as our own “stone of help,” celebrating decades of God’s faithfulness through the stories of lives changed, including our own.
A foundation of faith
A Sunday school teacher’s gift and prayer to a young Bob Pierce sparked something that would one day reach across the world. That small act of faith led him to follow God’s call, planting the roots of World Vision and decades of global impact. Now, 75 years later, those seeds continue to grow, transforming lives and communities around the world.
The good mother
A Guatemalan family that once lived on a dirt floor and drank watery soup proves that hard work, child sponsorship, economic empowerment training, and World Vision Gift Catalog animals change lives.
Ending hunger together: How World Vision and WFP reach the world’s hungriest people
For over 30 years, World Vision and the World Food Programme have partnered to fight global hunger, reaching tens of millions of children with meals, support, and opportunities to thrive.
Discovering my father’s life of audacious faith
Marilee Pierce Dunker shares the heart behind her new book uncovering the spiritual journey and global ministry of her father, World Vision founder Bob Pierce. Based on personal discoveries and archived writings, The Audacity of Faith invites readers to reflect on faith, purpose, and the act of saying “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
Spring 2025 magazine
Through our new digital magazine, we invite you to explore real stories of transformation, resilience, and hope — to meet a mother holding onto hope after her child’s recovery from malnutrition, a family navigating childbirth without access to clean water, a teacher shaping new beginnings in her childhood classroom, and more. Follow the links to dive deeper into these journeys — and witness how love and perseverance are transforming futures.
From the World Vision U.S. president: Transformation one life at a time
World Vision U.S. president and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. witnessed how Biblical Empowered Worldview changed a life in Guatemala.
If we had clean water
Anzazi gave birth at a clinic that had no clean water. She had to wait four hours while her mother-in-law collected water for her to wash herself and her newborn.