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Children play on the banks of the Naf River in Bangladesh. Across the water is Myanmar, which many thousands of Rohingya fled to find refuge in Bangladesh. World Vision is working to help refugees and also opened an area program for the host community.

Called by God: The Every Last One campaign

In late 2015, World Vision launched Every Last One (ELO) — a $1 billion capital campaign over eight years to make life, hope, and a future possible for 60 million people. Explore the work that has already been done, and help us make an even bigger impact faster.

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Sherrie Woodring listens to a roundtable discussion at a 2017 conference in California about the Every Last One campaign.

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Finding a purpose to fulfill

Donors to World Vision’s Every Last One campaign find they not only change lives worldwide but that God also changed them as they stepped out in faith. Here, a woman shares how she decided to get involved and how her life changed as a result.

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Margo Day smiles with a friend named Lillian during Margo’s 2014 trip to Kenya to celebrate an expansion of the school she funded. She initially met Lillian during a 2009 visit at the rescue center.

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A miraculous transformation in Kenya

Donors to World Vision’s Every Last One campaign find they not only change lives worldwide but that God also changed them as they stepped out in faith. Here, a woman shares how she decided to get involved and how her life changed as a result.

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Laura and Robert Abernathy teach Sunday school in Uganda during a 2016 visit.

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Becoming all in with a new purpose

Donors to World Vision’s Every Last One campaign find they not only change lives worldwide but that God also changed them as they stepped out in faith. Here, a couple shares how they decided to get involved and how their lives changed as a result.

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World Vision U.S. President and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. visits the Well of Prayer in Ethiopia.

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From the World Vision U.S. president: Prayer delivers clean water in Ethiopia

In arid Durame, Ethiopia, organizations had drilled six times for clean water, without success. When World Vision arrived to attempt, the people might have said not to bother, since everyone else had failed. Instead they said, “We must pray and fast, and the Lord will bring us water.” Prayer made all the difference.

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Best-selling author Debbie Macomber is mobilizing her Knit for Kids community to make face masks to be put in Fresh Food Kits World Vision is distributing to families in need.

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Choose joy and help Debbie Macomber make masks for people in need

Best-selling author Debbie Macomber has empowered knitters for years through Knit for Kids and World Vision. Now she is encouraging people to sew masks that will be included in World Vision’s Family Emergency Kits, which are distributed to families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Learn how to create or update your will today using a free online tool. Leave a legacy to help protect your loved ones and help vulnerable families too.

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How to create a will and leave a legacy

Learn how you can use a free online tool to create or update your will today. You can leave a legacy to help protect your loved ones and help vulnerable families provide for their kids and their future, too.

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Visionaries surrender something great to receive something greater

Read the stories of some of World Vision’s generous donor partners who have answered the call and made the financial commitment to become Visionaries — a group of World Vision supporters who strive to help transform the lives of children, families, and communities in the name of Christ, recognizing that in doing so, their own lives are also transformed.

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Bristy’s is a life transformed through World Vision’s child protection program. She no longer works in the shrimp factory, but instead is back in school.

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Lives transformed in Bangladesh

In 2017, World Vision donor Lyné Brown met a girl who was entering World Vision’s child protection program in Bangladesh. Lyné heard heartbreaking stories of hardship. But in 2018, she revisited that same girl and saw the transformation with her own eyes.