Monthly Archives: February 2012

PHOTOS: A day in the life…of a Cambodian loan officer

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What does daily life look like for a microfinance loan officer? Loan officers are the hardworking folks who interact each day with World Vision Micro entrepreneurs — sharing business practices, processing their loan applications, and more! We’ve asked our staff in Cambodia to give us a glimpse of a day in the life of a Cambodian loan officer. Below is the story, in pictures, of loan officer Nhek Chanthy, who visits a few of Micro’s entrepreneurs in central Cambodia....
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From baby refugee to mother, wife, and World Vision staffer

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From baby refugee to mother, wife, and World Vision staffer | World Vision Blog
Every woman has a story. And, like all stories, if you change one page, one paragraph, or even one word, you could change her story. This is my story. I was born a girl into a culture that still prefers and elevates boys. I was born into a war-torn country whose new government had stripped its citizens of all their rights and freedoms. Significantly, I was born to parents who were determined to not let these dismal factors prevent their daughter from experiencing the very best that life could offer — even if that meant risking their lives, leaving their friends and family, and fleeing from the only home they had ever known. Thus, at the age of 3 months,...
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PHOTO BLOG: Fashion beyond the red carpet

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Fashion beyond the red carpet | World Vision Blog
Oscar buzz often has less to do with film awards than with the pageantry of the event — especially what the stars wear on the red carpet. In honor of the Academy Awards this past weekend, World Vision celebrates our stars — children — and their cultural pageantry and expressive styles of dress....
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Going into debt — just to stay warm

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Going into debt - just to stay warm | World Vision Blog
Romanians are used to winter weather. But the record-breaking storms that have pounded Europe over the past several weeks haven’t been normal snow. They’ve left many communities isolated and without basic supplies, especially rural areas where people were just barely getting by before the storms. World Vision’s Laura Reinhardt was on assignment in Romania for two weeks. Some of the families she met there talked about the additional burden....
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