Monthly Archives: November 2012

Election Day: It’s what happens after today that really matters

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rich Stearns in Advocacy

Election Day: What happens after today really matters | World Vision Blog

Rich Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., offers his thoughts on today’s election — and the challenges and responsibilities that will be faced by the president of the United States during the next four years....

Storm recovery especially hard on children

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Laura Reinhardt in Disaster Relief

World Vision’s Laura Reinhardt, on assignment in the Northeast to cover the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, recounts the heartrending story of 5-year-old Junior Gonzalez and his family, whose home in Brooklyn was devastated by the storm....

Responding to Sandy’s devastation across the Northeast

Posted on November 5, 2012 by World Vision social media team in Disaster Relief

* * * Donate Now * * * November 7, 3:50 p.m. About 25 employees from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) helped assemble more than 500 hygiene kits at World Vision’s warehouse facility in Pittsburgh today. The kits are worth about $8,000, paid for by UPMC. The kits will be shipped tomorrow to assist survivors of Superstorm Sandy. Molly Crooks, a UPMC senior associate in human resources, was among those who volunteered to do the kit build. “The most amazing part for me was that we wrote the personal notes that went into the kits,” Molly says. “The main message was that you are cared about more than you realize. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you...

JD the DJ reaches out

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Andrea Peer in Partnerships

World Vision is partnering with national radio network K-LOVE — which includes more than 400 contemporary Christian radio stations — to help children around the world Survive to 5. Today, Andrea Peer profiles JD Chandler, a DJ at K-LOVE who will host a radiothon on November 20 to help find sponsors for children in need....

A place to learn and call home

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Meg Sattler in Stories

It’s been nearly three years since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and many people there are still living in squalid conditions in camps. Families who had the means to leave the camps have now gone, and those remaining are among Port-au-Prince’s most vulnerable. Knowing that even one child living in an unsafe and unsanitary camp is too many, World Vision is working on a project to help families move out of camps and into more durable accommodations. With World Vision helping to shoulder the burden of housing, families are able to invest their resources into their children’s educations — and most importantly, their futures....