Recent Posts by Peter Warski

PHOTO BLOG: Fashion beyond the red carpet

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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Freedom from poverty: The key to life in all its fullness

This past August, I had the honor, for the first time, of visiting World Vision’s field programs in Guatemala. This Latin American country is a gorgeous place — a lush, beautiful landscape, and equally beautiful people. In stark contrast to such beauty, however, is the presence of poverty across much of the country. Malnutrition is a major problem here — 45 percent of Guatemala’s population is stunted. Particularly in rural areas, families struggle with limited access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. But poverty does not define the people of Guatemala. Nor, as I discovered, does it undermine their ability to find joy and hope. And World Vision is working to help families and communities overcome it — for good....
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Giving thanks and counting our blessings

Happy Thanksgiving, World Vision friends and family! We’ve been counting our blessings all this week as a reminder of what we are truly thankful for. This post highlights blessings 1-6 from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and also includes four more reasons we are giving thanks. BLESSING #1: The people we serve — children, families, and communities around the world. BLESSING #2: The many faithful donors and supporters of World Vision’s work. BLESSING #3: The many compassionate and beautiful children who remind us every day what it means to have a child-like faith in a God who loves us. BLESSING #4: Rooftops over our heads. BLESSING #5: Food in our bellies. BLESSING #6: Prayers for provision for our neighbors, near and far,...
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Scenes from a Kenyan refugee camp

A new World Vision report indicates that nearly half of the children surveyed in drought-devastated northern Kenya had eaten no food for a full day. Those separated from their parents have fared even worse. Children are now begging by the roadside as they fight for survival, putting themselves at risk of violence and sexual abuse. Students are failing to attend class as they work on construction sites or walk with livestock to find pasture. Young girls are being married off to raise money. Jon Warren, World Vision’s award-winning photo director, is traveling in East Africa to document the emergency hunger situation and highlight World Vision’s work in the region. The photos below are from Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in...
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Debt ceiling debate: Why foreign aid is an issue of ‘right-wrong,’ not ‘right-left’

Consider what you’ve heard in the news over the past several weeks regarding the ongoing impasse over the nation’s debt ceiling. You’ve probably heard a great deal about spending cuts, versus tax increases, versus any combination thereof. You’ve likely heard about the August 2 deadline for raising the limit, lest the United States default on its debts and risk an economic meltdown. In the midst of this, you’ve almost certainly observed a soap opera of political posturing and bickering among members of both parties. But what you probably haven’t heard much about in the context of this debate is the group that stands to lose the most: the world’s poorest, who literally depend on U.S. foreign aid for their survival....
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