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Top five Valentine’s Day gifts that give back

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Need some last-minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas? Chocolate hearts are so cliché — we can do better than that. Let’s show some love to the special people in our lives, and share God’s love with children and families in need around the world. That’s a win-win! Here are my top five ways to give — and give back....
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Meeting Doctor

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Meeting Doctor | World Vision blog
Some of my new year resolutions are personal — like finishing grad school and running another half marathon. But my resolution to keep sponsoring children through the organization I love gives me an outward focus. Nearly eight years ago, before I started working here, I sponsored a child through World Vision. It didn’t matter whether the child was a boy or a girl, or from any particular country. I just wanted to help a child who needed a sponsor....
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Why we start with water and sanitation

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Why we start with water and sanitation | World Vision Blog
Recently I was invited on a trip with World Vision donors to visit our clean water programs in Uganda. I’m really proud that World Vision’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming is among the most advanced in the sector and helps thousands of children and families in communities affected by drought, natural disasters, and poor living conditions around the world. While in Uganda, I talked with John Steifel, World Vision’s Uganda WASH program coordinator.  I sat down with him for an informal interview so he could explain to me why we start with water in a community, and why clean water by itself isn’t enough. He gave such a clear explanation of why sanitation and hygiene programs have to go...
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Travel notes from Kenya

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World Vision’s Rachael Boyer is in Kenya this week, visiting our water and sanitation projects in a part of Africa long affected by drought and lack of access to clean, safe water for families and communities. Today, she shares her experiences from her first day in the field. Look for more of Rachael’s trip notes on the blog later this week. *    *    * I flew with a group of World Vision U.S. staff members and donors from Uganda into Kenya via Eldoret. Then, we traveled to Marich Pass, located in Kenya’s Rift Valley, to see a particularly successful clean water project. Previously, poor access to clean water in the area contributed to early marriages and school dropouts...
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Sponsorship 101 — from a child sponsor

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Asteria and her daughters, Aracely (age 5) and Nathaly (age 3) who just received letters from their sponsors. ©2011 Jon Warren/World Vision
World Vision’s child sponsorship program has been part of my life for nearly two decades. My dad started working at World Vision when I was 9 years old. I’ve worked here for nearly five years now, and my husband and I sponsor three children of our own. We love getting letters, drawings, photos, and progress reports from the children in our global family. And we love sending them cards, pictures, small packages, and the occasional extra gift. But even as a staff person and a longtime child sponsor, I’ve still asked myself: What does sponsorship actually do? How does it actually work? In putting this blog post together, I’ve learned that, in a nutshell, sponsorship connects you with a child...
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