Category Archives: Advocacy

The right to have a name

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Ernesto Nieto in Advocacy, Child Sponsorship

The national identity card is helping to ensure that children from the Miramar community in Peru have access to their fundamental rights — like medical care and community programs. Carmen shares how this piece of identification has changed her life — and the lives of her children....

Film Director Ditches Convention to tell Girls’ Stories

Posted on January 17, 2013 by James Addis in Advocacy

The director of a soon-to-be-released film charting the lives of girls struggling to get an education in some of the world’s toughest places deliberately abandoned the techniques of conventional documentary filmmaking. The film Girl Rising, whose narrators include Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez, is due for theatrical release in March....

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....

The world through the eyes of a child

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Lindsey Minerva in Advocacy

Violence. Hunger. Lack of education. Abuse. Children are the most vulnerable to the consequences of global poverty — but often, they don’t have a platform by which to voice how these issues affect them. When children do speak out, they often aren’t taken seriously. Sometimes, they’re dismissed by the adults who are charged with caring for them. To address this problem, World Vision created a child journalist summit in India to give children the opportunity to have their voices heard....

Q&A with an [almost] child bride

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Lipy Mary Rodrigues in Advocacy

Shapla in Bangladesh was devastated when her parents arranged a marriage that would force her to drop out of school. But thanks to World Vision, when Shapla told her friends about her situation, they knew what to do. Shapla’s friends had completed a life-skills education course, and they were able to contact community leaders, who advocated for Shapla. Read on to learn how Shapla escaped what she calls the “cave of death” — and how her story represents World Vision’s efforts to create futures of dignity and hope for girls and women....