Category Archives: Causes

Fast facts: Child health

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A community volunteer weighs a malnourished baby at a health centre in Niger. (Ann Birch/WV/2010)
Today is World Health Day. World Vision joins the World Health Organization to draw attention to issues of global health, particularly the health of children. Part of this year’s theme tagline is “no action today, no cure tomorrow.” Consider this challenge as you read these facts. Malnutrition contributes to more than half of all child deaths. (Source: World Health Organization) Every year, 8.1 million children die of poor health. That is … 22,191 per day, 924 per hour, 15 per minute, 1 child dies every 4 seconds. (Source: UNICEF, Levels & Trends in Child Mortality, September 2010) 195 million children are stunted due to hunger (1 in 3 children in developing countries). (Source: UNICEF, “Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal...
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Modern times, ancient stories

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Horn Of Africa Drought - The Effects Of Drought Bite Harder In East Pokot
Editor’s note: Abby Metty will be in Kenya with World Vision March 25-April 8. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. Right now I’m reading his classic, The Grapes of Wrath, about the migration of farmers in the 1930s from the Midwest to California and the downward spiral of poverty they endured along the way. A central theme of the novel is hunger. It focuses around one family and their search for work and food in increasingly desperate conditions. He writes, “How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him — he has known a fear beyond every other.” Over...
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Made possible by water

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Kari Costanza walks a mile in Sabina's shoes in Kenya. (c/o 2010, Jon Warren/WV)
It’s been a tough two weeks for the World Vision family. Our 40,000 staff work in nearly 100 countries, so when there is a devastating event in Japan, with its 75 World Vision staff members, it affects our entire family. The stress level around here has been so high that today I decided.......
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Presidents Day: A reminder for citizen action

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In Papua New Guinea, an inter-settlement fun day attended by children, parents, caregivers, World Vision staff, and other partners raises awareness about children's rights. (Paula Kari/WV/2010)
Today is Presidents Day. I hope you will join me in viewing this holiday as much more than simply an extra day off. Today should be used to reflect upon what has made American presidents great. Often, it’s courage under fire, steadfast leadership in times of controversy or crisis, or uniting the country across many of our deepest divisions......
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Cartoon wisdom

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This balloon is a symbol of the sorrows a teenage girl is letting go after being rescued from a life of sexual exploitation. She now lives at World Vision's Trauma Recovery Center in Phnom Penh, and is starting to heal. (Sopheak Kong/WV/2009)
One of my eccentric hobbies is discovering theological insights from animated cartoons. A favorite is “Road Runner.” The dastardly coyote is always devising ever-more fantastic means to capture the elusive bird, but his wicked schemes invariably and hilariously backfire, causing maximum pain and humiliation for the coyote.......
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