Category Archives: Causes

PHOTOS: Helping vulnerable children survive to 5

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Helping vulnerable children survive to 5 | World Vision Blog
In places of poverty, the first five years of a child’s life are the most deadly — and if a child lives to the age of 5, his or her chances for survival increase dramatically. There are a few basic reasons why children under 5 die of preventable causes — such as severe malnutrition, diarrhea, malaria, and neonatal infections — and there are simple solutions to prevent those causes. The Survive to Five™ Challenge is World Vision’s focused, high-impact way to give children every chance for survival. Here are some images that show World Vision’s interventions to help stop preventable child deaths around the world — made possible with the support of our generous donors. *     *     * *     *    ...
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When the colors of life go out: A tribute to fallen children

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“I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead, and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.” —Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel laureate *     *     * I love happy stories, when the hero wins, the unlikely couple falls in love, or the outcast saves the day. As a photojournalist for World Vision, I love telling stories about children’s lives being transformed and communities finding innovative solutions to decades-old problems. But tragically, not all stories have happy endings. Not all communities rejoice. Not all children survive. Before becoming a mom, I felt a lump in my throat whenever I sat in rural huts or busy...
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World Water Day: A story of renewed life in Mozambique

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World Water Day: A story of renewed life in Mozambique | World Vision Blog
How much does access to clean, safe water matter to a rural family in Africa? In honor of World Water Day, March 22, we share this story of success from Mozambique, written by World Vision’s Belis Matabire, who has worked with our water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in Southern Africa for the past 12 years. *     *     * Lito’s mother, Olinda Cochieque, knocks on his door. Stirring from sleep, Lito Eduardo, 12, abandons the warmth of his blankets and walks 2.5 miles to fetch water from the river. He has no choice. If Lito does not help the family, his mother would only have time to collect enough water for cooking — not enough for bathing, too. Lito could have...
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Clean water is life: Improvements to wells in Zambia

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Clean water is life: Improvements to wells in Zambia | World Vision Blog
Samuel Mwinda Mwanangombe is World Vision’s design, monitoring, and evaluation officer for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) program in Zambia. Samuel has worked for World Vision for three years, motivated by the opportunity to improve the quality of life for vulnerable and marginalized people — especially orphans, widows, and those with disabilities — by helping them realize their own potential to be agents of change. He is dedicated to WASH because he’s seen firsthand the changes it has produced in communities and the lives of children. Samuel has seen God work through the WASH sector in Zambia, providing those in need with clean water, improved sanitation, and hygiene education to sustain their lives. Here, Samuel shares an example of...
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