Category Archives: Disaster Relief

[PHOTOS] Youth train for emergencies

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Chris Huber in Disaster Relief

The drill is on in Nicaragua. A mock emergency event prompts 130 youth and community leaders from across the country to jump in and learn life-saving tactics during a January workshop, hosted by World Vision and local and international agencies. Participants get to put skills — from medical and spiritual care, GPS navigation to security detail — to the test....

[Photo blog] Tsunami in the Solomon Islands

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Kathryn Reid in Disaster Relief

Click here for updates on the situation and World Vision’s response in the Solomon Islands. Wednesday, February 6, a magnitude-8.0 earthquake followed by several forceful aftershocks generated tsunami waves nearly five feet high that battered Santa Cruz Island in Temotu province of the Solomons....

Rebel atrocities in Mali

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Maria Mutya Frio in Disaster Relief

While French and Malian troops continue their drive to force rebels out of major centers in northern Mali, World Vision communications manager Maria Mutya Frio spoke to those who have fled conflict zones....

Pray for the people of Mali

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Denise Koenig in Disaster Relief

Mali enjoyed two decades of democratic rule until the growing rebel insurgency led to a military coup in March 2012, leaving the former French colony with a weakened government. World Vision began working here in 1975 and is especially concerned for displaced children and families as fighting escalates in the north. Please join World Vision in prayer for the people of Mali....

Aid worker’s diary: returning to Goma

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Aimee Manimani in Disaster Relief

During the recent conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, I was evacuated along with other World Vision colleagues to Gisenyi, Rwanda, a town a little more than a mile across the border. We were later allowed to return to Goma to help civilians who had been displaced. Rebels of the March 23 (M23) movement were in charge of the city, and thousands of people had lost their homes and sense of stability....