Category Archives: Stories

Notes from a Japan aid worker

Posted on March 16, 2011 by World Vision field communicators in Disaster Relief, Stories

Mitsuko Sobota, World Vision Japan advocacy and communication officer, with assessment teams near Sendai, Japan. (WV/2011)

The following notes are from Mitsuko Sobata, World Vision Japan communications and advocacy officer, on the ground with World Vision relief and assessment teams. March 17, 2011- Today, our relief items arrived with two trucks with diapers, blankets, water and wet wipes.......

An International Women’s Day inspiration

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Karen Larsen, director, World Vision Micro in Microfinance, Stories

Karen with Maricella and three of her daughters, in Maricella's shop in Mexico. (WV/2010)

Growing up, I remember hearing “women's libbers” decry the unequal status of women in America. For me, it rang hollow. Aren’t women fully equal to men? Women attend college, have careers if they choose, vote. Sure, maybe when International Women’s Day was founded a hundred years ago......

Chile: Always in mi corazon (my heart)

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Heidi Isaza in Child Sponsorship, Disaster Relief, Stories

Toys found among quake debris in Chile. (Heidi Isaza/WV/2010)

At 30,000 feet in the air, my plane goes through a stretch of moderate turbulence. It's the closest resemblance to an actual earthquake that I have found. The shaking, rocking, and sometimes sudden movements transport me back to Chile, and the days, weeks, and months of aftershocks that followed......

Celebrating 20 years with 30 Hour Famine

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Michele Tvedt in Christian Witness, Stories

30 Hour Famine chapel at World Vision U.S. headquarters on February 23, 2011.

The 30 Hour Famine began in the 1970s when World Vision New Zealand and World Vision Australia sought ways to engage youth on global issues. World Vision U.S. adopted the Famine in 1992 through partnerships with churches, youth groups, and students who desired to fight global hunger. Some 20 years later.......

Are you an ‘ageist’?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Rich Stearns in Stories

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, five children play together n front of their home. (Alain Mwaku/WV/2010)

Any of us would be horrified to be accused of being a racist — someone who has a hatred or intolerance of another race. But I actually think that many of us are ‘closet ageists’ — people who discriminate against persons of a certain age group — especially when it comes to children and youth. Most often, the term ‘ageist’.......