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PHOTOS: A new chapter for Amri Karbi, India

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A new chapter for Amri Karbi, India | World Vision Blog
After 15 fruitful years, World Vision’s work is coming to a close in the Amri Karbi region of India’s Assam state. Some 2,300 children have been sponsored in the area, and significant improvements have been made in education, economic development, infrastructure, and healthcare. World Vision sponsorship funds have bought books and furniture for classrooms, while helping parents pay for their children’s school fees and uniforms. Women have been provided with training in entrepreneurship, as well as funds for start-up business efforts. A new chapter is beginning for the Amri Karbi region as the cycle of poverty is broken. World Vision photographer Jon Warren gives us a glimpse of life there through the images below. Read the full story in World Vision magazine....
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A story of two Sams

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A story of two Sams | World Vision Blog
Heather Althoff’s family sponsors a Ugandan boy named Sam. Below, Heather shares her story of meeting Sam and his family. Wondering how sponsoring a child can bless your life and perspective just as profoundly as it does the life of the child you help? Here’s a story for you....
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A story of rooftops and buttercups

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Members of Carter’s Chord, a World Vision Artist Associate, recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to record the music video “Love a Little Bigger,” shown above, and to meet their sponsored child, Franyely, who shares a tiny space on a rooftop with her father and brother. The three musicians got a firsthand look at the challenges faced by the family — and how World Vision’s presence in their community has created a reason for hope....
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Niger: Malnourished child at clinic meets lollipop

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Eden Riley from Australia, our guest contributor for today, spent time in Niger with a group of mom bloggers, taking a firsthand look at World Vision’s work in response to the extreme drought and hunger crisis that has been affecting the region. When one of her group members gave a lollipop to a malnourished child at a health clinic, how did she respond? The same way that most Western moms probably would. *     *     * A very unfortunate thing happened a few years ago — on the only day I breastfed my baby in public. Rocco was 2 weeks old, my husband was still in the oncology ward, and I was cranky at the world. Rocco needed a feed then...
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Give yourselves fully

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Give yourselves fully | World Vision Blog
I always enjoy Easter for its atmosphere of wonderful, joyous celebration. While Christmas might be described as special, Easter is triumphant. We celebrate the astounding miracle of a man, the Son of God, risen from the grave. But like a parade after any victory, Easter’s celebration is more than the festivity following an unexpected triumph. We also celebrate what Jesus’ victory over death has freed us to do: to work for the kingdom of God....
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