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A radio star’s humble beginnings

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Former sponsored child, Lloyd is a broadcast journalist with MIJ Radio in Malawi, Africa. © Wezzie Banda/World Vision
Editor’s note: You may remember reading about Lloyd Phiri, former sponsored child, in the summer 2011 issue of World Vision Magazine. Because June marks the anniversary of the official patenting of the radio back in 1896, we’re again featuring this story of a sponsored-child-turned-radio-announcer. Turn on the radio in the city of Blantyre — the major commercial center of the southern African country of Malawi — and you may hear the melodious voice of Lloyd Phiri reading the news. Lloyd is the announcer and controller of news and current affairs for MIJ Radio. MIJ (Malawi Institute of Journalism) Radio is a non-governmental station that hones the skills of the country’s best up-and-coming journalists. Lloyd joined MIJ Radio after serving as...
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Now, the work begins

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Eugene Lee and his mother in Sacramento, California, May 28, 2011. Photo courtesy of Eugene Lee.
Editor’s note: The World Vision family is comprised of thousands of staff members from various personal, professional, and spiritual backgrounds — each of whom has a unique story of being led to our ministry. To highlight this diversity, we’re starting a monthly series in which a different World Vision staff person will share “what working at World Vision means to me.” Growing up as one of the only Asian Americans in my predominately white neighborhood, I was often on the receiving end of racial slurs. This left me angry and confused. I often felt misplaced. In college, I began to ask questions about my family’s past. I hoped to find something that would explain all the childhood teasing and bullying....
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Fast facts: Hunger

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Mothers in Kenya's drought-stricken Turkana district wait in line for malnutrition evaluations and interventions administered by World Vision at a local health clinic. ©2011 Abby Metty/World Vision
Editor’s note: June is National Hunger Awareness Month. This weekend, more than 8,000 students across the country will participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. They’ll experience hunger firsthand, while raising funds to care for children who face this stark reality every day — going to bed hungry. In the past half-decade, global food prices have reached historic highs. The grocery store — and restaurants, when we can afford them — account for greater portions of our paychecks. Eating in or eating out costs more now than it did even seven or eight years ago. But where increasing food prices are merely a source of frustration for Americans, they can be devastating to people who live in poverty in other...
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Birth registration: The first step in child protection

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Siblings in Bolivia proudly show the IDs that were given to them in a joint effort between the government and World Vision to provide proper identification to children and adolescents. ©2010 David Dickler/World Vision
Editor’s note: Birth registration — documentation that ensures the government knows you exist — is a growing issue worldwide, especially in fragile states where governments are either unable or unwilling to implement effective birth registration policies. For more on the importance of birth registration, read “Why registration matters: Children are cared for and protected.” When you think about congressional testimony, you think about big rooms, hot lights, and lawmakers peering over their spectacles to ask the hard-hitting questions about the most pressing issues of the day. When discussing the importance of child protection, you might expect an array of complex and lofty rhetoric that hints at the largeness of the issue, but fails to tackle the concrete steps that a...
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Blogger interview with World Vision on tornado response

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Family photos amidst the rubble in Joplin, Missouri. ©2011 Laura Reinhardt/World Vision
Editor’s note: On Tuesday evening, World Vision blogger Dan King conducted a Skype interview with Romanita Hairston, World Vision’s vice president of U.S. programs, about how World Vision plans to help those affected by tornadoes in the U.S. Heartland, and her recent experience in the tornado zone in Joplin, Missouri. I was sitting in the delivery room with my wife early on the morning of April 28, and we turned on the TV to pass a little time. Flipping over to the news, we saw video of a mile-wide tornado ripping through Alabama. It was part of what’s been termed the “2011 Super Outbreak.” As we were about to welcome a new life into the world, our hearts broke for...
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