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A winning essay

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Lori Brown, director, sponsor & volunteer engagement in Child Sponsorship, Stories

April presents World Vision as a featured charity at Venice Farmer's Market. (Photo courtesy of April Wright)

Traveling to the Dominican Republic is quite a big deal for someone who's never been out of the country. At least that's what April Wright told us when we informed her that her essay won her a trip to the DR to witness World Vision's work first hand........

Freedom of imagination

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Disaster Relief

At a Child-Friendly Space in Haiti, children draw and paint pictures themed 'My hope for Haiti' on the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake. (Meg Sattler/WV/2011)

One of the many measures being planned by World Vision to care for the needs of children after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan are Child-Friendly Spaces — safe, supervised learning and playing places where kids can be kids in a post-traumatic environment. They receive psycho-social "first aid" through counseling and structured activities like playtime, music, and art........

Modern times, ancient stories

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Abby Metty in Causes, Stories

Horn Of Africa Drought - The Effects Of Drought Bite Harder In East Pokot

Editor’s note: Abby Metty will be in Kenya with World Vision March 25-April 8. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. Right now I’m reading his classic, The Grapes of Wrath, about the migration of farmers in the 1930s from the Midwest to California and the downward spiral of poverty they endured along the way. A central theme of the novel is hunger. It focuses around one family and their search for work and food in increasingly desperate conditions. He writes, “How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him — he has known a fear beyond every other.” Over...

“I am so grateful” — a tsunami survivor’s story

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Guest blogger in Disaster Relief, Stories

A tsunami survivor tells her story at a safe shelter in Minami Sanriku. (Lisa Moody/WV/2011)

Sachie is the mother of one year and four month old Kouka. She told World Vision Japan about the day when earthquake occurred. This is her story: “Kouka was having a nap in the house when the earthquake occurred. I took Kouka right away and ran out side, but the earth was shaking for quite a long time." .......

Made possible by water

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Kari Costanza in Causes, Stories

Kari Costanza walks a mile in Sabina's shoes in Kenya. (c/o 2010, Jon Warren/WV)

It’s been a tough two weeks for the World Vision family. Our 40,000 staff work in nearly 100 countries, so when there is a devastating event in Japan, with its 75 World Vision staff members, it affects our entire family. The stress level around here has been so high that today I decided.......