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JD the DJ reaches out

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Andrea Peer in Partnerships

World Vision is partnering with national radio network K-LOVE — which includes more than 400 contemporary Christian radio stations — to help children around the world Survive to 5. Today, Andrea Peer profiles JD Chandler, a DJ at K-LOVE who will host a radiothon on November 20 to help find sponsors for children in need....

A place to learn and call home

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Meg Sattler in Stories

It’s been nearly three years since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and many people there are still living in squalid conditions in camps. Families who had the means to leave the camps have now gone, and those remaining are among Port-au-Prince’s most vulnerable. Knowing that even one child living in an unsafe and unsanitary camp is too many, World Vision is working on a project to help families move out of camps and into more durable accommodations. With World Vision helping to shoulder the burden of housing, families are able to invest their resources into their children’s educations — and most importantly, their futures....

The world through the eyes of a child

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Lindsey Minerva in Advocacy

Violence. Hunger. Lack of education. Abuse. Children are the most vulnerable to the consequences of global poverty — but often, they don’t have a platform by which to voice how these issues affect them. When children do speak out, they often aren’t taken seriously. Sometimes, they’re dismissed by the adults who are charged with caring for them. To address this problem, World Vision created a child journalist summit in India to give children the opportunity to have their voices heard....

UPDATE: Hurricane Sandy’s landfall and devastation

Posted on October 30, 2012 by World Vision social media team in Disaster Relief

Hurricane Sandy's landfall and devastation | World Vision Blog

Hurricane Sandy hit land Monday night and continued its trail of destruction along the U.S. East Coast. Swells of up to 13 feet and 80-mph winds have battered the New Jersey Coast and New York City. World Vision staff members are ready with emergency supplies for areas that have been hit hardest. Our teams have sent several hundred blankets and emergency kits from our Texas storehouse to be distributed to families affected by the disaster. World Vision will also have three rapid assessment teams in New New York, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia this week. As World Vision works to respond to people in need of assistance, our team members also face the challenge of being affected by the disaster...

Who’s that girl?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Kari Costanza in Child Sponsorship

“Who’s that girl?” I wondered while watching Carter’s Chord, a sister band who recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to create a video of their song, “Love a Little Bigger.” I love the song and its message: how blessed we are and how a luxury, like drinking a $4 cup of coffee, can make us feel guilty, especially when we are confronted by pictures of the poor. Being from Seattle, the coffee center of the universe, I can relate. The video is beautiful. The Carter’s Chord sisters are lovely. Their voices are wonderful. The Dominican Republic is an astonishing country, dripping with tropical delight. But the prettiest thing in the video is its little star — a girl whose life...