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Remembering Hurricane Katrina, responding to Hurricane Isaac

After wreaking havoc across the Dominican Republic and Haiti, killing at least 21 people and forcing thousands to evacuate, Hurricane Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and high winds on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Phyllis Freeman, World Vision’s domestic disaster response director, remembers that fateful day seven years ago and shares her thoughts on our current response to Isaac....
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[Sri Lanka Bloggers] We are one, but we’re not the same

As the Sri Lanka bloggers continue their journey experiencing firsthand how World Vision sponsorship helps transform the lives of children and families in poverty, Joy Bennett shares a collection of pictures of a special moment — meeting her two sponsored boys. This post originally appeared on Joy’s blog, Joy in this Journey. As you read Joy’s thoughts and view her pictures, consider this: How are these children and their mother like families you know right here in the United States? What dreams could they pursue — and what goals could they achieve — with the same access to life-giving essentials that we’re used to as Americans?...
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[Sri Lanka Bloggers] Meet Afra, and your life may change

Tony Jones is traveling with World Vision’s blogger team in Sri Lanka, experiencing firsthand the impact of our sponsorship programs on the lives of children and families in need. Here, he shares this touching story of meeting 8-year-old Afra, his sponsored child. We hope our readers are as inspired by it as we were. This post originally appeared on Tony’s blog, Theoblogy....
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