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Child trafficking: Notes from the front lines

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June 12 is the World Day Against Child Labor.  Globally, at least 2 million children are trafficked annually for child labor and sexual exploitation. World Vision is working in places like Bangladesh, a human trafficking source and transit country, to protect vulnerable children from trafficking and forced labor. Traveling in Bangladesh to see World Vision’s child protection programs in action, Jesse Eaves, our child protection policy advisor, reflects on what he sees at the Benapole border crossing between Bangladesh and India. *    *    * I see the trucks long before I see the actual border — colorful, well-used, laden with cargo and people, lined up one after another on the shoulder of the road. In fact, I almost...
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Mission teams: An answer to tornado survivors’ prayers and dreams

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In April 2011, I arrived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to a scene of utter devastation after a series of tornadoes wreaked havoc across the state and the American Southeast. It was hard to imagine what the city looked like before the storm swept through. But it was not hard to imagine what the people were like — because their strength and caring were evident in how they responded. I got the opportunity to meet Tracy and his wife, Tiffaney. Tracy was built like a football linebacker, while his wife was a petite woman with a big heart. They talked about the day of the storm. Tiffaney had laughed when Tracy started running their three children through tornado safety exercises. She stopped...
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Fighting famine is ineffective aid

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It’s popular in the press to judge a charity by its efficiency. Donors want to know whether their money is being used effectively, and journalists play a valuable part in keeping organizations accountable. Without downplaying the important role the media play in this respect, I believe the public’s concerns about effective aid would be better served if the press also paid attention to slow-building disasters early on — before they begin claiming lives. Inefficient responses to disasters can cost as much as 80 times more than a well-planned early response....
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Change a community: Start with one child

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World Vision is at work within 400 different communities in almost 100 countries. That’s where your support becomes food for people who are hungry, clean water, education to give children a better future, and care for the sick. What you see when you visit these places is love in action. You see the manifestation of the love that sponsors have for people they’ve never met. You see it among World Vision staff serving those whom society has brushed aside. While it might not be possible for you to travel to where your sponsored child is, we want to paint a picture of life within his or her community. It’s important to us that you know how your support is impacting...
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One year later: Rebuilding normal in Tuscaloosa and Joplin

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Last year at this time, I came home to find an urgent message on the phone from my manager. “Can you be on a plane at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning?” I could, and I was — heading to Joplin, Missouri, after a catastrophic tornado ripped through the town in the late afternoon of May 22, 2011. During my first day on the ground there, a Joplin resident asked me whether I’d ever seen anything like it. Sadly, I had to answer yes. It was the second time in just over a month that I’d covered the aftermath of a deadly tornado....
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