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A cup of coffee? Or water for a village?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Guest blogger in Partnerships, Stories

Kathy Williams dancing with villagers in Swaziland

In 2010, World Vision magazine published a story about Kathy Williams, a manager at Family Christian store in Killeen, Texas. Through a bottle of dirty water, she struck up conversations with customers — conversations that resulted in hundreds of child sponsorships. Because of Kathy’s voice of change in her community, she was invited to visit World Vision projects in Swaziland with Austin, Texas area pastors and community leaders. After witnessing World Vision’s work in Swaziland, she wrote the following reflection....

Is chocolate your guilty pleasure?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jesse Eaves in Partnerships

Abdul is 10 years old. While many children his age are in school, Abdul spends his days harvesting a bean that is an essential ingredient to a symbol of decadence, love, and happiness in the western world. But to him, it represents pain, toil, and sadness. Abdul is a child slave working on a cocoa farm in Cote D’Ivoire — where 35 percent of the world’s cocoa originates — to make the chocolate you and I love. Abdul has never tasted chocolate. He says he does not even know how cocoa beans are used....

Whoever said fundraising had to be boring?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by James Addis in Causes, Stories

Here at World Vision, we deal with some heavy issues — famine, AIDS, human trafficking, war, natural disasters, abject poverty — the sort of topics that might easily have one reaching for anti-depressants. But there are a lot of fun jobs, too. One of mine is writing about donors who have found wonderful ways to raise money to support World Vision and help cure some of the world’s greatest ills. Here are some of my favorites of 2011....

What you’ve taught us in the first year

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Conversations

One year ago this week, the World Vision Blog was officially launched — and with it came a new way to share stories and reflections of our global work, while creating a forum for conversations with you, the supporters who make it all possible....

Got an iPhone? Find World Vision!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Eugene Lee, WV publications in Conversations

New iPhone app from World Vision | World Vision Blog

iPhone users can now stay in touch with World Vision and keep up to date with humanitarian issues and emergency response news through World Vision Now, our new iPhone app! It’s easy to find — just search for “World Vision Now” in the App Store on your iPhone, and look for our orange icon. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions....