Tag Archives: agriculture

Planting a brighter future

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Xuan Thiem Le in Child Sponsorship

As a recent graduate of Quang Nam Forestry College in central Vietnam, Ating Ai, 22, speaks with passion about protecting woodlands and the natural environment....

Securing the future of Turkana

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lucy Murunga in Stories

Having witnessed ghastly scenes of malnourished and hungry children and mothers in Turkana, Kenya, in 2011, I returned a year later and witnessed a total transformation. World Vision is busy working on recovery and resilience-building programs that are rapidly changing the picture of this region of East Africa....

Caring for God’s creation on Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Lindsey Minerva in Conversations

Today is Earth Day, an opportunity to step back and appreciate the care and detail God put into creating our universe. God is an amazing artist, and He has set creation before us to show us His glory and remind us of His love. Psalm 95:3-5 tells us: “For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” In Seattle, where I live, this verse comes to life all the time — natural beauty is evident all around me. Lush green trees, beautiful mountain ranges, numerous...

[Bolivia bloggers] Day 3: Trickle-Up Economics…

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Rachel Held Evans in Child Sponsorship, Stories

The terrain of Cochabamba, Bolivia is both breathtakingly beautiful and violently rugged. In the shadow of its snow-covered mountains are hundreds of arid rocky hills, where horses and cows perch as skillfully as mountain goats upon the steep slopes where people too make their homes. The high altitude (over 12,000 feet in some places!) leaves even the most skilled climbers breathless. It takes most children over an hour to walk the winding gravel roads to school. Women who want or need to deliver their babies in a hospital typically face a three mile walk…while in labor…to the nearest health facility. The average income is just $450 a year....