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#FamineNoMore toolbox

Posted on August 25, 2011 by World Vision Blog in Disaster Relief

Join World Vision’s global campaign to raise awareness about the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa — where hunger is stalking 12.4 million people — and tolerate “Famine No More.” (If you receive this post in an email reader, please click over to the World Vision blog to view all images/videos)...

Horn of Africa crisis: 14 strategies to make an impact

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Carla Swanson Gawthrop in Disaster Relief

Horn of Africa crisis: Strategies to make an impact

(Editor’s note: In an international campaign to raise awareness about the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, World Vision offices around the world are coming together to tolerate #faminenomore. Will you join us?) Why help? Why raise awareness? What could I possibly do to make an impact for the 12.4 million affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa? [From the photo above] When the maize crop failed yet again this year, Hadija Hassan Abdi, 28, took her children and hitched rides for 8 days and nights until she reached the safety of Burtinle camp in Somalia. Along the way she begged for food for her children from strangers. She has been in the camp only...

Top 5 FAQs about child sponsorship

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Cleo Lujan-Eckhart, WV Donor Contact Services in Child Sponsorship

Top 5 FAQ's about sponsorship | World Vision Blog

If you’ve ever called or emailed World Vision with a question about your sponsored child, your online account, the mail we just sent you, what jobs and volunteer opportunities are available, or how World Vision is responding to the latest natural disaster you saw on the news, you’ve talked to us. We’re the team of donor contact representatives who answer your calls and respond to your emails. And its each one of those calls and emails that connects us with you and has showed us just how much you support World Vision and how much you love your sponsored child. Its an honor for us to be able to help make your sponsorship experience a rewarding one. In an effort...

Hard facts about labor trafficking

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Peter Warski in Advocacy, Causes

Workers cleaning old shoes so that they can resell them in the markets in Thailand and Cambodia. ©2007 Haidy Ear-Dupuy/World Vision

When I was 15 years old, I got my first job as a lifeguard. Before I started, I had to obtain a work permit with my parents’ consent and the consultation of my school. There were strict rules governing the hours between which I was allowed to work, as well as how many hours I was allowed to work per week while school was in session. All of these regulations were in place because I was a minor. I resented them at the time. As an adolescent who longed to be treated as an adult — and who wanted to earn my own money — I thought the state had no business telling me when, where, or for how long...

Disaster disadvantage [infographic]

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jane Sutton-Redner in Disaster Relief

Last year’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti was all-consuming for a time, dominating the news and mobilizing compassion from all corners of the world. During those first few months, it was hard to imagine that Haiti’s suffering could fall off the radar. But shortly after Haiti’s one-year anniversary came fresh disasters—New Zealand’s earthquake and Japan’s quake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Scenes of destruction in formerly functional cities, tragic stories, and the threat of radiation riveted media attention and provoked fears that something this bad could happen to us. (And then it did, with last month’s killer storms and tornadoes in the U.S. South.)...