Move for nutritional growth among poor
GUWAHATI, May 20 - Guwahati Urban Area Development Programme, World Vision India has launched UMANG (Urgent Management and Action for Nutritional Growth) in the poverty pockets along the National Highway 37.Read more...
World Vision Rejects Shurat HaDin’s Allegations
The Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Centre) first wrote to World Vision Australia (WVA) in February 2012 claiming that our AusAID-funded agricultural development project with the Palestinian organisation – the Union of...Read more...
World Vision Macau holds famine activity
About three hundred people participated in World Vision Macau’s "10-Hour Famine" fundraising activity at Our Lady of Fatima Girls’ School yesterday. Amelia Che, the Macau Office Manager of World Vision stated that all of the...Read more...
Rhys Darby: Join me out of Africa as we raise micro loans
I'm going to be climbing Mt Kilimanjaro next month to raise money for World Vision's newest initiative; microfinance: World Vision Micro. Joining me on the climb will be singer-songwriter Boh Runga, Olympic rowing sensations...Read more...
Enter To Win Two Chevy ZL1 Camaros Plus $40,000 Cash in the 2013 Camaro Dream Giveaway!
The Camaro Dream Giveaway benefits victims of natural disasters and features a 1969 ZL1 Tribute and a 2013 ZL1 Camaro that's 650 horsepower. The giveaway will help victims of natural disasters in America.Read more...
Cyclone Mahasen: how Burma and Bangladesh prepared – in pictures
As cyclone Mahasen headed towards Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India, local authorities and aid agencies such as World Vision helped to minimise the dangers for people in vulnerable, low-lying areas. The Rohinga Muslim...Read more...
Dedicated Staten Island biker pedaling cross-country for pure water
Tottenville resident, who started his trip early in April, hopes to raise $137K so wells can be drilled in Kenya STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - TOTTENVILLE - Greg Hansen is on the final leg of a trip that some people can only dream of...Read more...
World Vision Run 2013 Registration starts on May 20, 2013!
Run because you care! Come and run for a cause as World Vision invites you to join its “World Vision Run 2013″ on June 23, 2013. You may register on May 20, 2013 at the following stores: Riovana BGC, Riovana Katipunan, Tobys...Read more...
World Vision gives Frw 6 million support to Peace Marathon
World Vision Rwanda (WVR) has donated Frw 6 million to the Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF) to carry out the ninth Kigali International Peace Marathon. The organization will also provide 300 t-shirts – 150 for children and 150...Read more...
Uganda: Over 600 Circumcised in Masaka
New Vision]At least 670 youth have been circumcised at the Masaka Rotary health camp held at Butende Health Centre in Masaka district. The district health officer, Dr. Stuart Musisi, said the camp was supported by the Centre...Read more...
World Vision International President visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Many Calgarians know Kevin Jenkins well. He was the President and CEO of Canadian Airlines for many years and throughout all of those years, Kevin was a very large donor to World Vision and a hard-working member of its volunteer …Read more...
Teenagers fast to fight global hunger
PALM HARBOR - A group of teens from Lutheran Church of the Palms recently sacrificed a weekend during Lent to participate in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine - an event where teenagers fast for 30 hours, learn about global hunger...Read more...
Thru the Lens: Tocci Building Companies assembled packages of supplies to assist those battling...
Woburn, MA Recently at Babson College in Wellesley, over a dozen team members from construction management firm Tocci Building Companies including friends and family assembled packages of supplies to assist those battling the...Read more...
Expecting the Unexpected in South Africa
One of our child sponsors, Cara, stopped off in South Africa on her world travels to see her sponsored child, Dipolelo. What makes this visit truly unique is that Cara would be there just days before Dipolelo was due to …...Read more...
PRAY IT’S NOT A GIRL
The struggle of a woman starts in the mother’s womb and ends only on the deathbed. – Hindu proverb This is the face of Mother India. When Renu Choudhrey found out the sex of her unborn child, she saw a shadow pass over her...Read more...
Globe Trot: Factory collapse survivor didn't dare dream of rescue
The seamstress who survived for 17 days buried inside the Bangladesh garment factory collapse told the BBC: “Even in my wildest dreams I did not imagine I would come out alive.” The surprise candidacy of former President Akbar...Read more...
Enter to Win Your Home Away From Home Plus $50,000 Cash In The 2013 Outdoor Adventure Dream Giveaway
Your tax-deductible donation benefits victims of natural disasters. PRLog (Press Release) - May 15, 2013 - The Outdoor Adventure Dream Giveaway is a nationwide drawing sponsored by the National Association of Christian...Read more...
Canada Providing Further Humanitarian Assistance to Somalis
ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- Millions of Somalis are living in crisis due to prolonged conflict and widespread food insecurity, resulting in acute malnutrition and displacemen...Read more...
Canada Providing Further Humanitarian Assistance to Somalis
ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- Millions of Somalis are living in crisis due to prolonged conflict and widespread food insecurity, resulting in acute malnutrition and displacement. Today, following a townhall...Read more...
Canada Providing Further Humanitarian Assistance to Somalis
ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 14, 2013) - Millions of Somalis are living in crisis due to prolonged conflict and widespread food insecurity, resulting in acute malnutrition and displacement. Today, following a townhall...Read more...
with only a few hours’ rest in between.
So Divthana becomes important. prefer it this way, says Kalpana, one of the village’s young brides in the most recent mass wedding,cheap air force. Her father, Rathor Singh Ingle agrees. But one of my World Vision colleagues...Read more...
Livestock event adding A Dash of Color
The Livestock Music Festival in St. Peter is back. But this year the annual event to raise money to purchase livestock for African villages promises to be more colorful than ever. The annual 5K run is being transformed into the...Read more...
Canada Providing Further Humanitarian Assistance to Somalis
ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- Millions of Somalis are living in crisis due to prolonged conflict and widespread food insecurity, resulting in acute malnutrition and displacement. Today, following a townhall...Read more...
Planting nutritious gardens to grow healthy children
An Afghan woman discusses planting a kitchen garden in a small village outside Herat. Courtesy: World Vision The flowers you gave your mom yesterday for Mother’s Day probably look lovely on her dining table this morning and the...Read more...
Lindsay Gladding : Mother's Day In Afghanistan
I'm in Afghanistan, for the first time in six years. It's a bittersweet return. The last time I worked in the country, I hadn't yet become a mother myself. I have a strong sense that what I'm about to see will affect me in a...Read more...
NZ midwife helps save lives in Rwanda
Kigali, in Rwanda, might be a modern capital city of almost 1 million in the brochures "but there are no Angelina Jolies" in the slum where Invercargill midwife and mother-of-seven Anne Dymond has been living for three months.Read more...
If Mom had a day off … One Kenyan Mother – Crossmap
If Mom had a day off ... One Kenyan MotherCrossmap...... what would you eat? Tabitha Mutinda is a community liaison working with World Vision in her village in eastern Kenya. She is charged with helping farmers diversify crops,...Read more...
Choosing to go hungry for a good cause
ALL SET TO GO HUNGRY: The organising team with the teacher advisors – Wong Kung Kui (seated fifth left) and Phui Hui Foung (seated fifth right). Ho is seated at fourth right. MIRI: A group of 120 students of SMK St Columba here...Read more...
Aid groups disappointed over aid spending delays
Aid group World Vision is concerned about delays in aid spending, saying the sector has already had to deal with cuts in last year's Federal Budget. World Vision says the delays a breach of a promise to the world's poor, and...Read more...
Mothers in war zones
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