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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 - 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cooper: Teen church group fasts to raise funds for the hungry
When the hungry teenagers pulled into the Chattanooga Rescue Mission last Saturday, they understood only vaguely that they'd be working around food. Before they knew it, though, the Chattanooga Grace Church of the Nazarene...Read more...
Mothers in war zones
25 12/05/2013 Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Paul Bettings/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Paul Bettings/World Vision World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World...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...
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...
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...
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...
Mothers in war zones
Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Paul Bettings/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Paul Bettings/World Vision World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Patricia Mouamar/World Vision Jon...Read more...
CBP Partners With Timberland
NEW YORK — U.S. Customs and Border Protection's New York Field Office announced the donation of 17,112 pairs of counterfeit Timberland branded shoes and boots to World Vision International, a non-profit organization. All the...Read more...
Internship and NGO Jobs in Kenya - World Vision
World Vision International – Somalia Program wishes to invite applications from highly competent dynamic, self-driven and result oriented individual to fill the above mentioned position. To learn and grow in World Vision...Read more...
Fleet Supervisor at World Vision International
Location: Greater Accra Region Description: World Vision International is a Christian Refief, Development and Advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their...Read more...
Over 140,000 USD for Minh Long ADP funded by WVV
WVV staffs guided mothers to prepare a nutritional meal for their families In the fiscal year 2013, World Vision Vietnam (WVV) has just accepted to support 142,100 USD for the Area Development Program (ADP) in Minh Long...Read more...
SCOTT JACKSON: AN INSPIRING FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF SUSTAINABLE PHILANTHROPY
Last Sunday I watched the last episode of " 60 Minutes " on CBS , and was inspired by the story of billionaire Paul Tudor Jones , a former stockbroker turned philanthropist . In the 1980s Tudor Jones used to thrive in the...Read more...
