In March, a small team of us from World Vision Canada travelled to Bolivia to visit some of the communities where we work. In one town, I got to meet an amazing group of children aged seven to 12, who had organized themselves into their own action group. Together, they...

Do you remember the moment that changed your life changed forever? Perhaps it was saying "I do" to your partner, or hearing you'd landed an amazing new job. In Syria these days, life-changing events are less like dreams-come-true and more like nightmares. Mike Bailey reports, for World Vision.

Muna recalls...

Three months after Typhoon Bopha battered the Philippines, people in the hardest-hit areas are still struggling to rebuild. Field workers with humanitarian relief and development agency World Vision have found an unexpected ally in the form of a cutting-edge technology. Aaron Aspi, emergency communications specialist with World Vision Philippines, tells...

By Matthew Scott, World Vision's Director of Peacebuilding, reporting from Gulu, Uganda

I could no longer resist an irresistible urge to take off my shoes. The summer sun beating down on the Kaunda parade ground in Gulu, Northern Uganda was uncomfortably hot. Like many of the hundreds of people...

I'm thrilled the Government of Canada announced this morning it has agreed to match charitable donations made by Canadians to provide humanitarian relief to West Africa. I've seen how devastating the famine has been.

Not long ago, I interviewed 72-year-old Gori Ngoko in the village of M'Beighir, approximately...

By Lauren Fisher, World Vision emergency communications manager

This blog is part of a series organized by The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction to call attention to the crisis in the Sahel, a region in sub-Saharan Africa where more than 18 million people face starvation and 1.1 million children under...

By Eduardo Nunes, World Vision's National Director in Brazil

Young people today are demanding to be heard, more than in any other era in global history. And they have earned that right. Bolstered by the Arab Spring and the 99...

This blog is part of a series organized by The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction to call attention to the crisis in the Sahel, a region in sub-Saharan Africa where more than 18 million people face starvation and 1.1 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of...

by Adel Sarkozi, World Vision communications officer in West Africa

You decide to start this story at the end. It's the place you're trying most to understand.

It finds you about to reach Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital. You pass by small makeshift camps in the desert: a mix of fluttering tents,...

As we prepare to celebrate International Women's Day, here are seven easy tips to make a big difference for daughters, sisters and mothers across our world and right in our own neighborhoods.

1. Save a woman's life in childbirth:

Did you know that in countries like Afghanistan, Sierra Leone...

Ryan Smith, World Vision USA's Assoc/Assign Editor, posted a photo-blog of children modeling fashions from around the world.

Oscar buzz often has less to do with film awards than with the pageantry of the event -- especially what the stars wear on the red carpet.

In honor of the...

By Adel Sarkozi, World Vision communications officer in West Africa

You are in a small health clinic in southern Chad. It is 9 a.m. The air is hot, dry, and filled with cries.

You are amidst 40 mothers sitting on the ground or on the clinic's porch, babies in their...

by Crislyn Felisilda, World Vision Field Communications Officer

Over a week has passed since Typhoon Washi struck Northern Midanao -- my home. I feel I've had the busiest hours of my career as a worker with the non-profit organization World...

By Jesse Eaves, World Vision policy advisor for children in crisis

September 1, 2011 - When 16-year-old Kyaw left his home and a life of poverty in Myanmar five years ago, he vowed he would never return. He was on a quest to find a steady job, and he'd heard...

By Rachel Wolff, Sr. Director for World Vision News Bureau

Aug. 3, 2011, Port-au-Prince -- As Tropical Storm Emily approaches Haiti and the Dominican Republic today, World Vision is deeply concerned for vulnerable families, and particularly children, who are still living in temporary camps...

By Corryne Deliberto, Sr. Policy Advisor for World Vision

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill remain divided over federal budget talks, I'm welcoming today a group of 130 at-risk teens from across the country as they begin a five-day summit to advocate for an end to youth violence in...

By Davinah Nabirye, World Vision Uganda

Friday, April 29, 2011: This morning at 9:00 am I left my office on Nakesero Road in Kampala for a meeting in another office 300 meters away. As I got closer to the place of our meeting, a convoy of six armored troop vehicles...

By Miyon Kautz, World Vision Zambia

I have been paying taxes my entire adult life. But I never saw those tax dollars put to such good use until three years ago, when I moved to the large, land-locked African country of Zambia. The 12 million people here are beautiful, generous,...

Jeanette is five years old but unnaturally tiny for her age. A year ago, she could not stand, play with other children, eat solids or talk. The thin monotonous wail that convulsed her scrawny frame drove her mother, Esperance, to desperation.

"I desperately feared that she might die," says the...

• World Vision opens emergency health clinic in Lower Dir
• Growing number of children already reported to have skin diseases, eye infections
• Aid group to reach 150,000 people over three-month response

Islamabad, PAKISTAN, August 5, 2010: With evidence that waterborne disease is on the...