World News & Stories

World Vision and Canadians are working hard to improve life for children overseas. Learn how a water ambulance is helping Zin Mar’s baby thrive.

World Vision empowers children for brighter futures. Read how Canadians are helping young people like Karina in El Salvador, who risked her life for an education.

Sponsorship has taught me is a thankful heart

Leonardo is a civil servant, ensuring his community has clean water—something he could only dream of as a child.

Discover how former sponsored child Josephine’s life was impacted, and how sponsorship changed the future for her own children.

With the help of World Vision, former child sponsor Magna's newfound confidence is helping Syrian refugees find their voice.

Almost three months ago she and her family of five were forced to leave their home province due to hunger and drought. Learn more about her story.

As drought wreaks havoc in Afghanistan, Gulbibi gently rocks a cradle inside of the small tent she now calls home. 

Chata no longer has to walk a long distance for her water. 

See how Monira’s children overcame malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee camp.

At 19, Smirna was a widow living in the world's largest refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.

It’s not that Ban Xae village’s government in Soukhouma, Laos, is unaware of the community’s lack of resources for education and economic development.

The reasons that a person decides to sponsor a child vary. We asked our community of sponsors their why. These are their stories.

I first heard about World Vision through the media, decades ago. At the age of 40 I lost my mother from a heart attack. The grief was unbearable. I felt alone. I had no husband and was childless. But I had purchased a Bichon Frise the previous year with the option of breeding her. She became my best friend. I could not have loved a creature more and knew having a human child without a husband was nothing I wanted to handle. The decision to sponsor my first World Vision child was made the same year my mother passed.

Lettuce, chilis, cucumbers, long beans, corns - Chansamone’s garden abounds of fresh and appetizing vegetables. A fence made of cactus protects the rich flora grown with natural, non-chemical fertilizers. A garden that will provide food for her and the 13 members of her household.