World News & Stories

Born from Canada’s inspiring Together for Learning Campaign, the Refugee Education Council (REC) has been a driving force in advocating for quality education for refugees and displaced youth. We are proud to announce our dynamic 2024-2025 cohort—a diverse collective of 12 refugee leaders and advocates from 10 different countries.

As traditional powerholders, men can serve as influential gender equality advocates. By working with other men and boys to speak out against discriminatory gender norms that perpetuate discrimination, violence and inequality, men serve as positive role models. The AHADI project has adapted the MenCare program to promote gender equality with a focus on adolescent girls.

Children’s play is more than simple amusement or a way to burn off natural energy. Play is a fundamental component of cognitive development, cultivating critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, teamwork, and communication skills.

Women in conflict-affected and environmentally vulnerable areas face disproportionate impacts from climate change and armed conflict due to existing vulnerabilities and structural inequalities. Despite these challenges, women are vital agents of change and resilience. Addressing these interconnected issues requires gender-responsive approaches that acknowledge the complex relationship between women's roles in peacebuilding and the impacts of climate change.

All it takes is a little love and hope from one sponsor to change the course of life for a child and their family.

It's been one year since violence erupted in Sudan and led to a devastating displacement crisis. Learn all about what's been happening in the region since then.

According to the experts, most of us don’t think much about our own mortality until we’re in our sixties or seventies. Up until that point, most people feel deep down that they’re going to live forever.

Lesly Michaud, Program Director of World Vision Haiti shares more about the humanitarian crisis in the country.

When disaster strikes, World Vision’s local and global staff are quick to the scene. They provide emergency help and supplies to save lives.

World Vision’s Youth Empowered Project is run in partnership with Global Affairs Canada. It is increasing awareness and education about girls’ menstrual hygiene management and its benefits.

World Vision’s Vulnerable Youth Initiative features a curriculum called Youth Ready that prepares teens and young adults for employment in Latin America.

World Vision’s Accelerated Hope and Development for Urban Adolescents in Tanzania is run in partnership with Global Affairs Canada and focuses on gender equality and rights.

A free, interactive literacy software program called ABRA/READS is helping children in Rwanda develop their English literacy skills through play-based learning.

World Vision’s Equality for Girls’ Access to Learning (EGAL) project is run in partnership with Global Affairs Canada. Sister Helene in the DRC is working with vulnerable girls through EGAL.

International development happens when we collaborate, learn, and share to foster thriving communities. Sponsorship can achieve this by connecting with children in need around the world.

El Niño is a climate phenomenon with the power to increase global warming. Together with climate change, it’s devastating the world’s poorest people.

Find out all the ways toys can make a positive change in the lives of children across the world, courtesy of Spinmaster.

It’s safe to say that physical and language barriers are felt between sponsored child and sponsor. Though letters and emails are often translated into corresponding languages, there is one type of communication that requires no interpretation, bridging the gaps of physical and linguistic separation.

Millions of people around the world struggle with food insecurity. Learn key facts about the issue and what you can do to help.

Kindness and generosity seem simple enough, but what might seem like effortless gestures are actually life-changing for vulnerable children and families by presenting them with opportunities to receive life’s essential needs, leading to a brighter future.