A call to serve
Mutinta Chiseko Nov 19, 2018 4:16:42 PM

After spending close to three hours on a bumpy, wet road, we finally arrived at our destination. It was a rural village with a cluster of 1-room structures made of mud and wood with thatched roofs. The village is in...

Ending preventable suffering and death for moms and their babies
Kathryn Reid Apr 3, 2018 11:41:24 PM

Nearly half of all child deaths under the age of five occur within the first month of their lives*, despite marked improvement over the past 30 years. That’s about 2.6 million babies a year. More than 7,100 a day.

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: Changing the trajectory of girls' lives in Kenya
Kathryn Reid Feb 2, 2018 2:32:11 PM

More than 200 million women and girls around the world are living with the results of the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation (FGM/C), also known as cutting and female circumcision, according to a ...

5 Reasons for Real Hope in 2018
Heather Klinger Jan 3, 2018 5:49:39 PM

Hope is empowering, infectious, even healing. But sometimes our world can make hope hard to find. Here are 5 reasons you can have real hope right now — and how to pray for continued progress.

“‘For I know the...

Melinda Gates on what faith in action means to her
Kari Costanza Nov 16, 2016 3:22:54 PM

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares her thoughts on time poverty, empowering girls and women, and her motivation to serve.

World Vision uses technology to help bring hope to families
Heather Klinger Oct 14, 2016 10:41:00 PM

Mobile apps, computers, and solar energy are commonplace in the U.S., but World Vision is using this same technology to transform remote communities around the world.

Orphaned infant a "gift from God"
World Vision Staff Mar 30, 2016 3:13:23 PM

Little Isaac came into this world with the odds stacked against him. His mother died the day after he was born. He was so small people were afraid to touch him, let alone take him in as one of their own. Most of...