“I do not want to work again at the fish market,” says 13-year-old Maruf. His parents and brother loved Maruf very much but could not provide him with anything but food. Maruf worked instead of going to school. He...

“Life was hard. I could only feed my family one meal a day and that was not assured,” says 47-year-old Able Mwewa, a father of nine in northern Zambia.

World Vison and Akhi have been on an amazing journey together. Akhi was saved from a life of child labor, but she was too old to return to conventional school. So, World Vision assisted her with vocational training and...

Agnes Tuyizere, 31, is a role model in her community. As a mother of two children, she started from nothing, but now runs a thriving poultry business. A few years ago, she lacked confidence, doubting that she had the...

It’s an early morning in the mountains of western Honduras and a cold breeze fills the air. Three brothers finish their breakfast of warm coffee, beans, and tortillas before heading out to the fields. Juan Cortez (21),...

Sainani Phinifolo remembers the frustration of trying to sell his farm produce. In many African countries, farmers do not reap the expected dividends from their farming because they are cheated by local vendors who will...

Hasina didn’t have a choice but to flee. Four years ago, Hasina, 21, a Rohingya Muslim, fled across the border into Bangladesh to escape persecution and violence. Rohingya Muslims represent the largest percentage of...

Lucy Chalwe is a happily married woman who lives with her husband and their 2-year-old daughter Maria in the remote rural community of Chilufya. Like most areas in this region, her village is surrounded by a stream and...

“My family risked everything to escape by sea, and on foot, the deadly crackdown by Myanmar’s army on Rohingya Muslims. We fled across the border into Bangladesh,” says 17-year-old Supaira. In August 2017, Supaira began...

Daicy sat pensively in the training room. No one could fail to notice how her feelings alternated between excitement, disappointment and sadness. It was clear that she was experiencing an emotional roller coaster as she...