Hospitals and health clinics are usually considered places of safety and healing. But in many of the rural communities where World Vision works, health facilities lack a critical resource for keeping patients —...

Through the Every Last One® campaign, you and other dedicated supporters joined in a God-sized goal to empower 60 million people with life, hope, and a future. It was a big, audacious goal that seemed next to...

World hunger has exploded, reaching unprecedented levels. Right now, 50 million people in 45 countries are facing the threat of starvation due to conflict, rising costs, extreme weather, and the social and economic...

Malaria is highly prevalent in Zambia with everyone at risk of contracting it, especially children under 5 years. The risk is highest in the rural, impoverished provinces like Central and Muchinga. Most...

Imagine a world in which one of the most dangerous things a woman can do is have a baby.

In many places around the globe, expectant...

WORLD HEALTH DAY: Celebrating a milestone and not letting upThe global rates for mother and child mortality are unacceptable and heartbreaking. But progress is being made. On this World Health Day, we celebrate that...

It’s often said that being a mother is the hardest job in the world. But when you live in one of the world’s poorest countries, the hardest...

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...

How can women and girls, in every society, participate effectively as full and equal members of their communities?

I first became interested in this question as an undergraduate partnering with global communities to...

Sabina Mulenga’s story is all too familiar as she tells it. Laying asleep on a mat in the tiny grass-thatched house, was Sabina covered with an old thin blanket. At just 17, she was heavily pregnant, alone and...