Our May edition of the Insider Newsletter celebrates the transformative work you’ve helped make possible as a member of our World Vision Philanthropy family. We hope this collection of news and stories will be an encouragement to you — as you are an encouragementto us.
In this edition:
Watch the Every Last One® campaign celebration video and discover 70,860,366* reasons to rejoice.
Learn how access to clean water is helping lift the burdencarried by expectant mothers.
Pray for the families of Ukraine who have been displaced by war.
Anchor your heart in these beautiful reminders of God’s promises for His children.
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 impossible. But as Jesus once told His followers, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26, NIV).
At this year's Every Last One Conference in March, we celebrated the campaign and the miraculous news that together, we not only achieved this goal but exceeded it … and now have 70,860,366* reasons to celebrate! That’s the number of children and adults whose prayers have been answered because of your contributions to the $1 billion raised through the Every Last One campaign.
Please enjoy this video from the conference, celebrating the many lives changed with your support.
Haoua gave birth to a healthy son at Boulounguéy Health Center in Niger.
Hospitals and healthcare clinics are intended to be safe places. Patients seek medical treatment, determined to find relief and restoration. But when there is no water in such facilities, or the water is unsanitary, a visit for any reason can prove dangerousif not deadly.
The need is striking. Of the healthcare clinics in the areas where World Vision works:
Half do not have access to clean water
5 out of 6 do not have basic handwashing facilities with soap and water
This lack of access to clean water means many expecting mothers are required to bring their own water to wash themselves and their newborns after giving birth. Not surprisingly, infections spread under these conditions.
Krystyna, a Ukrainian lawyer who fled the war from Kherson, with her children inside a convention center hosting Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest, Romania.
One year into the war in Ukraine, more than 8 million people have fled the country — people like Krystyna, a 32-year-old mother of two whose life turned upside down following the escalation of the war. “I only want my children to have a better life,” she said.“I want them not to suffer from the war. I want them to have a piece of bread so they will never go hungry. Like all Ukrainians, we want to return to where we felt good, where it was peaceful, where our home is.”
Please join us in praying through the stories of displaced Ukrainian families as they cope each day and look for hope during this devastating crisis.
A World Vision reading club sparked 16-year-old Lightwell’s passion for learning. He’s now teaching his mother how to read the Bible.
God’s promises to His people throughout the Bible can be anchors when our hearts and minds become busy and burdened. As you meditate on these four promises from our Father to His children, may they remind you of the beautiful realities that are yours in Christ.Let the Word of God found in Romans 8 assure your heart of His unfailing promises to you, no matter your season or circumstances.
*Includes the number of unique participants in our Signature Initiative programs as well as participants in other multisector projects, our U.S. domestic emergency response, and Fresh Food Boxes distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of World Vision’s multisector approach, some people participated in more than one program.
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