As a member of our World Vision Philanthropy family, we hope you enjoy this special inside look at the work that partners like you make possible.
In this edition, you can:
Read a Christian Post feature about our COVID-19 response up to the pandemic’s one-year point
Mark your calendars for the Every Last One Conference
Celebrate an exciting announcement about reaching 20 million people with access to clean water
Learn how to participate in our virtual Global 6K for Water®
Discover how you can help end harmful practices in Kenya
The Christian Post highlights World Vision’s COVID-19 pandemic response
"As more than a year has passed since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, leading evangelical aid organization World Vision partnered with tens of thousands of faith leaders and communities worldwide to reach 59 million people through relief and virus prevention efforts."
"Not long after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, World Vision, an interdenominational aid organization that operates in nearly 100 countries, launched the largest global response in its 70-year history."
If you’re longing for inspiration and a chance to connect with a community of believers who care deeply about people in poverty, please join us at the 2021 Every Last One Conference.
This year’s event will be an uplifting and unforgettable livestream experience to draw you closer to the very heart of God. This is a complimentary event.
World Vision reaches goal of equipping 20 million people worldwide with clean water
Despite the challenges of operating in a global pandemic, we’re celebrating a major milestone toward our goal of reaching everyone, everywhere we work with clean water by 2030. On February 18, we announced that the 20 millionth person worldwide had been equipped with lasting access to clean water.
This ambitious five-year goal was announced in 2016 as part of our larger goal of comprehensive clean water access, which would reach around 50 million people. Along the way, World Vision became the leading nongovernmental provider of clean water, reaching one new person with clean water every 10 seconds. It’s thanks to donors like you that we’ve reached this monumental milestone!
Join the world’s largest 6K for water — from wherever you are
Every step you take is one they won’t have to.™
Our annual Global 6K for Water is virtual this year. On May 22, 2021, you can walk or run the same distance millions of women and children in the developing world have to walk every day for water. Move your feet by yourself or with your family and join this global movement to equip people who need it most with access to life-changing clean water.
Important progress toward ending FGM in Kenya and Uganda
On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on February 6, 2021, representatives from Kenya and Uganda signed an agreement to end the FGM practices still being carried out in their countries. Celebrations marking this day were held in West Pokot, Kenya, with the anti-FGM board and the county government of West Pokot agreeing to create awareness on what they called outdated cultural practices.
At least 200 million women and girls alive today have been subjected to FGM, which is a direct precursor to child marriage and limits girls’ potential. But there is hope!
World Vision’s Kenya Big Dream project gets to the root causes of FGM and child marriage. One such approach, Alternative Rites of Passage, is a week of education culminating in a ceremony for girls and boys to affirm traditional values and empower them to create change as they understand their worth in God’s eyes. Your ongoing support is crucial to help end the practice of FGM in Kenya.
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