The best of 2025: 10 stories that warm our hearts (and hopefully yours, too!)
We’re looking back at 2025’s most feel-good stories as proof that good news still matters.
Written by Christina Cook and Katrina De Schiffert
on December 19, 2025
It’s no mystery that we live in a world where headlines often focus on hardship, but 2025 gave us countless reasons to hope. From classrooms filled with laughter to communities rebuilding against all odds, these 10 stories remind us that kindness and resilience still shine bright. Join us as we look back on moments that prove compassion can change everything.
1. Former sponsored child earns Phd in Canada
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In developing countries, women rarely make it into history books. Teriano Lesancha is helping change that. Read more.
2. "I was thrilled when I could go inside the school."
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In war-ravaged Syria, Yassin, a boy with a physical disability, can finally enter his school building. Read more.
3. How a World Vision plane made music history
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The shocking truth behind the concert that changed the world. Watch now.
4. She overcame malnutrition to reclaim her childhood
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A remarkable health transformation in just four months. Read more.
5. Empowering teenage girls in Bangladesh
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Sultana and Maliha are part of a new girls’ group challenging harmful gender norms in their village. Read more.
6. "I had to keep fighting for my siblings.”
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In a region of Honduras heavily influenced by gangs, 25-year-old Lisbeth traded childhood on the streets for a brave, loving future. Read more.
7. Hope begins here: delivering babies safely in a place of displacement
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Take a look inside World Vision’s maternal care unit at the Renk Transit Centre. Read more.
8. Farmer-managed natural regeneration plants seeds of regrowth
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It doesn't take fancy equipment to transform farming—and communities. Read more.
9. A pipe dream comes true: One chief’s 50-year wait for water
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The story of how clean water impacted a chief and a student in the poorest municipality of the Philippines. Read more.
10. A former sponsored child builds a family and a future
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Once a sponsored child, Brian Quimod is paying his opportunity forward right here in Canada. Read more.
Thank you for all you do
These stories exist because of the courage and creativity of the people behind them. And your support helps make their progress possible. Your generosity helps turn hope into a reality for so many families around the world. Words can’t capture the depth of your impact, but we’ll try. Thank you for giving, for caring, for believing. World Vision Canada supporters are a light that brightens the world every single day.