Learn how women operate savings groups and business ventures with one mission: to remove the barriers that prevent girls from staying in school. Read more.

As a World Vision staff member in Burundi, Marie has always been committed to helping struggling families in her country. But when she met Valentin...read more.

At 14, Mina has a kind smile. On a visit to Butwal in April, I had the privilege of spending some time with her family. They haven’t had it easy. Read more.

“I was living a great life,” says Andrew, 50. “I had many relatives around me and many friends and neighbours who were like a big family.” The peace in Andrew’s village dissipated in April 1994 as neighbours turned on neighbours at the beginning of...

Mamadou and his mom were marginalized from everyone in their community. Mamadou was born with a disability that prevented him from using his arms and legs.

​“Hunger was one of my greatest fears during Ebola,” says Mariama, 12, remembering one day when she went to bed after only eating coconut.

​According to Gladys, 47, she wasn’t a leader “even in her dreams” when she first came to the community as a young mother with her husband Emiliano.

​At first it was just a tiny white spot on Ali’s leg; another one on his arm. The then ten-year-old didn’t think much of it, and neither did his parents.

​I am Sylvia Garlan, a volunteer leader for World Vision. I am married and have five kids. This is my story of change.

“We must be alert to signs of malnutrition among our children, because if we neglect them we can seriously limit their development,” says Maria, addressing a group of 12 attentive mothers in her back yard. Read more.

Provider, bread winner, budding entrepreneur—these are the words that come to mind when Gladys tells her story. She's a 45-year-old mother of five. For years she and her husband, Kweku, were struggling to make ends meet. They started out their...

Deisy, 38, lives in Santa Ana. She's the hard-working mom of two teenage boys, Cesar and Jordan. Today the family is united and happy, but Deisy recalls more tumultuous times in their not-so-distant past.

When Raja's husband fell on his back at work, everything changed for their family. The injury rendered him unable to work, and the 34-year-old mom of three became responsible for their livelihood. 

Since birth, 17-year-old Malavika has suffered from hearing and speaking impairments. Her father, Naren, has always been protective of her. Read more.

Early marriage is very common in Mozambique. In fact, the country is currently ranked 11th in the world for child marriage. Learn Belita's story.

Saikhantuya knows better than to look too closely. As sparks bounce from the end of her father's welding sticks, the 14-year-old sponsored child’s eyes dart around the yard. Various metals are piled on top of each other – materials to construct a... 

After Aisha got married, her whole world seemed to close in. She had been teaching for a year at a local public school when she married a man from her village. But she was forced to give up her job when she started having children. “We lived by... 

“I thought sponsorship was a relationship between the children and the sponsors, but actually, my parents also enjoy the World Vision sponsorship program,” says Karia, laughing at her mom and dad. At 11 years old, Karia is joyful and full of life....

Seng is married, the father of six daughters and one son. He's held jobs as a fisherman, construction worker and is now a photographer, but for years, his family feared him.

Once unable to read or write, baffled by basic arithmetic and hiding the truth, Gultaz has changed her family's fate and given her children a chance to dream.