World News & Stories

Looking for a simple way to make a difference this Christmas? Give a gift that will help support long-term development and outlast the coronavirus pandemic by many generations.

Have you wondered how people celebrate Christmas around the world? We wanted to give you a glimpse of different traditions in places like Brazil and Georgia.

We ask the G20 leaders to make stronger funding commitments for health, education and other services that protect children from harm during the pandemic that are guided by children’s voices.

On Universal Children's Day, find out why children's voices must be at the centre of policies and programs that affect them.

Smile at a worker at the grocery store. Send an encouraging text to a friend just because. Check out our list of acts of kindness and brighten someone's world.

When you donate through the Gift Catalogue, you join a hive of people committed to helping families around the world make their dreams for their children reality.

World Vision Canada pays tribute to Alex Trebek, television personality, host of Jeopardy! and long-time ambassador and advocate for children living in poverty.

Christmas may look different this year, but the meaning behind the season hasn’t changed. Here are some ways you can celebrate the most important things.

We caught up with Bethlehem, the little girl who graced the cover of our 2019 Gift Catalogue to find out how she's doing.

Find the perfect present for everyone on your Christmas gift list with our comprehensive gift guide!

Making a reading corner in your home or classroom is as easy as A, B, C!

Microfinance offers key financial services to some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Millions of women and men are not viewed as valuable clients by traditional banks and consequently, lack access to services.

Despite global achievements towards gender equality, girls continue to face barriers to full, equal participation both at home and in the world. Find out why we need Day of the Girl more than ever.

12 million girls under 18 are married every year. The practice of child marriage can be stopped when an entire community comes together. Read the story.

Femicide is the killing of women and girls simply because they are female. Perpetrators can be gangs, militia, even fathers and husbands.

'Girls Power Groups' in India have helped to stop 13 child marriages in the first two months of the pandemic alone.

Families around the world are preparing for an uncertain return to school. Read about five innovative ways kids are going back to school around the globe.

A World Vision report predicts a sharp increase in violence against children and child marriage , as a result of COVID-19. At least four million more girls could be married in the next two years. Find out why.

Each year, 500,000 people risk their lives migrating from the Northern Triangle – El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – fleeing the cruelty of gangs.

Masouma Rasouli is the first female WASH engineer with World Vision Afghanistan. Read her story in her own words.