In the two minutes spent reading this article more than 30 children under the age of five will die – many of them in Afghanistan in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa states a new report ‘Child Health Now’, launched by World Vision in its first organisation-wide global campaign.

For more than 100 children who live and work on the streets of Kutaisi, fairytales seldom happen, but their recent involvement in a theatre performance gave them the chance to perform a fairytale and at the same time, realise their talents and creativity.

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Mr Maxwell Gaylard together with the NGO Association for
International Development Agencies (AIDA), today called for the long-overdue and immediate opening of crossings into the Gaza Strip to enable Pales...

Thirteen schools in nine villages in western Georgia’s Imereti region have joined an education project established by World Vision to help communities resolve the problematic issues that plague the field of education.

Most service providers are loathe to receive complaints from customers, but World Vision staff in Georgia are asking displaced persons in various settlements to communicate their needs and problems in ‘complaints boxes’ so that World Vision can better help meet their needs.

Almost a year following the five-day war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008, nearly 20,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living in 37 new settlements built by the Georgian government. Although many of the settlements are adjacent to already established villages, living conditions an...

A new health clinic opened in Al Ma’asara in southern Bethlehem will give residents of the southern cluster villages access to comprehensive local health care for the first time. The clinic offers services previously unavailable not only to the residents of Al Ma’asara, but also to some 7,700 reside...

World Vision’s Child Friendly Spaces in the Georgian capital Tbilisi have teamed up with a local food production company JSC “Nikora” to provide 60 internally displaced children with regular filling and nutritious meals while they enjoy structured play and informal learning at the centres.

As World Vision marks 15 years of working in Azerbaijan, its National Director says helping to draft an inclusive education law for some 49,000 children with special needs has been one of its most important milestones. The law will be submitted to parliament by the Ministry of Education where it is ...

Dental check-ups for some 600 children aged 14-15 in Armenia’s Stepanavan region revealed that every child has on average five decayed teeth – due in part to the lack of state-covered dental care and drinking water which contains microelements that make teeth vulnerable to disease.

Farmers in Ialomita County in south-east Romania seldom have the means to sell their produce in bulk, but a recent ‘Harvest Day’ brought the market – customers from 12 communities- to them.

This autumn event, organised by World Vision Romania in partnership with local authorities, w...

A book-drive has collected more than 1,000 books for students in Armenia’s Alaverdi Region in response to a letter written by the schools asking for World Vision’s help to update their libraries. With the help of the Union of Writers of Armenia and one of the biggest libraries in the capital Yerevan...

Children, women and men are still vulnerable to the threat of trafficking in Romania, specialists say, despite declining figures released in a report earlier in the year. Being aware of the dangers was central to a recent anti-trafficking campaign marking European Anti-trafficking day in which some ...

The arrival of a newborn can bring excitement and joy – but also huge financial pressures for struggling families, which is why hygiene kits have brought a sigh of relief for 200 families in eastern and central Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). World Vision’s Mother and Baby Kit project recognises that ...

Hundreds of children and youth joined World Vision Romania in marking this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on October 17. Throughout the week, debates, essays, drawing and poster and poetry competitions were organised in Iasi and Vaslui Counties in the northeast of the count...