Sakhi is eight years old and can comfortably read full sentences from books. “This isn’t extraordinary,” you might think. But for Sakhi, this is. A few months ago, she could barely even recognise alphabets. Withdrawn and introverted, she would seldom…
Bringing your child’s community closer to you
Partners Meets are held at regular intervals at various places across the country, giving an opportunity for our sponsors and donors to understand and experience the work of World Vision India. On the 20th of August, Partners Meet was held…
Laying the foundation
Summer vacations are quite a long break for children and this is when they relax, unwind and meet up with their relatives before they start another academic year. World Vision India makes the maximum use of this time by engaging…
A Launch Pad
Nelson Mandela’s famous quote “Education is the powerful weapon through which you can change the world” resonates World Vision India‘s primary goals. Education brings a cycle of transformation in the life of a child. It is what we call a…
In Good Company
Mohsin’s school bag is his prized possession. And why wouldn’t it be? Till the year 2013, Mohsin was a child labourer at a book binding unit. At an age where he was supposed to read books, he used to carry…
Multi Dimensional World Vision India
The cheerful faces of excited children blushed the red roses at the World Vision India Partners Meet in Mumbai on 27th February. I know there are too many adverbs in a single sentence but cannot help praising the World Vision…
Monday Blues: Be An Angel
If their smiles could be the reflection of what is going on in their little minds you would be misled. The chirpy naughty childish innocence is just a mask to their troubled homes, broken families, and suppressed hunger, wiped away…
Mumbai Partners Meet – ’16
A time of celebrations, a time of rejoicing, a time of exchanging gratitude and thankfulness! Such was the atmosphere at the recent Partners Meet hosted in Mumbai last Saturday, February 27th. We were thrilled to have 194 sponsors from the…
Journey To School Rural vs Urban
We are well aware of how children in urban cities travel to school. Have you thought about how children in rural areas go to school? We just thought drawing parallels between an urban and rural school going child would reveal…
A true story of grit against the odds
This young boy could have made every excuse to not get an education – poverty, lack of infrastructure, lack of opportunities being the chief ones. Then there was also the fact that his school was located 15 kilometres away from…