“If World Vision didn’t organise those meetings for my parents, I may have been married off as a child,” says Khushbu, a 19-year-old girl from urban slum pockets of Gurgaon in India. This region in India still has one of…
Timely Help Restores Raghav’s Health
“Now I’m happy because my son is healthy,” says Raghav’s mother, 25-year-old Anuradha.A year ago, 4-year-old Raghav would sit on a cot at his home or lay down on it for most part of the day. Anuradha didn’t know the…
The Model Anganwadi
An anganwadi (day care center) in a community we serve in Ranchi has recently been named ‘the model anganwadi’. The kudos goes to the teachers and the volunteers at the anganwadi who tirelessly work for the 20 children who come there.…
Green today for kids tomorrow
Marking the World Environment Day on June 5, employees of Thomson Reuters wanted to do something ‘Green’. And that’s when the partnership with World Vision India made all the difference. Just a few kilometres away from Bandipur forest reserve is…
Go Green. Connect with Nature.
Here’s the 22-year-old Rajender’s tree garden! Sharing his life-changing decision to nurture plants, Rajender says, “My village was lush green once upon a time. It’s all gone. The tree saplings, guava and mango, given to me by World Vision India…
How Child Sponsorship Works
Sponsoring a child with World Vision India is one of the most effective, inspiring and rewarding ways to help children. You’ll be doing much more than helping to meet children’s basic needs – you’ll be helping to equip them for…
Passing on the Baton of Hygiene
Going to school excited Varsha, but unfortunately fever, diarrhoea, stomach pains plagued her. It wasn’t until the sensitisation programme that Varsha learnt the reason for her frequent bouts of illness. Lack of personal hygiene and particularly unwashed hands made her…
Hunger Free
In many parts of the world, hunger is the only reality people know. World Vision India believes a hunger free world is possible. There are lakhs of children living in our country who are malnourished resulting in low immunity and…
Reducing Malnutrition and Childhood Illness
India accounts for a substantial part of the global burden of disease, with 18% of global deaths and 20% disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in India is a far cry from the Millennium Development Goal (MDG-5) with…
Hope in the midst of chaos!
Even in the midst of a drought situation like this, Kita village in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, is still lush and green. About 265 families reside in Kita village, Yavatmal, Maharashtra. Before 2007, Kita was one of the villages battling drought…