There is a huge silence when it comes to talking about child sexual abuse. But our present scenario urges us to open up and step forward to curb these issues that mar children for a lifetime. In the wake of the…
Be Bold For Change
Flattering figures of speech, allegories and personifications of women are often synonymous with special days or campaigns. However, just as the day fades, so do all those accolades. Being satirically termed the fairer sex, a fair treatment is an obligation.…
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…
Literacy Boost Programme: Making Quality Education A Reality
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 Withdrawn and introverted, she would seldom…
How Child Sponsorship Empowers A Community
Why does World Vision India’s Child Sponsorship programme focus on community development? Why direct my money to my sponsored child’s community? Why not use it only to meet my child’s needs? If you have similar questions in mind, this is for…
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…
Guardians of the Community
Child Protection Units or CPUs are groups formed by World Vision India in the communities we serve. As the name goes, these units work towards the protection of children living in the communities. Children are vulnerable and therefore Child Protection Units…
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…