Twenty-year-old, former sponsored child Sneha is a first-generation college graduate who lives with her parents, two brothers, and grandfather in a rented house in Mumbai. Her father, Umashankar, is the breadwinner of the family and has a small business repairing…
“I want to give back to the families in these villages and do good things for them the way World Vision did for me and brought me to where I am today,” says 28-year-old Neeraj, dressed in a fashionable formal…
It doesn’t take much rain to deluge the road in Delhi. The road leading to one of our communities in Delhi’s slums is waterlogged after a short shower. Mercy and a couple of volunteers take a tuk-tuk to cross the…
The WV India-NDTV telethon saw the coming together of renowned celebrities, actors, academicians, journalists and Corporate CEOs to talk about the cause of hunger and its impact on children. The two-hour programme aired on Sunday, 17th May from 7pm to 9…
The countrywide lockdown in India, as a mechanism to curtail the Covid 19 pandemic, was initiated on 25th March 2020 and as of now is to continue till 3rd May 2020. As the contingency created by the lockdown cast its…
“Our financial situation was terrible. All we could do is send our sons to school. It is a belief system in our society that it is okay if girl children work at home and do not study. But thanks to…
Ten years ago, World Vision India took into their sponsorship, among many others, a young Lisha studying in the first standard. Today, after ten years, she is the pride of her family and her school, having performed well in her…
Vinita was only 17 when her parents decided to get her married. She had always dreamed of attending college. Her parents did not share the same dream. Her mother never went to school and her father dropped out in the…
“Mum says we can study as much as we want. My sister wants to be a doctor when she grows up, so do I,” says Sudha*. Growing up, life was tough for Sudha and her siblings. Their father was infected…
We are glad to inform that World Vision India received the ‘NGO Excellence’ Award. World Vision India CEO & National Director Mr. Cherian Thomas received the award at the World CSR Congress in Mumbai, India. The NGO Award is a…