With an estimated 2 million cases annually, India has the world’s highest burden of tuberculosis, about 20 percent of the world’s infections. The World Health Organization estimates that each year, as many as 320,000 people there die of the disease….
This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Annila Harris, World Vision. Fifteen-year-old Saraswati battles poverty, abuse and subjection in a…
This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Annila Harris, World Vision. Shivani started making baskets out of bamboo with her…
This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Lydia Veena, World Vision. What made a difference between life and death in…
This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Cecil Laguardia, World Vision. Manjula, sponsored when she was six, is a strong…
We’re continuing our Strong Women, Strong World country series, focusing on one country a month. We’ll share stories and World Vision projects from that country throughout the month. For January, our focus is India. India has the world’s 12th largest…
Today we bring you a word from Marilee Pierce Dunker, World Vision Advocate who shares her encouragement regarding women in the church. Marilee will be hosting another Women of Vision prayer conference call in mid-January. Stay tuned to this site for…
From The Guardian: “In a survey that caused indignation in India last month: a poll of 370 gender specialists around the world voted India the worst place to be a woman out of all the G20 countries. It stung –…
From World Vision, Kathryn Reid: Extreme monsoon flooding in northeast India’s Assam state has displaced nearly 2 million people and resulted in at least 77 deaths. The Hindu newspaper reported that 173 relief camps are open to accommodate more than 160,000…
We loved reading Aparna Sen’s inspiring story of sponsorship on the World Vision blog. A native of Calcutta, India, Aparna chose to sponsor a girl through World Vision in her home country after moving to the United States. Read her…
