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Women and girls strengthen families and communities!
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John, hello!
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, we recognize that women bear many responsibilities in the places we work. But they make few, if any, of the decisions. Even for themselves.
It starts early, with girls subjected to child marriage, denied access to education and healthcare, and even physically mutilated.
But when communities include all of their members, they and their children have the opportunity to reach their full potential and escape poverty. Donors support them to get there.
Here are just a few of the recent successes World Vision donors have helped achieve.
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Donors are helping keep girls healthier and providing food to families experiencing economic stress.
- In India, 403 girls benefited from hygiene kits and menstrual hygiene management
- A total of 59,796 people (21,726 girls, 16,276 boys, 13,896 women, and 7,898 men) received food assistance, including food distribution and cash transfers to meet the basic needs of vulnerable families
Positive change is possible when we work together!
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Girls who are married off as children don’t have the opportunity to reach their full potential as a result. It can even be harmful to their physical health. One woman working to change this is Mali’s Therese Mounkoro.
In Mali, half of girls are married before their 18th birthday. So Therese leads the DREAM Grant Project where her team is pushing to prevent child marriage and keep girls in school.
In this short video, Therese chats with World Vision Canada CEO Michael Messenger about the challenges—and successes—girls in Mali experience.
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Türkiye and Syria Earthquake – What World Vision is Doing
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The worst earthquakes to hit the region in over a century have devastated parts of Türkiye and Syria, leaving tens of thousands dead, injured and missing.
Well over 2 million children have been impacted, including many in northwest Syria who are now unaccompanied because they’ve lost one or both parents and have no identification documents.
World Vision is currently mobilizing protection teams in the area to ensure the safety of affected children. We are also using our child protection centres to provide mental health and psychosocial support.
The rapid response by the World Vision Partnership as of March 2 includes:
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Thanks go out to people across Canada who contributed! Together, we raised more than $2 million for children and families affected in Türkiye & Syria.
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There’s not enough to eat.
More than seven million people in Somalia are currently experiencing severe food insecurity. The worst drought in 40 years has driven 800,000 people from their homes to makeshift camps and other places around the country.
The ripple effect on children is wide, from affecting future physical development through malnutrition, to elevating rates of child marriage as desperate parents look for ways to get money for food.
Tobias Oloo, World Vision Somalia’s Operations Director, tells a moving story about ongoing efforts to save lives and makes an impassioned plea for awareness.
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World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, World Vision is dedicated to working with the world's most vulnerable people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
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