Globally, nearly 30 million children have been driven from their homes due to conflict and violence, as a part of the global refugee crisis. What does this mean for these children, their childhood, and their future? Learn about the hope, protection, and opportunity that education can bring a child refugee and how one bill currently … Read More
The READ Act, formerly known as the Education for All Act, passed in the Senate this week! Thank you for advocating for this bill’s passage. Now, the House must approve the Senate’s version before the READ Act becomes law. Why the READ Act? Globally, 59 million children of primary school age and 65 million adolescents … Read More
Today, the Senate introduced the Reach Every Mother and Child (Reach) Act! This is a victory not only for you – advocates have contacted Congress nearly 20,000 times about this bill, but also for mothers and children around the world. Last session the Reach Act was introduced but failed to pass. Thanks in part to … Read More
Goal #17: Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. The final Global Goal, partnership for the goals, ties all the goals together. This goal stands as an important reminder that the success of the Global Goals is dependent on the success of … Read More
Goal #8: DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH By Daisy Francis, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst for World Vision Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. In many parts of the world, having a job may not be enough to enable you to escape from poverty. Slow … Read More
In the month of July, U.S. citizens celebrate the freedom and opportunity many in the world are not afforded. We chatted with Gregory Loewer, Pastor for Missions at Columbia Baptist Church in Virginia, to discuss the work his church has done with World Vision and how that has impacted his perception of freedom and the … Read More
Goal #7: AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY By Zoey Wilson, Advocacy Communications Associate for World Vision Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Affordable and Clean Energy, Global Goal 7, is a push to become better stewards of the earth by using energy more efficiently and finding new and sustainable sources of … Read More
Goal #4: QUALITY EDUCATION By Jessica Bousquette, Policy Advisor for Child Protection for World Vision and Shannon Sowell, formerly Senior Project Coordinator for World Vision Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Education is power, a key to unlocking doors to a future that is otherwise out of reach. … Read More
Goal #1: NO POVERTY By Amanda Mootz, Advocacy Mobilization Specialist for World Vision End poverty in all its forms everywhere. In a rural Kenyan village in June 2016, I met John and Grace, a couple who had to bury two of their children just after their first birthdays because of malnutrition. Malnutrition sounds so clinical. … Read More
On September 25, 2015, 193 countries, including the United States, adopted a landmark and far-reaching agreement, which would shape the direction of development for the next 15 years. Formally called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs for short) or by their more informal name — the Global Goals — they lay out not only what progress … Read More