World Vision
This is the blog of World Vision, a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by addressing the causes of poverty.
Milking for a shared future- flourishing co-existence in West Ramallah
Author: World Vision
By Lisa Abu Shanab, World Vision JWBG Cows moo softly behind us and olive trees, stone houses, and fields surround us in the village of Aboud in West Ramallah. In any other place the cows standing side by side in the small building structure that serves as a housing shed would not be anything out of the ordinary. But here in Aboud, these cows represent so much more than just the milk they produce. Sitting and standing with us in the housing shed are some of the 20 women responsible for the cow farm, supported by World Vision's West Ramallah Area Development Programme. Both Christian and Muslim, their presence represents the hope and co-existence that is found here. ...
Author: World Vision
By Lisa Abu Shanab, World Vision JWBG Cows moo softly behind us and olive trees, stone houses, and fields surround us in the village of Aboud in West Ramallah. In any other place the cows standing side by side in the small building structure that serves as a housing shed would not be anything out of the ordinary. But here in Aboud, these cows represent so much more than just the milk they produce. Sitting and standing with us in the housing shed are some of the 20 women responsible for the cow farm, supported by World Vision's West Ramallah Area Development Programme. Both Christian and Muslim, their presence represents the hope and co-existence that is found here. ...
Living on Dakar's rooftops
Author: World Vision
This post is written by Alex Whitney, Operations Director for World Vision in Senegal. When you live in a country that doesn't see rain for 10 months of the year, suddenly seeing water everywhere makes you feel like you're in a different country. I left Senegal in July for a month's holiday back in the UK. When I came back in early September, the change was extreme. ...
Author: World Vision
This post is written by Alex Whitney, Operations Director for World Vision in Senegal. When you live in a country that doesn't see rain for 10 months of the year, suddenly seeing water everywhere makes you feel like you're in a different country. I left Senegal in July for a month's holiday back in the UK. When I came back in early September, the change was extreme. ...
Children in countries hit by war have their say
Author: World Vision
World Vision talks to children in Georgia, Gaza, Lebanon, Abkhazia and Kosovo about what it is like for a child to survive war and what the children are doing to promote peace in their countries. Watch the video here:
Author: World Vision
World Vision talks to children in Georgia, Gaza, Lebanon, Abkhazia and Kosovo about what it is like for a child to survive war and what the children are doing to promote peace in their countries. Watch the video here:
Another Day in Gaza
Author: World Vision
Lifting of the siege the only hope of a quarantined people
By Joe Harbison, Interim National Director, World Vision Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza
[September 21 marks International Peace Day. Recently World Vision's Director for Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza witnessed ordinary life in Gaza, so far from the ideals of International Peace Day].
Gazans - a quarantined people, besieged and blockaded.
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Author: World Vision
Lifting of the siege the only hope of a quarantined people
By Joe Harbison, Interim National Director, World Vision Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza
[September 21 marks International Peace Day. Recently World Vision's Director for Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza witnessed ordinary life in Gaza, so far from the ideals of International Peace Day].
Gazans - a quarantined people, besieged and blockaded.
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Evicted from their homes, Palestinians live on the street in Jerusalem
Author: World Vision
By Jennifer Chiodo, Advocacy/Communications Associate
Aug. 11, 2009
"Have you eaten? We're all eating lunch now and there's some if you are hungry." Those were Maher Hannoun's first words to us as we approached the street corner in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, where he and his family have been living for more than a week after being evicted from their home by Israeli authorities on the dawn of Aug. 2. While they live on the street, Israeli settlers have moved into their home.
My friend and I, both humanitarian workers living in Jerusalem, assured him a couple of times that we had just eaten. "If you'll excuse me a few minutes I'll eat and then come back and talk to you. I can't say 'feel at home'... but feel 'at street'." Talk about Palestinian hospitality?! Here a family of 18, with Maher and his two brothers' families, including six children, is homeless and is offering us food and drink. We take plastic chairs and sit in the shade of an olive tree, joining the group of 20 people just hanging around. Having followed the news of their eviction, we came to show our support.
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Author: World Vision
By Jennifer Chiodo, Advocacy/Communications Associate
Aug. 11, 2009
"Have you eaten? We're all eating lunch now and there's some if you are hungry." Those were Maher Hannoun's first words to us as we approached the street corner in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, where he and his family have been living for more than a week after being evicted from their home by Israeli authorities on the dawn of Aug. 2. While they live on the street, Israeli settlers have moved into their home.
My friend and I, both humanitarian workers living in Jerusalem, assured him a couple of times that we had just eaten. "If you'll excuse me a few minutes I'll eat and then come back and talk to you. I can't say 'feel at home'... but feel 'at street'." Talk about Palestinian hospitality?! Here a family of 18, with Maher and his two brothers' families, including six children, is homeless and is offering us food and drink. We take plastic chairs and sit in the shade of an olive tree, joining the group of 20 people just hanging around. Having followed the news of their eviction, we came to show our support.
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