Through our Spring 2026 digital issue of World Vision magazine, explore powerful stories of hope, resilience, and transformation from around the world — from a promise kept in Ghana to an update on the hunger crisis in Sudan to how child sponsorship is helping children grow up healthy in Ecuador to a young woman breaking barriers — as well as the U.S.
News & Stories
Child Sponsorship
From the Field
Eyewitness to need: Keeping a promise in Ghana
A mother and her two daughters take an unusual vacation to Ghana. They not only see the beauty of God’s earth, but learn how not having clean water stops progress for mothers and daughters just like them.
From the Field
Haiti crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help
The current situation in Haiti is dire, with escalating gang violence, sociopolitical instability, and a cholera epidemic, all endangering vulnerable populations. Learn more about the situation that is affecting millions of people in Haiti and how World Vision is responding to the crises.
From the Field
Hope stems from the cliffs of death
One young man in Ethiopia risked everything to rescue a child marked for death. World Vision is helping families let go of an ancient lie that has stolen thousands of children.
From the Field
From isolation to inclusion: After spending seven years hidden away, a child has a new future with opportunity ahead
For seven years, stigma kept 10-year-old Masresha hidden inside. Today, through World Vision support, she walks to school, plays with friends, and learns with joy. Her transformation inspires her family to defy harmful beliefs and nurture hope in their Ethiopian community.
From the Field
Fired in resilience: Raising children under stigma and scarcity in Ethiopia
Amarech and Asate are artisans whose craft also marks them as outcasts. They work to feed their three children, including newborn twins, while holding on to dreams of education and equality in a community slowly confronting generations-old stigma. World Vision recently began working in the area and is challenging the norm.
From the Field
National Baptist Convention partnership engages the church domestically and internationally
World Vision partners with the National Baptist Convention by providing products churches can use in their domestic ministry. To engage parishioners overseas, people within the church can sign up to be sponsored through Chosen.
From the Field
Restoring dignity in Senegal: How child sponsorship helps siblings with disabilities thrive
After years of stigma and barriers, siblings with disabilities in Senegal find hope, freedom, and inclusion as a result of World Vision’s community-based child sponsorship program. “Children living with disabilities are no longer rejected or hidden away,” says Mariama, 15.
Voices
Carrying faith forward: Third Day’s Mac Powell reflects on decades of impact following visit to Ghana
For three decades, Third Day has partnered with World Vision, inviting fans to turn faith into action through child sponsorship. Mac Powell, the band’s lead singer, reflects on child sponsorship, the role of fans in sustaining the work, and what it means to continue inviting others into action as the band prepares for a 30-year reunion tour.
Change Makers
Reasons to hope: Finding light in hard times
In a world shaped by conflict, hunger, and crisis, discover powerful reasons to hope in hard times through faith, resilience, and stories of compassion in action.