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
U.S. Work
From the Field
Equipping classrooms across the U.S.
World Vision’s Teacher Resource Center helps stock the classrooms of educators serving Title I schools, where many students come from low-income households. When families cannot afford to purchase basic school supplies for their children, teachers often compensate by using their personal funds. For many students across the Pacific Northwest, those simple items help remove small barriers to learning.
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
A Chicago after-school program offers alternatives for kids
A partner’s smoke breaks gave Officer William Martinez an opportunity to play basketball with kids in vulnerable Chicago communities. That led him to opening an after-school program where he hopes to set kids on a more positive path for their futures. His police precinct partners with World Vision, which provides William with tools he can use to meet the needs of the children and their families.
From the Field
World Vision and Central Texas churches offer flood relief
World Vision’s North Texas Site Manager, John Huddle, recounts his experiences on the ground with church partners in Central Texas immediately following the devastating 2025 floods.
Change Makers
A Pittsburgh woman’s servant heart supports Knit for Kids
Volunteer Dee Fuller volunteers once a week at World Vision’s warehouse near Pittsburgh. She helps maintain the database of Knit for Kids, but she also is a knitter who contributes her time and talents by creating sweaters, caps, and blankets to keep children around the world warm during winter weather.
From the Field
Donations help a school meet students’ needs beyond academics
The staff at a Bronx middle school strive to create a welcoming atmosphere for its students. One way they’re able to do that is through donations of furniture, Christmas decorations, and school supplies.
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.
From the Field
Gifts following wildfires build community bonds
One year after devastating wildfires ravaged the Los Angeles area, World Vision continues partnering with local church and community-based organizations to ensure that people affected by the fires receive the critical support they need.
From the Field
Bonded by disaster: How an American pastor encouraged a Jamaican pastor after Hurricane Melissa
In the aftermath of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, World Vision’s Pastor Ambassadors program is providing spiritual nurture to pastors impacted by the storm in Jamaica as they work to help their communities recover.