Programs

For many of us, Christmas means spending time with family, decorating, and giving gifts. We gather for  parties, attend plays, and rejoice in the birth of Jesus. But have you ever taken a moment to think about what Christmas looks like for others around the world? Or how your sponsored child observes the day? Many [...]

Beyond textbooks, many children in developing countries lack simple reading books. Not surprisingly, many of these children who graduate from high school read at significantly lower levels. But reading is absolutely essential to successful development. Did you know there would be a 12 percent drop in global poverty if all students left school able to [...]

Our little family decided to do Christmas a little bit differently over the past few years. Don’t get me wrong: I adore the holiday and love to see all the wonder through the eyes of my children. Yet, the more we know about the very real and challenging circumstances in which our brothers and sisters [...]

Japhet’s home is located in Manipur, India, an area consumed by vast, rugged hills and narrow valleys. His family lives each day amid severe poverty, struggling to afford many basic necessities. As a 5-year-old boy, Japhet’s father tragically passed away, leaving his mother to care for their children with only the meager and unreliable wages [...]

High in the mountains of Guatemala, the rain steadily falls. Clouds of vapor rise to the treetops, forming a steamy fog around a tiny mud hut on a hill. This is Alejandra’s home. Thirteen family members huddle under the tin roof trying to escape the downpour. Alejandra’s parents talk in a corner wondering how they [...]

“It never ends,” Isam recently told me about his work in the Middle East. He is World Help’s on-the-ground partner in Jordan near the Syrian border. He facilitates aid distribution, working on the front lines with the refugees who have fled into Jordan. Over the past year, I’ve watched callous violence and slaughter unfold in [...]

Shells explode in the distance. Shouting. A woman’s cry. The sobbing of a child. Bloodstained streets. The Syrian border is only a few miles away, but for hundreds of thousands of refugees, the nightmare is far from over. The biting winds signal the coming of winter, and the landscape looks barren and bleak. Having escaped [...]