Families in Vietnam are overcoming malnutrition and disease with support from StarKids and World Vision. Twenty-two-year-old Trung lives in a small town in the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, and her son, Linh, is just over three years old. A few months after giving birth to…
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Vulnerable Asian children are building a better future for themselves with the support of StarKids and World Vision Knot’s friends call him “Supphakit”, or Superkid. At 14, he’s lesser in physical stature than children his age but makes up for it in character and personality….
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StarKids and World Vision are helping Indigenous youth reconnect to their roots through programs like Young Mob. Young Janaya stands atop a boulder in the middle of outback Northern Territory pointing into the distance while two of her friends look on. A few yards away,…
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Earthquake-ravaged families in Indonesia are picking up the pieces of their lives with the help of StarKids and World Vision. Nine-year-old Nadine recounts how a 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook her community in Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, in September 2018. “I was alone inside the…
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A woman in rural Myanmar leads her family to prosperity with the help of StarKids and World Vision. Outside Yangon in rural Myanmar, 36-year-old Thin Thin Mar manages a flower farm on a hectare of land. Like many women, she juggles multiple responsibilities, hoping to…
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Thanks to the support of StarKids, vulnerable women in Cambodia are starting to take charge of their financial future. By Virginia Morrison. Faced by poverty, young Saniyas had to leave her native Phnom Penh to go to Malaysia to work illegally at a clothing factory….
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StarKids’ and World Vision’s work to help protect vulnerable children in Pattaya starts at a grassroots level. By Kervin Mathew. In Thailand’s bustling city of Pattaya, a 12th-grader named Panitsara helps lead a visionary group of students known as the Pattaya Dolphins. Made up of…
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StarKids and World Vision are helping rural communities in Vietnam fight poverty and malnourishment, one family at a time. By Kervin Mathew. In the Dien Bien province of north-west Vietnam, Dong Ty’s everyday meals of salt-flavoured rice rarely saw a hint of meat or vegetables….
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StarKids’ newest initiative helps small-scale farmers in Myanmar learn to dream big. By Kervin Mathew. Growing vegetables in your backyard can be quite rewarding. However, for some farmers in Myanmar, it’s their only source of livelihood. Aung San Win is one of many farmers living…
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StarKids is helping to develop the leaders of tomorrow through childhood literacy in Cambodia. By Tracy Keogh. “When I grow up, I want to become a teacher,” says 10-year-old Smichta. “I love reading and I think a good teacher must have read a lot of…
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