World Vision ACT:S is a network of young people committed to exploring what our faith says about poverty and injustice, using creative activism to bring issues to life and change hearts, and using our voices to advocate on AIDS, malaria, hunger, and child slavery.
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Below are the latest stories, resources, and campaigns. If you would like to contribute, e-mail acts@worldvision.org.
Invisible Children filmmaker takes on malaria! Sign up for free "When the Night Comes" DVD
World Vision ACT:S is proud to offer this DVD as a FREE resource for your Night of Nets event! Create awareness and save lives by screening "When the Night Comes" by Bobby Bailey (Invisible Children filmmaker) and the United Nations Foundation to at least 10 of your friends. We really do believe our generation can start a movement to stop this child-killer!
Sign up below and we will mail you a "When the Night Comes" DVD and Night of Nets resources for creating awareness, raising resources (just $6 provides a life-saving bednet!), and effective advocacy on your campus, church, or community.
Visit the new NIGHT of NETS website – then create your fun event to save lives and help end malaria!
In one night... more than 2,000 children die from malaria. And in one night, you can help save lives by hosting a Night of Nets to End Malaria this April - it can be a concert, a coffee house, an art show, a sleep-out – any event to unite your community around this urgent issue. You create a spectacular event and we will provide FREE documentary videos, slideshows, posters, story cards, and other resources to help educate your audience, raise money for life-saving bednets, and advocacy to help end malaria.
Check out the new Night of Nets website, which offers a simple 1-2-3 introduction to organizing a Night of Nets event or sign up below for resources to get started.
7 Ways to Pray for the Haiti and Chile Earthquakes
By Jane Sutton-Redner, World Vision
First Haiti, now Chile. Here’s how you might pray for people affected by disasters, sparked by daily life moments.
1. Waiting at the drive-through for coffee or fast food, think of people standing in long lines for food distributions. Picture their anxiety—Will there be enough? When this food is gone, what’s next? Pray for a steady supply of food and drinkable water for survivors in their time of need.
2. As you pop a pain reliever or stick a band-aid on a cut, remember people wounded in disasters. Their injuries can become fatal if they’re not treated in time. Pray for doctors and nurses to swiftly help the wounded—especially frightened children—with the right medications and supplies.
Lent Study Week 3: A Most Distressing Disguise
We are now entering Week 3 of Lent, and below is part of the study for Week 3. You are not too late to get started! Make sure to download the entire study here.
A Most Distressing Disguise
We gathered together in a group of about sixty—me, my wife, and my daughter Hannah, along with a few World Vision Uganda staff and perhaps forty children of various ages. We were waiting for them to arrive, planning to greet them with songs and celebration. We had been told they would arrive that morning.
As the metal gates creaked open, our anticipation grew—they were here. The SUV slowly pulled in, inched its way toward us, and finally came to a stop. Then the doors opened, and two teenage boys tentatively stepped out to face the crowd. I could see both fear and confusion on their faces—they clearly weren’t expecting this kind of welcome, not for two mass murderers.
World Vision prepares response to Chile quake
World Vision is preparing to respond to the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday, working with its regional offices to transport emergency relief supplies and getting ready to send more staff to support the relief response.
Our first relief flight wll carry relief supplies like tarps, blankets, plastic sheeting, and collapsible water containers for survivors. Airport closures in Chile are forcing delays in the plane's departure.
Destruction left by quake
"It happened in the middle of the night. Everyone was sleeping, and there was no time to escape," said Mariela Chavarriga, emergency adviser with World Vision in Chile. "Many houses are destroyed; even large buildings have collapsed. Main roads have been destroyed, and communication is very difficult. We are trying to connect with our regional offices, but all the phone lines are down."
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