Stories from the World Vision Report
Series produced by World Vision Report
Individual stories from the weekly World Vision Report.
Individual stories from the weekly World Vision Report.
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Camels are critical in parts of Africa and the Middle East. If you want to buy one, they’re not cheap and haggling over the price is a long establ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 02:24
We all know how easy it is to take for granted those things we’ve grown up around. But imagine growing up in the midst of historical monuments 700...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 05:09
Experts say the capitol of Yemen quickly running out of water. It might sound crazy, but the water crisis in Sana’a is due in large part to its un...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 06:01
Shanghai is host to the World Expo this summer, but it’s another exhibit in town that’s stealing the show. It’s a display of robots made from scra...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 04:20
It’s monsoon season now in Nepal and that means few tourists. Street vendors in the capital of Kathmandu are accustomed to the slowdown in sales. ...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 03:12
- Purchases: 1
When we travel to a foreign country, we often bring our assumptions with us. That’s what reporter Jina Moore did during a trip to the capitol of t...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 02:36
Arizona’s new immigration law has focused attention on immigration once again. Since debate on the controversial law began, there have been report...
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 05:31
In Sudan, 20-years of civil war between the Arab Muslim north and the Christian African south has left two million dead. Both sides used child sol...
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 05:35
One laptop per child. That’s the goal of a non-profit group working to put laptops into the hands of kids all across the developing world. The id...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 03:05
The Merasi are a group of Untouchables, the lowest caste in India. They've been singing and playing music for higher caste patrons for the past 2,...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 5
In Panama, a descendant of African slaves is fighting to keep her culture alive. Marlon Bishop brings us this story of the Congo Princess.
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 05:48
- Purchases: 1
In India, a new law could affect the lives of millions of children.
The Right to Education act guarantees a free education to every child in India ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 05:30
Laotian cuisine is not as popular IN THE U.S. as that of its neighbours, Vietnam and Thailand, but its every bit as sophisticated. It’s full of exo...
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 03:04
Colombia has been making progress in its battle against drug trafficking.
Just last week govt officials arrested a major drug dealer accused of se...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 1
If you can’t read or write, how can you sign important documents or cash your paycheck? In Afghanistan, you get a signet ring. Engravers carve r...
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 02:57
There are about 7,000 languages in the world – and half of them are expected to disappear by the end of this century. One language on the verge of ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
Kids around the US are wrapping up summer vacations and heading back to school.
But children in other parts of the world don’t always have that opp...
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 02:12
Sometimes the biggest barrier to educating children is finding a school to go to There just aren’t enough schools for everyone who needs one. That...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 05:21
- Purchases: 1
There’s lots of talk these days about the economy and the trade deficit appears to be part of the problem.
You can see why: you just have to check ...
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 03:45
