World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour

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The World Vision report is a weekly radio program that captures the human drama behind global issues and events. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the World Vision Report can be heard online and on hundreds of radio stations.

The World Vision report is a weekly radio program that captures the human drama behind global issues and events. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the World Vision Report can be heard online and on hundreds of radio stations.


117 Pieces

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Imagine, for a moment, you’re five years old and your pastor has just accused you of being a witch. That leads to torture. Then you’re abandoned...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:24
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In just the first two months of this year, a thousand people have been killed in drug-related violence in US-Mexico. This week, the World Vision R...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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If you can’t read and there’s no radio or television, how do you get your news? In the capitol of Liberia, it’s the Daily Talk. A young journalis...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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During the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, 17-thousand people entered the infamous S-21 prison there and never came out. They were to...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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The World Health Organization says malaria kills more than a million people a year -- mostly children under the age of five. It’s an easily preven...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Modern day piracy is costing companies millions of dollars while thousands of people on shore face starvation because their food shipments are bein...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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President Obama has been in office now for a hundred days. That’s not much time to get major legislation through Congress, but this week the Worl...

  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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A half-million people are expected to flee the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan as a peace agreement between the government and the Taliban contin...

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Ten thousand refugees a day stream out of Pakistan’s Swat Valley to escape the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. This week, the...

  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Fighting continues between government troops and rebels in the volatile and oil rich delta region of Nigeria. Oil brings in billions of dollars ea...

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Millions of people have left Burma to escape the harsh conditions imposed by a very repressive regime. Most end up in Thailand. This week the Wo...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Camel libraries, camel trading, and camel meat to eat -- it’s all about animals this week on the World Vision Report. Host Peggy Wehmeyer takes li...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran has sparked protests amid claims the election was a fraud. This week, the World Vision...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Many families in Africa go without medical care or prescriptions because they don’t have the money. Now residents of Senegal can purchase micro-in...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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As President Obama visits Ghana, the World Vision Report this week focuses on the age-old question of whether foreign aid really helps the poor in ...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s an unusual alliance in Syria -- a Catholic priest and a Muslim cleric working together to spread the word about HIV-AIDS. That’s because the ...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In the capital of Liberia there’s a building everyone calls “the Titanic.” It’s the local hangout for former fighters in the country’s civil war t...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Nigeria is rich with oil, but its people are mired in poverty. Much of the country’s wealth has been lost to corruption. But the government is no...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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The world is a dangerous place at times. In Colombia, step in the wrong place and you get blown up. Landmines used by rebels in Colombia’s long ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25