It is pausing a program we lead that provides more than 400,000 polio vaccinations every month in African countries, putting nearly 4 million children at risk of death and disability. #USaidfunding #poliovaccine #foodsecurity
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WhatChristianaidprogramcutslooklike:SpoiledfoodinEthiopia,nopoliovaccineByEdgarSandovalSr.,Op-edContributorSunday,March02,2025ChildreninSudaneatingfoodprovidedbyWorldVision.|PhotoprovidedbyWorldVisionSeventy-fiveyearsago,WorldVisionfounderBobPiercevisitedSeoul,SouthKorea,asitwasonthebrinkofwarwiththeNorth.Hetraveledwithacamera,filmingthechildrenandfamilieshemet.AftertheNorthinvadedandwarbrokeout,hebegantouringtheUnitedStates,showinghisfilmstochurchesandgatheringfundstosupportthechildrenwhoseimageshehadcaptured—manynoworphaned,withoutfoodorclothing.ItwasthebirthofWorldVision.
Fordecades,AmericanChristianshavejoinedusinseeingahurtingworldthroughtheeyesofJesus—andrespondinginfaithtoservechildreninneed.Withtheirfinancialsupportandprayers,wewerefirstresponderstothedevastating1984Eth