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Skip to main content Catastrophic explosion in Beirut leaves hundreds of thousands homeless. We are responding ✕ Main navigation Our Work Our Impact Child Protection Disaster Management Economic Development Education Faith & Development Health & Nutrition Water View All Sectors Where We Work Africa Americas Asia Pacific Europe Middle East See All Locations Resources Stories Newsroom Publications World Vision View Get Involved Get Involved Sponsor a Child Emergency Support Donate Pray With Us Campaign With Us English French Spanish Emergency Response Beirut Explosion Thousands injured and as many as 300,000 left homeless after a massive explosion tore through neighbourhoods in Beirut. Children and their families need help to survive and recover. Learn More 3M+ Children Sponsored learn more 3.2M People Gained Clean Water learn more 170 Emergency Responses learn more *Facts and figures based on 2017 data 37,000+ staff in nearly 100 countries. 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Learn More Every 60 seconds a family receives the tools to overcome poverty How we do it Child Protection Disaster Management Education Health Faith & Development Nutrition Economic Development Water SEE ALL Meet Nancy With the help of child sponsorship, Nancy became one of the first girls in her community to graduate high school and was inspired to become a humanitarian. Featured Adapting programmes to keep kids learning, despite COVID-19 In Ghana, World Vision staff are adapting programme models to help children continue their educations, evan as schools are closed becuase of COVID-19... Learn More Featured Doing their part to stop COVID-19 When Catherine learned the importance proper handwashing to protect herself and others from COVID-19, she brought the womens' group she leads together... Learn More FEATURED Containing COVID-19 in a the world's largest refugee camp Containg COVID-19 is a challenge even in ideal scenarios. 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