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2025 Reflection

As 2025 draws to a close and we celebrate Christmas, we reflect on the progress we have made this year towards a poverty-free future for our children.

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A nun stands, holding the hand of a woman on crutches, a polio survivor, in front of a mud home in Tanzania
23 Dec 2025

Sr Elena 2025 Christmas Message

Sr Elena shares a message of gratitude as 2025 draws to an end and we celebrate Christmas across our programmes.

a nun hands a boy in a Christmas hat a gift
18 Dec 2025

2025 Reflection

As 2025 draws to a close and we celebrate Christmas, we reflect on the progress we have made this year towards a poverty-free future for our children.

18 Dec 2025

Cardinal Nichols Christmas Message 2025

His Excellency Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, writes a personal Christmas message to World Villages for Children

A woman sitting at a desk with a computer
05 Dec 2025

International Volunteers Day 2025

Happy International Volunteers Day! Volunteers create a bridge between our programmes and their communities and add immense value to our work!

A bright yellow image with helium balloon style smiling daisy and "vote for us" written on it.
02 Dec 2025

Smiley Charity Film Awards

World Villages for Children’s “Irmas: The Life of the Sisters of Mary” documentary has been accepted into the 2026 Smiley Charity Film Awards! Your vote can help it win, so please vote today!

a picture of school grounds in Dodoma showing an outline of where a new classroom block will be built
01 Dec 2025

Dodoma Classroom Building update

The next phase of the building project in Dodoma is underway. The classroom building is under construction, ready to expand the capacity of the school to welcome even more boys in 2026 and onwards.

A shack with corrugated metal on the roof
12 Nov 2025

Typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong

Typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong swept through the Philippines in November, leaving many dead and hundreds of thousands displaced.

01 Nov 2025

Irmas Documentary UK Screenings

In October 2025, World Villages for Children launched “Irmas: The Life of the Sisters of Mary” in the UK with 3 free screenings in London, Birmingham, and Glasgow.

16 Oct 2025

Dodoma Greenhouses

In Dodoma Boystown, we are trying to fund greenhouses for the boys to learn agriculture and to help the school become sustainable.

a group of four people stand outside a building in the Philippines smiling at the camera and holding a sack of food.
14 Oct 2025

Cebu Earthquake

On 30 September a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook our schools in Cebu, the Philippines. All children were evacuated safely, though some of the school buildings and workshops sustained damage that urgently needs repair.

11 Aug 2025

July 2025 News

This month in Mexico and Tanzania we had graduations! Alongside vising Day and community visits, July was a busy month!

a group of girls in Biga Girlstown stand at drafting tables in a technical class
04 Aug 2025

Big Give 2024 Thank You

In 2024, our supporters helped us fund 60 drafting tables for vocational education in Biga Girlstown, Philippines through the Big Give Christmas Challenge.