
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.

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.

Cardinal Nichols Christmas Message 2025
His Excellency Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, writes a personal Christmas message to World Villages for Children

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!

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

July 2025 News
This month in Mexico and Tanzania we had graduations! Alongside vising Day and community visits, July was a busy month!

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.