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In this edition, former sponsored child Sapana tells how Australian support helped her mother earn enough to keep the familiy together and send Sapana to school.

Plus, find out why food aid is a lifeline in Kenya, read 13-year old Salay's heartbreaking story about dropping out of school to labour in a brick kiln.

And finally, find out why the cotton used to make your favourite jeans is under scrutiny.

P.S. Check out One Just World, a national series of free public forums with experts discussing how to achieve a world without poverty.

Share the vision! 40 Hour Famine 2012

Girl with singlasses in Ethiopia

Right now, 4.5 million people in Ethiopia don't have enough to eat. Many children like Burtukan have just one piece of injera, Ethiopian flatbread, to get them through the day.

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May 2012

Mother and daughter holding goat Former sponsored child: A father's homecoming is the greatest gift
Former sponsored child Sapana, from Nepal, can list many positives her family and community have achieved over the years with the support of Australian child sponsors. But as far as she's concerned: "The best thing that happened in my life because of World Vision is that my father is here with us."

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Boy in brick factory Child Rescue: Paving a brighter future through education
Choking dust. Swirling hot ash. Backbreaking loads. At just 13, Salay knows the punishing and dangerous conditions of working in a brick kiln factory all too well.

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Mother and daughter with food sack Food aid is a lifeline in Kenya
Veronica's daughter Musyawa means everything to her, but drought is killing the food crops and she can't ease Musyawa's hunger without help. This is why the food aid that you can help us distribute is so vital.

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Cotton field Blue jeans hide black facts about cotton
As reports reveal the use of child labour in the cotton industry, World Vision's Don't Trade Lives campaign recommends we check where our clothes - and the cotton they're made with - are coming from. 

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