This year, we continued to empower vulnerable children, youth, and families, witnessing how they thrive with education, protection, and community support,

Regional Leader Eleanor Monbiot highlights the impact of the World Vision–Kia partnership in albania, helping children and youth with disabilities thrive.

World Vision strengthens local civil society in Eastern Europe, empowering youth, supporting EU reforms, and promoting sustainable, locally led development.

World Vision partners with faith actors to improve child well-being, strengthen families, build resilience, and reduce harmful norms in vulnerable communities.

Why many online safety policies struggle to deliver the safer and fairer digital environments that children say they need.

World Vision Iraq highlights how parents, schools, and communities can support children’s online safety amid social media and AI.

1,800 people in Durrës, Albania, receive rapid emergency support from World Vision Albania and Start Fund after severe floods.

The study shows deportation is an economic and protection shock that reverberates through households and local markets. Deportation removes income earners from foreign labour markets, abruptly cutting off remittance flows. This loss of income translates into debt accumulation and asset depletion as households struggle to meet basic needs. Growing indebtedness then drives harmful coping strategies and distress practices.

A deadly landslide at the Safi artisanal mining site in Kakanda, Lualaba Province, has raised serious concerns about safety conditions in informal mining areas. The incident, which occurred on 11 March 2026 within the Boss Mining concession, claimed several lives, including that of a child, and highlighted the risks faced by artisanal miners working in unstable and poorly supervised environments. Initial findings point to factors such as heavy rains, unstable soil, steep slopes and inadequate drainage. The tragedy has prompted calls for stronger safety measures, improved oversight of artisanal mining activities and better protection for vulnerable workers and surrounding communities.