In this 2025 Annual Report, discover powerful stories that highlight World Vision Zimbabwe's (WVZ) transformative impact on the lives of the most vulnerable children. Driven by an unshakable dedication to championing the well-being of girls and boys in need, we are strategically refocusing and amplifying our efforts to tackle extreme vulnerability head-on.

This article tells the inspiring story of Jacqui Tshela, a young farmer in rural DR Congo who transformed her livelihood through improved agricultural practices learned in a Farmer Field School. After years of low yields and discouragement, she adopted new techniques and significantly increased her cassava production on a much smaller plot. Her success highlights how training, quality seeds, and community support can boost food security, restore hope, and empower vulnerable households.

Through the Gift-In-Kind (GIK) program, we deliver essential resources that provide both immediate relief and long-term support to those in need. This FY2025 report highlights our impact through GIK.

In Kaungula, a group of farmers transformed their livelihoods through a Farmer Field School supported by the GAINS Tuya Kumpala program. Moving away from traditional, low-yield practices like bush burning, they adopted improved techniques, better seeds, and sustainable methods. Their first harvest—over 400 kg from a small plot—symbolized not just increased productivity but renewed confidence and collective success. The initiative is helping farmers boost food security, improve nutrition, and build more resilient, self-sustaining communities.

FMNR offers a proven, farmer‑led way to restore trees, boost harvests, strengthen food security, and improve children’s nutrition

Through World Vision’s GEWE Project, Mokone grew from a subsistence farmer into a supermarket supplier, transforming his family’s livelihood and community.

Policy Brief | Famine Prevention & Food Security

Once struggling with high poultry losses and poor harvests, Phepo–E–Ntle Matsekha Farmers Cooperative now grows stronger with World Vision support

In Chikwa, Elijah is no longer just farming for today; he is building a tomorrow for his children. Through the Chikwa Energy and WASH project, solar-powered water has arrived on his land, turning a dry landscape into a thriving classroom for the next generation. For Elijah, water is capital, the lifeblood that keeps his children healthy, fed, and in school.