MKATABA WA UMOJA WA AFRIKA WA KUKOMESHA UKATILI DHIDI YA WANAWAKE NA WASICHANA , TOLEO RAHISI KWA WATOTO

Why food systems investments must be measured by their impact on children, not only by economic returns.

A strategy like this is not just about ambition — it’s about what it will mean in the lives of nearly 400,000 children who will grow, learn, and thrive because of it. Standing with the team and our partners as this next chapter begins. 👏🏾

Drawing on first‑hand experience from one of the world’s most fragile contexts, Paul Kinuthia, Senior Director, Food, Cash & Markets, Disaster Management, argues that repeatedly cutting food, health and protection services traps communities in endless crisis. He makes the case that narrowing aid to short‑term survival is a false economy that drives higher costs, deeper instability and repeated emergencies. The solution, the author provides, is urgent investment in resilience alongside life‑saving aid. This investment should be seen as a credible way to protect children and reduce the need over time.

The uncomfortable truths shaping child hunger, malnutrition and social protection.

World Vision Ukraine has supported over 2.3 million people since 2022, providing essential aid and protection to conflict-affected communities across most regions of Ukraine.

World Vision is implementing the Unlock Literacy Model, which aims to empower schools, parents, and communities to support children’s literacy development and to promote strong literacy habits among early grade learners both inside and outside the classroom.