World Vision has been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since 1994, first providing relief to a war-torn country and then working on community development. For over three decades, we provided sustainable livelihoods to the disadvantaged and needy, improved quality of education, and empowered families and communities to seek access to their rights. Child protection and participation are at the core of our work on all levels. WV BiH engages with children and families empowering them to engage in decision-making processes, as active seekers of services they are entitled to. We collaborate with decision-makers and service providers to improve child welfare systems and advocate for long term system-level solution that have the best interest of the child in focus.

his briefing uses child-led research in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and the West Bank to show how rising costs - not shortages - are driving hunger, forcing families to rely on low-nutrient diets that harm children’s health, learning, and wellbeing.

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

Hunger across parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe is increasingly driven by economic exclusion and systemic failures rather than a lack of food availability, according to a new policy brief released by World Vision, drawing on evidence from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and the West Bank.

In the Shadow of Hunger: The Power of Self-Reliance to Protect Children and Restore Hope

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

MEER faces some of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises. Shifting conflict dynamics, climate shocks, and economic deterioration continue to drive multi-layered and chronic needs. Despite the volatile context, shrinking funding and civic space, and access challenges, World Vision has maintained operational presence and scaled up humanitarian programming across the region for more than five decades.

World Vision supported the most vulnerable children across the Middle East and Eastern Europe, working in some of the region’s most fragile contexts.

Amid ongoing conflict, displacement, overlapping crises, and worsening climate shocks, humanitarian needs in the Middle East & Eastern Europe are soaring.

Princess champions children's rights in Kuala Lumpur. Explore her journey of youth leadership and the importance of meaningful participation for children in the ASEAN region and beyond.