This human-interest article highlights how access to safe drinking water is transforming lives in the Bambo and Kibirizi Health Zones of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It showcases the impact of a World Vision WASH project, funded by the U.S. Department of State, in improving access to clean water, promoting hygiene and sanitation practices, and reducing waterborne diseases. Through the voices of community members, children, parents, and health officials, the story illustrates tangible improvements in health, school attendance, personal hygiene, and community well-being. It also demonstrates how behavioural change, combined with sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure, is fostering healthier and more resilient communities. While celebrating the project's achievements, the article underscores the continued need to expand water and sanitation services so that every family can benefit from safe, reliable access to clean water.

A World Vision-supported borehole is improving access to safe drinking water and strengthening health and wellbeing in Guidan Kane Katshinawa, Niger.

After losing her home to the devastating Bushushu landslides and later fleeing conflict in Kalehe, 37-year-old MALIYETU struggles to provide for the 16 children in her care. With her husband out of work and the family surviving on just one meal a day, food assistance from WFP and World Vision has become a vital lifeline. Her story highlights the resilience of displaced families in eastern DRC and the power of humanitarian assistance to restore dignity, prevent malnutrition and give vulnerable households hope for a more secure future.

World Vision Ghana is urging stronger border surveillance and humanitarian preparedness as insecurity and climate shocks in Burkina Faso increase displacement pressures across West Africa, threatening vulnerable communities along Ghana's northern frontier.

Nine years into protracted displacement, escalating climate disasters and a 24% aid cut threaten 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, prompting World Vision to call for global responsibility-sharing and durable, nexus-driven solutions for children and host communities.

Durjoy, our sponsored child from Bagerhat, overcame hardship to achieve GPA 5 in his SSC examination and pursue his dream of becoming an engineer. His story reflects how World Vision’s Sponsorship programme is helping transform the lives of thousands of children and families.

World Vision Ghana convened national stakeholders to advance sanitation in Ghana, as government makes sanitation a key performance measure for local government leaders.

A member of the Mamalade Community youth group stands outside the poultry house holding one of the chickens raised through the youth-led poultry project. Photo: World Vision Solomon Islands.

Golden light kissed shattered homes where memories slept beneath the mud. A red teddy bear lay silent in the ruins, carrying the echoes of childhood dreams swept away by the flood. I lost a shoe to the sludge, but thousands lost their homes, their safety, and the ordinary tomorrows they once imagined. Yet resilience rose like a river reed through the silt, bending beneath the torrent but refusing to break, as Bimala, a mother of a sponsored child, walked forward with quiet courage. And above the wreckage, hope stood like sunlight after rain, stubborn as a seedling pushing through stone, refusing to be washed away.

Malaria risk rises in Mozambique’s Gaza Province after floods, prompting a major mosquito-net campaign to protect vulnerable families, especially children and pregnant women.