St. James Primary transformed: with new toilets & handwashing stations to boost hygiene, dignity, and learning for children in rural Lesotho.

Food hygiene is critical to health, with 600 million people falling ill annually due to contaminated food. Children under five bear 40% of the burden, with 125,000 deaths each year.

In Bamako, CVA mobilises citizens to improve health, education, and sanitation—boosting civic engagement and service delivery in dense urban areas.

Discover how Gift-in-Kind soaps and Sato taps are transforming hygiene, health, and lives in Ha-Senkoase, Lesotho.

In northeastern Mali, insecurity and displacement make daily life difficult. In this context, access to safe drinking water remains a constant challenge.

This story highlights the visit of the Global WASH Director to Sierra Leone, where she met with the country’s Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation and engaged with children who shared powerful testimonies about how World Vision International Sierra Leone’s WASH interventions have transformed their lives and communities.

In 2024, the intertwined challenges of conflict, climate change, and economic uncertainty continued to heighten vulnerability for children and families across West and Central Africa. Yet, by God’s grace and through collective action, World Vision reached more than 13.9 million people with life-saving and sustainable support. Discover our impact.

Central African Republic Emergency Response 1032 - 31 July 2025