In a significant step towards reinforcing collaboration for sustainable development, World Vision Eswatini’s newly appointed National Director, Amos Zaindi, paid a courtesy visit to the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC), George Wachira, at the UN House in Mbabane. The meeting served as an introductory engagement as Mr. Zaindi assumes his new role in Eswatini, and it underscored the shared commitment between World Vision and the United Nations to support the country’s development agenda.

Last year, our programmes impacted more than 5.4 million people, including 2.4 million vulnerable children and families across East Asia.

Dr Kathryn Kraft, Global Research Technical Director, provides insight about how Faith-based intangibles—like spiritual resilience, moral authority, and empathy—are powerful yet often overlooked drivers of peacebuilding. She reflects on how integrating these unseen forces into humanitarian programming can deepen impact and foster more authentic, community-rooted change, especially in humanitarian responses.

World Vision Mozambique organises a National Conference to analyze and improve service delivery, particularly for the most vulnerable groups.

Dr. Kathryn Taetzsch explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the humanitarian workforce, urging a proactive and ethically grounded response to its rapid integration. While AI is enhancing efficiency in disaster response, climate forecasting, and displacement prediction, it cannot replace the human-centric values—empathy, adaptability, and community focus—that define humanitarian work. She highlights the ‘silent reset’ faced by the sector, where AI’s rise risks deepening inequalities and displacing routine jobs unless humanitarian organisations invest in upskilling, ethical governance and locally led innovation.