World Vision strengthens community resilience in Southern Africa through Disaster Risk Reduction as a forecasted super El Niño threatens drought and floods in Mozambique.

This story is about how trained Community-based disaster risk management members are creating pathways for floods by digging trenches in their homes.

For years, the memory of devastation hung quietly over Kyan khin Village. When a catastrophic Cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region, it didn't just flatten the local school, clinic, and homes—it shattered the community’s economic foundation. For a village reliant on farming, casual labor, and small-scale fishing, recovery was an agonizingly slow climb out of deep poverty. But true resilience doesn't just wait for the next storm; it prepares for it.

Discover how the CARA Project is helping communities in Makira build climate resilience, improve livelihoods, strengthen food security, and create brighter futures for children.

A new incinerator, Placenta pit and support for Health Workers at Abukardhra PHCU are helping protect mothers, babies, and the wider community by ensuring a safer medical waste disposal and improved healthcare services.

Despite escalating humanitarian needs and constrained resources, World Vision East Africa continued to deliver life-saving assistance and build resilience across the region. The FY25 Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) Report highlights the impact of emergency response efforts in nine countries, reaching 7.5 M people, including 4M children.

Last year, our programmes impacted more than 5.8 million people, including 3.2 million vulnerable children and families across East Asia.

4.2 million returnees are currently living in Ukraine, including 1.55 million people – 37% of all returnees – in frontline areas where active conflict is ongoing, raising urgent concerns that for millions of children, “going home” does not yet mean reaching safety, World Vision warns.

Following severe flooding in Fungurume, World Vision and its partners provided emergency assistance to 260 affected families and educational support to 100 children. The intervention delivered essential household items, helped sustain access to education, and contributed to broader health and WASH efforts aimed at reducing cholera risks and supporting community recovery.

In South Sudan, girls like Shufa are forced from school into labour—hunger and displacement push millions of children’s futures to the brink.