Meseret's safe delivery at Dembeli Health Centre was overshadowed by a severe water shortage. World Vision Ethiopia is seeking support to help bring lasting change.

One father's decision to register his daughter is challenging traditions in rural Mozambique, showing how positive parenting and birth registration are transforming children's lives.

In the quiet village of Taif Thiekene in Senegal’s Kaffrine region, seven-year-old Boubacar and his 15-year-old sister Mariama have grown up facing both physical challenges and social barriers.

For years, families in Chapemba lived with a quiet fear. If sickness struck at night, help was 17 kilometres away. That distance costs lives. Headman Biton Simbeye remembers it well. "People used to suffer in this community," he says. "They walked so many kilometres to reach a clinic. Some lost their lives. Others gave birth along the road." The pain was real and close. A mother in labour, collapsing halfway to help. A sick child arriving too late to be saved. "It was painful for my people," Simbeye says, "and we could not take any more."

Discover how World Vision Solomon Islands is improving maternal and child health through community-led action, empowering families for healthier futures.

Learn how World Vision engages men and boys as agents of change to advance gender equality, improve wellbeing, and strengthen development outcomes.

Fifteen years after famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, a crisis that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, World Vision is warning that the country stands on the edge of another severe hunger emergency. Persistent drought, compounded by a sharp decline in humanitarian funding, threatens to unravel years of progress made in strengthening food security and community resilience across the country.

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.

Female faith leaders call for strategic role in ending Gender-Based Violence in Africa.

Discover how Nancy Asiya, a mother of six from Baringo County, returned to secondary school at 36 after a 16-year break, turning a lifelong dream into reality.