During last year’s El Niño drought, fields dried up, hunger spread, and children walked long distances in search of food and water. But in Namwala’s Chitongo community, the Chitongo Dam constructed by World Vision Zambia became a lifeline and gave hope.

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But that story is beginning to change—thanks to the El Niño Life Saving Cash Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by World Vision Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe.

The initiative is helping over 24,000 people in Epworth who are facing food insecurity due to the effects of the El Niño-induced drought.

Residents of Nyimba District gathered in celebration on May 14, 2025, as World Vision Zambia officially handed over a maternity annex and transformative water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure projects, marking a significant step forward in community development and public health.

Mozambique is responding to the Multi-Country El Nino Response by distributing seeds in central Tete province where it expects communities to capitalise the rainy season to grow food.

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