In 2024, we reached 17.9 million people, including 9.5 million children, and responded to over 16 emergencies across the region. From food security and health to protection and education, our work has brought tangible relief and hope to families affected by crisis.

Funded by Start Network, World Vision's emergency project in Kaya aided thousands with protection, hygiene, and sanitation support in Burkina Faso.

A regional children’s crisis in Sudan and beyond—hunger, displacement, and broken systems demand urgent global action. Read World Vision's findings.

Over 32 million people face catastrophic hunger as a deepening crisis threatens lives, crisis deepens as urgent aid and global response lag behind.

Children in Uganda, especially those in refugee settlements, are leveraging mobile journalism (MOJO) to voice their stories and drive advocacy. Since its launch in 2019, World Vision Uganda’s MOJO initiative trains youth to script, film, edit, and produce impactful stories using smartphones. This empowers them to share their lived experiences and push for change in their communities.

The 11th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD11), held in Kampala, Uganda (April 9–11, 2025), called for bold leadership and accelerated action to address Africa’s slow progress toward the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063.

Cholera outbreak in the DRC claims 364 lives amid severe funding cuts. World Vision urges urgent donor action to scale up life-saving WASH and health interventions as the crisis worsens.

World Vision urges bold action on child hunger, supports school feeding, and calls for justice, protection, and investment in children across Africa at the 45th Ordinary Session of The African Committe of Experts on the rights and welfare of the child

Central African Republic Sustained Humanitarian Response Efforts Update.

Humanitarian organisations urge continued EU leadership on education in emergencies.