article / April 25, 2024
EU-LEAN Savings for Transformation Boxes Improve Access to Financial Services, Unite Families, and Promote Environmental Sustainability in Kassena Nankana West District in the Upper East Region.
A convergence of several challenges has created complex livelihood crises in rural communities in the Kassena Nankana District in the Upper East region. This poses a challenge for smallholder farmers to navigate these crises. But thanks to the Savings for Transformation initiative implemented by World Vision Ghana under the auspices of the European Union (EU)-funded Landscape and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) Project, these farmers are able to access loans to meet their financial needs.
article / April 22, 2024
Seasoning malnutrition away in Laotian children through a sustainable recipe
Draped in a dense thicket, the district perfectly camouflages a startling truth. As per a baseline survey conducted by World Vision, in 2022, stunting rates in children were reported high as 56% and 78% of the households were facing moderate and severe food insecurity in Phonexay.
publication / April 23, 2024
Putting Children First for Sustainable Development
New research to analyize the economic beneift of Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming that directly or indirectly targets children found that every $1USD of child-related ODA directly or indirectly results in a $10USD return and highlights that investing in children is a way to maximise the benefit that donors see from their ODA programmes.
article / March 19, 2024
Saving Transforms Households’ Future
Saving is an essential tool for increasing household income. World Vision work with the communities to introduce and support the adoption of a saving culture, to support saving group formation, and to offer financial literacy training on saving, credit, loan repayment, and sharing.
article / April 2, 2024
Women Groups in Rural Villages of Kilifi County Saving for the Future
Meet Farida, a resilient mother transforming her community with World Vision's support. From droughts to entrepreneurship, here is a story that inspires hope and joy as we learn about how women groups in Kilifi County are prospering through the support of World Vision and other partners.
publication / April 22, 2024
NextGen Aid: Technical Appendix
Technical Appendix for the NextGen Aid project, an economic appraisal to estimate the return on investment (ROI) from child-related Official Development Assistance (ODA).
article / April 22, 2024
Looking forward to the Autumn Gold
57-year-old Tang, a member of the Suichuan Qunxing Ecological Planting Cooperative, has practised eco-farming for 8 years. Through the project, he learnt a lot of eco-farming skills which helped to cultivate farmland and increase field yield, resulting in a better income and healthier meal.