In five years, World Vision's Cash and Voucher Programming reached 9.8 million people in over 50 countries, distributing $1.5 billion to vulnerable children and families.

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

Celebrating Semi-Annual Achievements

Conflict-induced hunger is not inevitable. It is a deliberate violation of international norms! This is why it takes deliberate, coordinated, and courageous action to stop it. The Coalition against Conflict and Hunger exemplifies how multilateral cooperation and humanitarian diplomacy strategies work jointly to protect civilians and their livelihoods and prevent the use of violence against food security in a systematic and context-specific manner. It also demonstrates the central role of civil society in connecting realities to global decision-making spaces.

“Our dream is simple: To have access to clean water, enough food and safe schools” said Ameer 16, from the West Bank. Along with several other Palestinian children, he reminded the participants of the 2025 European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) about how the current conflict has disrupted their education, mental health, and sense of normalcy. But they also spoke of how education programming, when combined with psychosocial support and protection, can turn schools in places of safety, hope, and healing.

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

World Vision condemns drone attacks on key Sudan cities, warning aid efforts for 30M people—especially children—are now severely disrupted.

An estimated 343 million people are facing acute levels of food insecurity in 74 countries, across the world1. Out of these, nearly 45 million people are in ‘emergency’ or worse levels of hunger.

Maria Zita is a farmer from the remote community of Nkhondo, in southern Angola. She had to leave school in the 5th grade due to a lack of opportunities, and at a young age, found in marriage and farming not just a path set before her, but a way to build her life with dignity and courage.