article / April 10, 2024
Ukraine’s elderly struggles for scant medical care and food insecurity amidst ongoing war
It was the seventeenth day of heavy shelling, unceasing terror, severe food shortages, and darkness, when half of Iryna's and Nikolay's house burned to ashes. The ongoing attacks in Popasna, a small city in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, made them leave all their belongings and go west. As they settle in Dnipro, they are navigating the hurdles of displacement and war. World Vision's cash assistance helps them cover only part of their medicine expenses, and food supplies. As pensioners who rely on a meager pension and humanitarian aid, they find it more difficult to deal with the realities of war.
publication / April 24, 2024
Mid-year review of education for children displaced by the conflict in Ukraine at the start of the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Mid-year review of education for children displaced by the conflict in Ukraine at the start of the 2023-2024 Academic Year World Vision
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 27, 2024
Displaced mother finds joy serving through the cash program in the war-torn regions of Ukraine
Khrystyna rebuilds her life after fleeing her war-torn town in Luhansk Oblast, dedicating herself to humanitarian work. She helps internally displaced people (IDPs) register for a cash program in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, funded by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), in partnership with Acted Ukraine and the Ukraine Response Consortium. The program is run by Responsible Citizens, World Vision's local partner.
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.
article / February 29, 2024
Frogs put a smile on children and mothers in rural Laos
Grilled or soup frogs with sticky rice for lunch puts a smile on the faces of Kanta and her 8-month-old daughter Vou. Frogs raising is not only a source of nutritious food for their family but also a good source of income.
article / April 12, 2024
Faith leaders join psychological first aid initiative to help address mental health challenges in Ukraine’s war-torn regions
Twenty-eight church and youth leaders and volunteers participate in the preparation to launch the first Psychological First Aid for Faith Leaders in Ukraine. World Vision, and extensively the humanitarian community, recognizes the crucial role of faith leaders being the preferred go-to actors for emotional support of the internally-displaced and most vulnerable population.