For years, seasonal flooding in Akuem boma, Aweil East County, left Rebecca Abuk and her family struggling to meet basic needs. In August 2025, her situation began to improve when she joined a fishing group through the WACRESS Project, a Government of South Sudan initiative supported by the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Development Programme, and implemented by World Vision to help communities strengthen their resilience to climate shocks.

At the water point in Panaam, a remote village in Panyikang County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, children gather around the tap stand, filling their buckets with clean water. With support from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF), World Vision installed a new water point in the community, giving families access to safe and clean water closer to their homes.

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Following the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projecting that 7.8 million people in South Sudan will face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity between April and July 2026, World Vision South Sudan joins humanitarian actors across the country in raising alarm over the rapidly worsening hunger situation and calling for urgent action to prevent further deterioration.

As boreholes are currently being drilled closer to homes in Akoc Payam, Twic in Warrap State, a long-awaited change is beginning to take shape. While the work is still ongoing, families are already looking ahead to a future in which clean, safe water will no longer require hours of walking.

When Mary sees the small window at the health facility open, there is hope for her children's survival.

In response to the growing challenge of drug and substance abuse among young people, World Vision Zimbabwe recently held a three-day awareness campaign aimed at equipping school-going children with knowledge and life skills to make healthy, informed choices.

After years of conflict kept him out of school, 12-year-old Bereket entered a classroom for the first time. With support from the IHOPE project, he learned to write his name and began rebuilding his future through education.

Since April 2023, the crisis in Sudan has forced thousands of families to flee violence. Amidst uncertainty, they seek safety across the border with little more than what they can carry. Among them is Angelina Mawien Deng, a South Sudanese and a mother of eight whose journey back to South Sudan reflects the reality faced by many. Her story is just one of countless others—families uprooted by conflict, returning home to rebuild their lives from nothing, and relying on community support and humanitarian assistance to begin again.

Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire remains under strain as renewed violence, repeated displacement, and worsening humanitarian needs continue to impact civilians.