press release / April 24, 2024
World Vision Launches "ENOUGH" Campaign to End Child Hunger and Malnutrition in Kenya
World Vision launches ENOUGH campaign in Kenya to address child hunger and malnutrition in the country. The landmark campaign is a timely initiative that will not only call for enough nutritious food in school and at home, but will also call for improved data collection, climate-smart agriculture, and policy reforms even as the Kenyan Government plans to establish a national policy on school meals by June 2023 as well as strengthen the efficiency and accountability mechanisms of the school meals initiative.
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.
press release / May 7, 2024
Economic Empowerment: World Vision Kenya and Co-operative Bank Join Forces to Empower Vulnerable Children and Communities in Salgaa, Nakuru County.
Transforming lives: World Vision Kenya and Co-operative Bank partner to reach and empower vulnerable children and communities in Kenya through our Inuka Angaza Fund’s locally funded programme in #Salgaa. ©World Vision Photo/Ivy Muigai
publication / April 5, 2024
2023 Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes
This second annual Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes celebrates the different ways girls and boys across the world have been meaningfully involved in the decisions that World Vision makes to improve child well-being around the world. Field Offices have continued to implement stronger and more innovative ways of listening to children, including them in local and national decision-making spaces to ensure that programming and strategy decisions are informed by children’s experiences, priorities, needs, and perspectives.
This report highlights the extraordinary practices of each region and Field Office, celebrating the ways our staff have shared decision-making power with children. World Vision continues to press in our belief that children’s participation is not only a right, but an essential element of our child-focused agenda.
article / May 8, 2024
A Relentless Struggle in Southern Angola: The South West Angola Emergency Response Project relief amid food insecurity
Carolina is a mother, one of many who, in the context of the emergency, has been working to get around the challenging situation she finds herself in. Aged 42 and with her five children, she lives in the community of Bata-Bata, Humpata municipality in Huíla. In the short rainy season that is recorded in the south, Carolina works on her small plot, and in the dry season, which is most of the seasonal period, she does informal jobs to make ends meet for her children. The short rainy season is not enough for planting to be prosperous, and with the economic crisis worsening in the country, families are seeing episodes of food shortages become increasingly dramatic.
publication / April 18, 2024
59 child friendly spaces in Ukraine and Moldova at risk of closure as funding declines
Since the beginning of World Vision's response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, a total of 37 child friendly spaces are operational in Moldova and 22 in Ukraine, being implemented by trained partners.
article / March 9, 2024
World Vision Zambia and Golf Fore Africa hand over Kaluruzi Maternity Annex to the Zambian Government.
In partnership with Golf Fore Africa, World Vision Zambia recently handed over the Kaluruzi Maternity Annex, which is equipped with a mechanised water system to promote improved service delivery for the people of Mbala District.
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.