publication / May 7, 2024
West and Central Africa Newsletter - April 2024
In this issue themed ‘Building Resilience for Future Generations’, we spotlight strategies and initiatives aimed at supporting children and communities to access the resources, skills and tools that they need to adapt and thrive in a complex and ever-changing context.
publication / April 30, 2024
West and Central Africa Impact Sheet 2023
Over the course of our last fiscal year (October 2022 - September 2023), we reached more than 14 million people through our transformational development programs across these countries. This publication provides a summary of our impact.
publication / April 25, 2024
East Africa Region | 2023 Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Annual Report
A summary of World Vision's response to humanitarian crises in East Africa from October 2022 to September 2023
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 30, 2024
One Africa 2022 Annual Report Executive Summary
our 2022 one Africa annual report featuring World Vision East, West and Southern Africa Impact and activities
press release / May 1, 2024
Floods wreak havoc across East Africa with death toll rising as experts warn of continued rains - Kenya adversely affected.
Floods wreak havoc across East Africa with death toll rising as experts warn of continued rains - Kenya adversely affected.
publication / April 29, 2024
Joining Forces Coalition calls for the immediate halt of the plan to repeal anti-FGM/C law in The Gambia
The Joining Forces Coalition condemns in the strongest terms harmful practices such as excision, which is also internationally recognised as gender-specific child abuse and constitutes a major infringement to the bodily autonomy of women and girls.
press release / May 3, 2024
World Vision signs $33M climate resilience project with the Government of South Sudan and UNDP
In a significant step towards climate resilience, the South Sudan Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Vision International South Sudan, has signed an agreement to implement the Watershed Approaches for Climate Resilience in Agro-pastoral Landscapes (WACRESS) Project. The project, which is aimed at building the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate change impacts while restoring ecosystems, holds immense potential for our region.
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.