In Dhaka’s Mirpur, CVA empowers youth to engage police, creating child-friendly help desks and driving policy change for safer, inclusive urban communities.

In Bamako, CVA mobilises citizens to improve health, education, and sanitation—boosting civic engagement and service delivery in dense urban areas.

World Vision East Asia delivers holistic, evidence-based solutions to combat childhood malnutrition and illness, focusing on long-term impact rather than short-term aid. We address root causes by working at every level: household, community, and health system.

Recently Eleanor Monbiot, World Vision’s Regional Leader for the Middle East and Eastern Europe, visited World Vision Armenia as part of her regional tour.

This article highlights the RIBOUND project, a World Vision initiative supported by German musician Wolfgang Niedecken, which is transforming the lives of vulnerable youth in Lubero, North Kivu (DRC). Through an integrated approach combining vocational training, psychosocial support, and economic reintegration, RIBOUND restores hope, dignity, and prospects to adolescents affected by war, poverty, or loss. The story captures the project's impact through powerful testimonies, such as those of Alice, a trained seamstress, and Fabien, now a carpenter, as well as the essential yet discreet work of staff members like Jeanine, who care for the children of young mothers. To date, 173 young people have been supported in their reintegration journey. These personal stories underscore the need for sustained support for such initiatives to prevent marginalisation and armed group recruitment. RIBOUND emerges as a model of hope, resilience, and rebuilding, one that deserves to be strengthened and replicated in other crisis-affected regions.

Social accountability is reshaping cities like Dhaka and Bamako—empowering communities to demand better services and build more inclusive urban futures.

Meet Vazha, a social entrepreneur whose journey reflects resilience, vision, and the transformative power of opportunity. Vazha grew up in the city of Kutaisi, surrounded by family and the comfort of a close-knit community. Today, he is a determined and visionary entrepreneur transforming his dreams into reality through “Knowledge Oda”, a unique space for youth empowerment in western Georgia.

Vacancy: People & Culture Graduate Intern

In 2022, while in grade 5, Malita (not a real name) was envious of her friends who could afford various snacks like biscuits, which she could not. In many rural areas, young girls like Malita face significant challenges such as poverty, limited access to education, lack of proper health services, and exposure to risky social environments. An older boy in her community offered her biscuits, but at a cost. Malita involved herself in unsafe sexual activities with him, the provider of the biscuits, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.