World Vision Iraq, a child-focused humanitarian organization, continued its mission in FY24 by addressing critical needs across health, education, livelihoods, protection, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene). Operating under a sustained humanitarian response framework since 2014, the organization has transitioned toward long-term recovery and resilience-building efforts. In FY24, it impacted the lives of 156, 976 million vulnerable children and community members across Iraq, especially in conflict-affected areas. Emphasizing community empowerment, World Vision Iraq collaborated with local partners and stakeholders to enhance service delivery and promote sustainable development, while integrating peacebuilding and climate resilience strategies within its humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach.

Salwan, a young man from Al Ba’aj, Ninewa, was left partially paralysed by a high fever at just eight months old. Raised with love and care by his father, Salwan faced severe bullying from peers and even teachers due to his disability. This led him to leave school early and struggle with self-worth. Displaced during the 2014 conflict, his family lived in camps before returning to a looted home. Despite hardships, Salwan gradually began to accept his condition and dream of a better future. In 2024, he joined World Vision Iraq’s Life Skills sessions through the Nexus Accelerator Fund Project. Initially shy, he found confidence and hope through discussions on bullying and self-development. Now 21, Salwan aspires to start his own business but is hindered by financial barriers. Still, he remains determined to rely on himself and live with dignity, inspired by his journey of growth, resilience, and newfound self-belief.

Hayat*, a 34-year-old mother of six from Mosul, was forced into marriage at 16 through an exchange arrangement that cut short her education and childhood. Transitioning from city life to a village, she endured a difficult marriage, family pressure, and poverty. After a suicide attempt, she resolved to change her life and built a mud house with her husband. Despite harsh conditions, she found peace. Support from World Vision and caseworker Eileen provided both emotional and financial relief — allowing her to install plumbing and buy essentials like a water heater and oven. Through resilience and determination, Hayat began to rebuild her life and dignity. She sewed clothes during the 2014 conflict to support her children, who survived on minimal food. Hayat regrets her early marriage and is determined to give her daughter a better future. “If a woman isn’t strong, she can’t survive,” she says. Her dream is to one day build a real home — and a life of lasting peac

“I have nothing – where should I get it [food] from?” Drought has taken their crops. Inflation has made basic food unaffordable. But cash assistance is giving her a fighting chance. Meet Kemia, a grandmother in rural Afghanistan, who is raising her orphaned grandchildren in the midst of a deepening humanitarian crisis. Through World Vision Afghanistan's life-saving programme funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), families like Kemia’s receive direct cash support to meet their most urgent needs. It allows them to buy food locally, pay for essentials, and make decisions with dignity. “For me, cash assistance means survival,” Kemia says. She is one of 23 million people in Afghanistan, half the population, who urgently need humanitarian assistance to survive this year. Watch her story. Share her voice.

Introducing the second quarter edition of the World Vision International Sierra Leone (WVISL) Every Heart Newsletter!

In the hilly village of Orapsang, Elgeyo Marakwet, Elizabeth and Philip's troubled marriage finds new life through the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) approach, restoring not just land, but love, peace, and shared purpose in their family.

Jabirou, an 18-year-old with a locomotor disability, gained mobility and dignity through a tricycle donated by World Vision Niger. Once forced to crawl, he now attends school and raises disability awareness in his community.

The Analyses, Design and Planning Tool for Child Protection (CP ADAPT) is designed to help field offices conduct a prioritisation child protection issues and their root causes, as well as a mapping of the formal and informal systems that are in place to protect children.

This story is about Monygau, a 17-year-old boy in South Sudan who has a disability called cerebral palsy. It explains how the EMPOWER project helped him and others get a tricycle to go to school by themselves. The story shows how this support makes life easier for him and his family. It also discusses the challenges children with disabilities face in schools and how South Sudan is working to include all children in education.

FY 24 Impact: World Vision Afghanistan worked across 34 districts and more than 3,200 villages across Herat, Badghis, Ghor, Faryab, and Nangahar provinces, delivering critical assistance to over 1.2 million people, nearly half of them children. Read the full report.