World Vision is influencing the adoption and implementation of policies relating to FGM in Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Sudan. The policy brief highlights strategic policy recommendations targeting national governments, regional institutions donors faith and community leaders.

The main objective of this campaign is to strengthen malaria prevention, ensuring that thousands of families receive free treated mosquito nets, thereby protecting themselves against the disease.

Famine is not a natural disaster and can be prevented. Across the world’s hunger hotspots, early warnings are clear, yet governments continue to act too late – or not at all. Conflict, blockades, and the denial of humanitarian access, not food scarcity, are driving a deepening hunger crisis, with children suffering first and longest. As aid budgets are cut, the gap between need and response is widening fast. This is a false economy: preventing famine costs far less than responding once lives are already lost. World Vision warns famine can be predicted and prevented – but only if leaders act early, protect civilians, and put children at the centre of hunger prevention.

In Angola, attending school is still a challenge for many children. According to the National Institute of Statistics, in 2022, the dropout rate in primary education reached 11.6% of children who had been enrolled since the beginning of the academic year. The gap between urban and rural areas is even more severe for girls, who face gender-based discrimination and lack of adequate infrastructure to manage their menstrual hygiene.

From July 8th to 9th, senior members of the World Vision Angola management team (SMT) gathered in Luanda for a strategic session, during which the results of various project interventions implemented across the country were presented.

Policy Brief | Famine Prevention & Food Security

The Okulonguesa project, implemented in Namibe in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities like Nkhondo, is transforming lives. In addition to benefiting the children attending the only school in the locality, which is the central focus of World Vision Angola’s interventions, it has also positively impacted the lives of many mothers.

Nkhondo is a small mountain community in Namibe province, where life in the mountains has not been easy. The drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon has damaged the crops and, consequently, the economy of the families, who look to the markets to supplement their diet. The high disproportion in food prices means that families have less and less diversity on the table. When there is something to eat, the quantity is often not enough. Life in Nkhondo requires a lot of resistance and resilience.