Sinet's Blog: Real Lives Transformed Through Sponsorship

Inside Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, women and girls are breaking generations of silence around menstruation through menstrual hygiene awareness, dignity kits, and community-led conversations.

Ahead of the 2025 World Bank Annual Meetings, the Multilateral Development Bank Nutrition Financing Advocacy Coalition has issued a joint statement

Youth Participation, Community Advocacy

Asia, 21, gained confidence through advocacy training to speak up for Sinjar’s needs—uniting voices for water, equality, and peaceful coexistence.

Discover how Lebanon’s adolescents are affected by hunger amid rising food prices, conflict, and reduced humanitarian aid. This brief from World Vision’s Price Shocks 2025 study highlights their experiences, coping strategies, and urgent recommendations for protecting youth health and dignity.

A 12-year-old boy in the West Bank overcomes isolation and fear through Makani Club, discovering confidence, leadership and a voice of his own.

In the remote town of Ba’aj, Ninewa, 25-year-old Shakir grew up facing daily hardship, with limited access to water, electricity, and jobs. Like many others, he worked as a labourer, struggling to meet basic needs. When World Vision Iraq introduced an advocacy training through the Nexus Accelerator Fund, Shakir was initially sceptical, but the sessions empowered him and other youth to speak up about community issues. They raised awareness via local media and social platforms, resulting in small but meaningful changes, such as a reduction in water tanker costs. The training not only built knowledge but also sparked confidence and leadership. Today, Shakir is a vocal advocate, inspiring others to act. Through this initiative, 159 youth from Ba’aj and Sinjar have been trained in advocacy and peace-building. The project equips young people to raise their voices, organise around shared concerns, and contribute to long-term solutions in conflict-affected areas, fostering hope and resilience in marginalised communities.

The Walen association in partnership with the JOFA – ACTE Project offered the opportunity to 20 young girls to strengthen their digital skills and gain new insights into professional and entrepreneurial opportunities, with the aim of combatting child labour.

Despite the lingering threat of cholera across parts of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, especially in Renk, Sudanese refugee mothers like Nasime are proving that knowledge can be as powerful as medicine. Through simple but life-saving hygiene and health practices, they’re keeping their children safe, curbing outbreaks, and building resilience even in the harshest conditions.