Under the scorching Turkana sun, vulnerable families queue for verification as a final step toward receiving life-saving cash assistance after months of hunger caused by prolonged drought.

Families across the Bekaa are struggling with rising food insecurity and financial pressure. Through in-kind food assistance provided by World Vision in partnership with WFP, vulnerable households are gaining stability, dignity, and renewed hope for their children’s future.

For several years, growing insecurity in central Mali has forced many families to flee their villages to find refuge in safer localities.

After conflict-related damage forced the Derdghaya Socio-Medical Centre to close, World Vision and the Imam Sadr Foundation rehabilitated the facility, restoring vital healthcare services for thousands of people across South Lebanon.

Fatim, a mother of six, fled armed violence in Torou and now rebuilds her life in Koro. She supports her family by pounding millet, doing laundry, and selling gravel, while her husband receives medical care and her eldest son works in artisanal gold mining.

Farmers in the Field Farming school project share how the project has had a positive impact on their livelihoods and income while enhancing their skills.

Following the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projecting that 7.8 million people in South Sudan will face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity between April and July 2026, World Vision South Sudan joins humanitarian actors across the country in raising alarm over the rapidly worsening hunger situation and calling for urgent action to prevent further deterioration.

*Shufa (*name changed to protect identity) is 15 years old. For the past three years, she has lived in a camp in South Sudan with her mother, Amal, and her siblings. For *Shufa, each day begins not with lessons, but with work. Instead of books, she carries firewood, helping her mother sell it at the local market to feed the family.

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