A climate-resilient irrigation system is transforming farmers’ lives, helping communities stay on their land and secure a better future for their children.

My journey to Nygunyyiel Refugee Camp revealed the daily realities of humanitarian work and the difference school meals make for children facing hunger.

The 2025 Regional Latin America & Caribbean Child Participation Report details the impact of engaging boys and girls in decision-making at local and national levels.

In Beit Awwa, Jumana transformed a mother’s concern into a mission to create safe spaces for children through child protection and community support.

After developing severe acute malnutrition, six-year-old Rebecca's life was transformed through World Vision's integrated nutrition programme in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Combining early community screening, life-saving treatment, Positive Deviance Hearth nutrition education, and livelihood support for her family, Rebecca recovered, returned to school, and now dreams of becoming a teacher. Her story demonstrates how integrated community-based interventions are helping families prevent malnutrition and giving children the opportunity to thrive.

After losing her husband, Rebecca struggled to provide for her five children while living in a fragile home vulnerable to heavy rains in Karawa, North Ubangi Province. Through World Vision’s livelihoods support programme, she received resources to start a small business, enabling her to build a safer house, support her children’s education, and invest in livestock farming. Today, her children attend school regularly and pursue their dreams with renewed hope. Rebecca’s story highlights how livelihoods interventions are helping vulnerable families in Karawa build resilience, improve living conditions, and create brighter futures for their children.

A mother in Dhaka's slums was forced to choose between feeding her children and educating them. Read her story of loss, guilt, and one daughter's second chance.

Children of Situnga Primary School in Senanga District, Western Province, walk to school each day carrying more than books. They carry resilience, courage and a quiet determination to learn, even when learning conditions fail them.

Day of the African Child 2026: Every Child Deserves Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

A few months ago, as World Vision Zambia Board Chairperson, I, Mabel Mung'omba, visited Situnga Primary School and saw children learning without basic infrastructure. Together, we broke ground to restore dignity to their classrooms, because no child deserves to sit in such conditions.