Water is the blue thread of integration connecting people, places, and progress. It is essential to the well-being of children and their communities and creates pathways out of poverty. Water transforms lives by driving economic growth, food security, environmental resilience, safe healthcare, and educational success. Mapping the Blue Thread is World Vision’s 2026 to 2030 global business plan to deliver adaptive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions for a better, healthier world across 42 countries. Our data-driven approach enables country WASH teams to deliver targeted, location-specific strategies that maximize impact, effectiveness, and sustainability.

Lalor, a remote mountaintop village on the Vietnam border, faces isolation, poor sanitation, and health risks—but a water project brings hope.

Senior government officials commend innovative WASH initiatives, highlighting impactful sanitation programs to achieve universal access to clean water in Ghana.

Two rural communities in Krachi West, Oti Region, celebrate the end of daily two-hour walks for water as new solar-powered systems bring safe drinking water to nearly 10,000 residents.

A new MoU between the Oti Regional Coordinating Council and World Vision Ghana aims to boost sustainable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in the Oti Region.

In Rashad, Kirkuk, children brought together by World Vision Iraq shared climate solutions, such as clean water, safe sanitation, and a healthier planet.

In Myanmar’s flood-prone Inle Lake, climate and health crises collide—but a community-led sanitation innovation offers hope for resilience.

Food hygiene is critical to health, with 600 million people falling ill annually due to contaminated food. Children under five bear 40% of the burden, with 125,000 deaths each year.

In the remote village of Mafika-Lisiu, Mohale’s Hoek, World Vision International Lesotho transformed lives by installing 17 community taps, ending decades of water scarcity. The story of ‘Malimo and her mother, ‘Masimone, reflects how access to clean water restored health, dignity, and hope—reducing disease, improving hygiene, and empowering families to thrive.