World Vision PNG, with EU support, partnered with communities and leaders to deliver a WASH in Schools intervention at Kooro Primary School in South Bougainville.

Discover how World Vision East Africa advances clean water, sanitation, and hygiene access across nine countries, improving child well-being through large-scale, sustainable WASH programmes.

At the water point in Panaam, a remote village in Panyikang County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, children gather around the tap stand, filling their buckets with clean water. With support from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF), World Vision installed a new water point in the community, giving families access to safe and clean water closer to their homes.

For Christine, WASH is far more than water, sanitation, and hygiene; it is the restoration of hope, dignity, and respect for children and their communities. As a WASH Development Facilitator, she witnesses firsthand what access to clean water and safe sanitation does for families: it changes the way people live, learn, and grow. Her work is deeply personal, and her passion for it shows in every community she serves.

New WASH research from Abassi sub-district in Hawija District highlights critical challenges related to water quality, sanitation, hygiene, and public health, providing evidence to guide sustainable WASH investments and coordinated action.

In Malawi’s Phalombe District, two best friends share more than dreams , they also share the daily risk of unsafe water after Cyclone Freddy had destroyed their village’s water supply. Their story reflects the broader challenge many communities especially in remote areas face in accessing clean and safe water.

For years, a rural school in Mhlangatane faced severe challenges due to the lack of safe and reliable water, affecting children’s health, education, and overall wellbeing. Today, through World Vision’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme, access to clean water is transforming the school, improving learning conditions and giving learners renewed hope for their futures.

La mise en œuvre du Plan d’Affaires WASH 2021–2025 de World Vision International Mali s’est appuyée sur un partenariat institutionnel structuré et opérationnel avec l’État malien, notamment à travers la Direction Nationale de l’Hydraulique (DNH), les services techniques déconcentrés et les collectivités territoriales.

As boreholes are currently being drilled closer to homes in Akoc Payam, Twic in Warrap State, a long-awaited change is beginning to take shape. While the work is still ongoing, families are already looking ahead to a future in which clean, safe water will no longer require hours of walking.

Stronger Together shows how World Vision partners with the World Bank to deliver trusted, community‑led WASH solutions in fragile and high‑need contexts worldwide.