On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Within hours, World Vision launched its broadest global response, one of our largest ever responses.
See how our efforts are limiting the spread of the disease and reducing its impact on the world's most vulnerable children and families.
Our Response
We are responding in every country where we work in one form or another. Our response has already exceeded our initial goal of reaching 72 million people, and we continue to implement programmes to help the most vulnerable children. We focus our impact on areas with pre-existing vulnerability and fragility, where children are most at risk: places affected by conflict, urban slums, and refugee settlements.
Where we are responding
People reached through our COVID-19 Response...*
. . . including 33,054,131 children. World Vision has surpassed our target of raising the US$350 million needed to reach the most vulnerable children
and families affected by COVID-19.
Through World Vision's work, every 60 seconds... a family gets water... a hungry child is fed... a family receives the tools to overcome poverty
Objective 1: Scale up preventative measures to limit the spread of disease
People reached through promotion of preventative behaviours
Information, education, communication (IEC) materials printed and distributed
Community members provided with preventative materials
Handwashing supplies distributed
Comprehensive hygiene kits distributed
Cleaning kits distributed to vulnerable communities
Community-level public handwashing stations established or maintained
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities constructed or rehabilitated
Faith leaders engaged to promote preventative measures and create hope
People reached with vaccine acceptance messaging
Studies conducted to inform vaccine messaging
Faith leaders trained to support vaccine acceptance
Objective 2: Strengthen health systems and workers
Community health workers trained and supported
Medical personnel provided with personal protection equipment (PPE)
Masks distributed, including to health facilities, health workers, and communities
Glove sets distributed, including to health facilities, health workers, and communities
Medical facilities assisted
Disinfectant kits distributed
People supported with the securing of safe quarantine and/or isolation spaces
Quarantine and isolation spaces supported, rehabilitated, or set up
People provided transportation support
Community health workers trained for vaccine acceptance
Frontline workers trained on COVID-19 vaccination
People trained on Citizen Voice and Action related to vaccine acceptance
Objective 3: Support for children affected by COVID-19 through education, child protection, food security, and livelihoods
People reached with information, education and communication (IEC) psychosocial support materials
Education materials provided to enable or support remote learning
People provided with education support or training
Children reached with targeted, age-specific health education
Teachers provided with education training and support
Cash and voucher assistance distributed
People reached with cash and voucher assistance
People reached with food and security assistance
Children supported with child protection programming
Frontline actors reached or trained on child protection programming
Individuals supported with livelihoods training
Households provided livelihoods assets
Savings groups organised
Children with disabilities receiving extra support during emergencies
Loans disbursed by VisionFund to support recovery
Loan assistance distributed by VisionFund to support recovery
Savings group members supported with VisionFund linkage loans
Objective 4: Collaborate and advocate to ensure vulnerable children are protected
Policy changes achieved to improve the international response to COVID-19
External actions, including sign-ons and public statements
External engagements with Tier 1 and Tier 2 stakeholders where World Vision is chairing, presenting, or leading
External engagements with faith actors where World Vision is chairing, presenting, or leading
External engagements where World Vision advocated for ending violence against children in the context of COVID-19
Field offices participating in vaccine coordinating body
Resources
*Numbers and statistics reflect World Vision's global COVID-19 Response. For complete information, please see the most recent situation report.
**Responding includes field programming and/or fundraising.
