After losing her home to the devastating Bushushu landslides and later fleeing conflict in Kalehe, 37-year-old MALIYETU struggles to provide for the 16 children in her care. With her husband out of work and the family surviving on just one meal a day, food assistance from WFP and World Vision has become a vital lifeline. Her story highlights the resilience of displaced families in eastern DRC and the power of humanitarian assistance to restore dignity, prevent malnutrition and give vulnerable households hope for a more secure future.

In Kolwezi, Lualaba province, the cholera outbreak is not only claiming lives in the hospital. It is also claiming lives in people’s homes, but silently. Since December 2025, the Manika health zone has been facing a health crisis. But a genuine chain of solidarity has emerged. With support from World Vision DRC, through the NEPRF (National Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund), an internal emergency fund used to rapidly mobilise humanitarian aid during disasters, courageous community volunteers, such as Nicole, are going door-to-door to raise awareness, disinfect, distribute chlorine, and refer the sick to treatment centres. The result? Over 7,000 people have been reached. More than 100 kg of chlorine has been distributed. Community mobilisation is our best weapon against cholera. Because saving lives starts with a simple act: informing to protect.

This article tells the moving story of Esther, a grandmother in Katwiguru who fought to save her granddaughter MALI from severe malnutrition amid displacement and insecurity. With support from World Vision and access to therapeutic food and nutrition counselling, MALI’s health and appetite improved, moving her from severe malnutrition towards full recovery. The story highlights the resilience of caregivers, the importance of community-based nutrition services, and World Vision’s continued efforts to reach vulnerable children in hard-to-reach areas.

As funding dwindles, needs are outpacing resources in Somalia. Some locations are already showing famine conditions as humanitarian organisations scale down or close operations.

Golden light kissed shattered homes where memories slept beneath the mud. A red teddy bear lay silent in the ruins, carrying the echoes of childhood dreams swept away by the flood. I lost a shoe to the sludge, but thousands lost their homes, their safety, and the ordinary tomorrows they once imagined. Yet resilience rose like a river reed through the silt, bending beneath the torrent but refusing to break, as Bimala, a mother of a sponsored child, walked forward with quiet courage. And above the wreckage, hope stood like sunlight after rain, stubborn as a seedling pushing through stone, refusing to be washed away.

World Vision Ghana, in partnership with the National NTD Programme, is strengthening community-based surveillance and care for neglected tropical diseases through the training of frontline health workers, improving early detection, referrals, NHIS enrolment and access to essential healthcare services.

GAKURU’s story illustrates the devastating impact of conflict and displacement on children facing malnutrition in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. After recovering from severe acute malnutrition with support from World Vision, two-year-old GAKURU was forced to flee with his family when violence swept through his village, leading to a relapse. Through continued nutritional support and follow-up care, he eventually recovered. His journey highlights the resilience of children and families living through crisis, while showing how World Vision’s Nexus Accelerator Fund continues to provide life-saving nutrition support in hard-to-reach and conflict-affected communities.

This article highlights how World Vision’s Emergency Response project in Nyiragongo and Masisi is helping 8,000 crisis-affected households rebuild their livelihoods and regain hope. Through vocational training, income-generating activities and livelihood kits, women and families have gained practical skills, increased their self-reliance and strengthened their ability to meet their children’s basic needs. Their stories demonstrate how economic empowerment can restore dignity, resilience and confidence among displaced and vulnerable communities.

ENOUGH 2025, presents key developments in policy, programmes and partnerships three years into the campaign

World Vision, within its new ‘Together against Trafficking in Persons’ project funded by the United States Department of State, supported the launch of the new awareness raising campaign to combat Human Trafficking and Exploitation initiated by the Ministry of