In Malambwe, Haut-Katanga Province, the reconstruction of Muyala Primary School by World Vision DRC has provided more than 700 children with a safe and inclusive learning environment. With new classrooms, improved sanitation facilities and access to clean water through six boreholes, the initiative marks a significant step towards better health, child protection and sustainable community development.

Despite escalating conflict, climate shocks, economic instability and widespread displacement, we reached over 26 million people, including 16.4 million children

Nearly 13,000 children in Monapo district, Nampula province, received school supplies from World Vision to reduce dropouts and support literacy efforts for the 2026 academic year.

Four years into the war in Ukraine, children remain at the centre of a deepening protection crisis. Today, one in three children in Ukraine requires humanitarian assistance, as sustained exposure to violence, displacement, family separation and the erosion of essential services continue to shape their daily lives.

Fatim and her entire family fled the armed violence in Torou, within the Bankass circle. Now settled in Koro with her six children, four boys and two girls. She must adapt to the pace of city life. In Koro, she pounds millet, does laundry, and sells gravel to provide for her family. Her 65-year-old husband suffers from high blood pressure and is in another city for medical treatment. Her eldest son is currently at an artisanal gold mining site.

The night is long and sleepless for Nana Cissé. At 57, every hour that passes in the dark is a reminder of her anxieties. Since her husband, her rock, was taken by illness eight months ago, she is the only bulwark between her children and the abyss of poverty. Her thoughts are a constant loop: how will she feed them tomorrow?

For decades, the children and families of Jang—a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region—struggled with limited access to clean water, relying on unsafe sources that exposed them to waterborne diseases and daily hardship. Change came when World Vision Ghana and partner GIZ provided a solar-powered mechanised water system.

As artificial intelligence reshapes platforms at extraordinary speed, are children’s rights keeping pace with the rapid shifts in their own digital world?

2025 had been a challenging yet productive year for World Vision in South Sudan. Despite funding cuts and growing humanitarian needs, we pressed on—guided by our faith and our commitment to serve. The year had been a testament that when Christ is placed at the centre of our work, hope endures and impact is possible, even in the most difficult circumstances.