World Vision with support from World Food Programme donates to vulnerable households with farm inputs

We cannot solve the climate crisis without confronting hunger. The connection is no longer theoretical. It’s visceral, visible, and, for millions of children, devastatingly personal.

The Malawi government declares state of disaster in all the districts of the country.

Every child deserves access to safe, nutritious food, yet millions across Africa face hunger and malnutrition due to conflict, climate shocks, and fragile food systems. Together, we must invest in resilient agriculture, empower communities, and ensure that nutrition is at the heart of food security strategies.

A grandmother is forced to feed her 12-year-old granddaughter green mangoes to quieten her hunger. This is the new normal for Manesi and millions across Malawi, where a State of Disaster has been declared due to a food crisis.

At the Fifty-third Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) held in Rome from October 20–24, World Vision joined global leaders and partners to spotlight a critical truth: hunger is not just a food crisis—it’s a child protection crisis.

In humanitarian crises, food security is often treated as a standalone goal. But World Vision is helping shift that paradigm — proving that protecting children must be central to how we feed, recover, and rebuild. Together with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Plan International, and the Food Security Cluster, World Vision is setting a new standard: one where child well-being is not an afterthought, but a core outcome of humanitarian response.