Famine is not a natural disaster and can be prevented. Across the world’s hunger hotspots, early warnings are clear, yet governments continue to act too late – or not at all. Conflict, blockades, and the denial of humanitarian access, not food scarcity, are driving a deepening hunger crisis, with children suffering first and longest. As aid budgets are cut, the gap between need and response is widening fast. This is a false economy: preventing famine costs far less than responding once lives are already lost. World Vision warns famine can be predicted and prevented – but only if leaders act early, protect civilians, and put children at the centre of hunger prevention.

Policy Brief | Famine Prevention & Food Security

By January 2026, World Vision reached 2.34M people, with 45% children, through food, cash, protection, education, livelihoods, and MHPSS.

This policy brief introduces the ENOUGH Campaign in East Africa and invites you to be part of a practical response rooted in bold hope to end child hunger and malnutrition. It explains the challenge clearly, highlights what is working, and sets out actions that governments, donors, businesses, civil society, communities and friends of children can take together. The goal is simple and urgent: to make sure every child has ENOUGH of the right food to grow well, learn in school and thrive.

Fatim, a mother of six, fled armed violence in Torou and now rebuilds her life in Koro. She supports her family by pounding millet, doing laundry, and selling gravel, while her husband receives medical care and her eldest son works in artisanal gold mining.

Monash University and World Vision study reveals how natural farming drives financial independence and climate resilience for women and their communities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Assistance to families impacted by floods in Mozambique reached nearly 9500 people with life-saving kits.

Fatim et sa famille ont fui les violences armées à Torou, dans le cercle de Bankass. Réinstallée à Koro avec ses six enfants, elle s’adapte à la vie urbaine en travaillant dur : elle pile le mil, fait la lessive et vend du gravier pour subvenir aux besoins familiaux. Son mari âgé de 65 ans suit un traitement médical pour l’hypertension, tandis que son fils aîné travaille sur un site d’orpaillage artisanal.

World Vision is complementing donor support through GIK

1,800 people in Durrës, Albania, receive rapid emergency support from World Vision Albania and Start Fund after severe floods.