This report highlights the progress made in various areas, guided solely by the goal of empowering children and vulnerable communities through the work of World Vision Senegal.

Ongoing ceasefire violations in Lebanon, including airstrikes, shelling, displacement orders, and military activity, continue to drive humanitarian needs.

In the dry landscapes of Northern Ghana, restoring degraded land has become increasingly challenging. Years of declining soil fertility and erratic rainfall have made it difficult for farmers to establish and sustain planted trees. For many communities, the challenge is not only about planting trees, but also about finding the right seedlings to start with. Without access to quality planting materials or the knowledge to raise them, many restoration efforts have fallen short.

World Vision Zambia has been named Best Social Marketing Organisation of the Year 2025 at the Zambia Institute of Marketing's 29th Annual Marketing Conference and Awards, a recognition that belongs not to us, but to the people who made it possible.

When the Zambia Institute of Public Relations and Communications announced its 2025 awards, World Vision Zambia walked away with First Prize in the Best Digital Media Campaign category — recognition earned not in boardrooms, but in the communities where the real work happens. The award reflects a year of deliberate, story-led communications that placed children at the centre of every message, every image, and every decision about what to say and how to say it.

Joining Forces Nepal urges stronger action to end child labour, highlighting laws, challenges, and the need for collaboration, protection, and support for children.

World Vision Eswatini strengthens staff skills through Citizen Voice and Action training, promoting community participation and lasting improvements in children’s well-being.

As funding declines and hunger rises, new research from World Vision, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), shows that household self‑reliance—or the ability to provide for basic needs without external assistance, protects children from hunger, child labour, early marriage, school dropout, and family separation.

Haidy Wijaya Sung outlines how World Vision SAP balances digital transformation and AI innovation with data protection, integrity, and trust.

In rural Zambia, menstrual poverty remains a significant barrier to education for thousands of girls. For many, missing up to four or five days of school every month, not because of illness or absence of will, but because of a lack of menstrual hygiene products, is simply the reality of life.