2025 WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL
ANNUAL REPORT
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness.
Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
In a world marked by profound uncertainty, 2025 reminded us of the fragility of children’s lives, but
also the extraordinary power of bold hope. Together with our partners, we have positively impacted the lives of more than 43.9 million children through our programming in fiscal year 2025, with an increasing proportion of those children being the most vulnerable of all.
"All this impact was made possible by our deep local presence and strong partnerships, including with churches, and by the generosity and trust of supporters, sponsors, donors, and partners around the world. Even as funding pressures intensified, your commitment enabled us to continue serving the most vulnerable children."
- Andrew Morley, World Vision International President and CEO
Continue scrolling to discover more about our work to support the most vulnerable, the ENOUGH campaign, our emergency response, and our financial overview.
Our Promise in 2025, going further
World Vision's Our Promise strategy represents our firm promise to the world’s most vulnerable children: We will continue to transform lives in the world’s hardest-to-reach places, empowering every girl and boy to reach their God-given potential.
2025 marked the culmination of Our Promise Phase 2: Going Further (2021–2025), that guided us through an era of COVID-19, conflict, and climate shocks. Highlights from Going Further include:
1: Living out our faith and calling with boldness and humility.
Field offices increasingly adopted approaches that intentionally integrate faith and community engagement in ways that support children’s well-being. At the same time, we sharpened our focus on the most vulnerable children, increasing their inclusion in programmes.
2: Deepening our commitment to the world’s most vulnerable children.
Despite a difficult global context and growing funding pressures, we continued to stand with children in some of the world’s most fragile and dangerous places. Altogether, we reached more than 43.9 million children through relief and development programming.
3: Focusing our ministry for greater results.
We became increasingly aligned behind shared outcomes, with clearer links between evidence, learning, and influence. “Our Impact, Our Story”, a measurement framework that is cutting edge for the sector, is now embedded as the launching pad for organisational learning.
4: Collaborating and advocating for broader impact.
Working alongside partners and communities, we helped influence more than 400 policy changes, benefiting more than 307 million vulnerable children. Responding to the deepening global hunger crisis, we continued to scale up our advocacy campaign, ENOUGH, for a world where every child enjoys enough nourishing food so they can thrive.
5: Delivering high-quality, sustainable funding to the field.
Funding to fragile contexts increased, reflecting our commitment to remain present where children’s needs are greatest. While overall income declined in 2025 due to a downturn in grants, progress across key private funding streams gives confidence that we are moving in the right direction.
We celebrate and maximise the four elements that make World Vision distinctive: our Christian faith, focus on children, community-empowering approach, and ability to achieve large-scale impact on child well-being.
Together, these qualities set us apart and provide World Vision with a unique opportunity to fulfil its promise to the world’s most vulnerable girls and boys.
OUR GLOBAL IMPACT
REACHING THE MOST VULNERABLE
2.8 million people
gained access to clean water, including 1,044 schools serving 393,000 children, and 358 healthcare facilities
1,861 schools
and 494 healthcare facilities were equipped with handwashing facilities and 688 school and 240 healthcare facilities with sanitation services
7+ million
children and pregnant and breastfeeding women screened for malnutrition in 43 countries
5.7 million children
and adolescents reached through inclusive education programmes across ages 3-18
300+ million children
reached through policy changes and budget increases to which World Vision contributed
3+ million children
reached through 1,500 child protection projects across 50 countries
$680+ million
invested in fragile contexts to support communities facing conflict,
disasters, and instability, reaching more than 20 million people
36.5+ million people
reached through urban and peri-urban programming
6 million children
supported to develop spiritual and ethical values, a sense of belonging and purpose, and deeper understanding of God's love for them
1+ million people
trained in climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land management
1.7+ million children
and over 700,000 families reached through livelihoods programmes
OUR GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
Launched in September 2023, ENOUGH is World Vision’s global campaign to end child hunger and malnutrition. It has grown into a worldwide movement, uniting children, communities, supporters, and decision-makers across 82 countries to declare that in a world of abundance, we’ve had “ENOUGH!” of child hunger and malnutrition.
Our vision for the campaign is:
A world where every child enjoys enough nourishing food so they can thrive.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN FY25:
"Governments and non-governmental organisations must work hand in hand to provide healthy food for the most vulnerable children and families to put an end to child hunger and malnutrition."
– Emmanuella, 18, Ghana
WE ARE RESPONSIVE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Before, during, and after emergencies, we are there.
Our year was marked by hard choices, but also by bold and courageous action to reach 35.6 million people affected by disaster with holistic humanitarian assistance.
1 in 2 people
assisted were children.
OUR GLOBAL IMPACT
CHILD SPONSORSHIP
2+ million sponsors
2.2 million children
49 countries
Through sponsorship in some of the world’s toughest places, we are helping to improve the lives of more than 14 million children globally.
When a child is sponsored, they are safer because their community becomes stronger.
Sponsors partner with communities to:
SPONSORSHIP IN ACTION:
A Journey of learning and belonging
Alberta, 9, lives in Agorhokpo, Ghana, with her parents and sister. She once struggled to read and could not speak English, the language used at school. Ashamed and afraid of punishment for speaking her mother tongue, she often stayed silent and withdrew from class.
In 2022, a World Vision-supported reading club changed everything. With encouragement, Alberta joined the after-school sessions, learning letter sounds, and reading with confidence. A new community resource centre now hosts the club, along with childrenʼs activities and well-being sessions.
Today, Alberta reads fluently, helps her siblings with homework, and dreams of becoming a nurse. In 2025, more than 3,000 children in her area took part in similar literacy activities, building skills and confidence for the future
SPONSORSHIP IN ACTION:
Where are they now?
Bazar was 10 when his mother died, leaving him to help care for his baby brother. Responsibility came early, and childhood felt distant. Through World Vision activities, he found a place to play, learn, and belong. A letter from his sponsor encouraged him to stay strong and serve others. That message shaped his path.
Determined to help children facing challenges like his own, Bazar pursued his education and became a social worker.
Today, at 30, he is a father of two and works with secondary school students, supporting them to grow with confidence and purpose. His journey reflects the lasting impact of sponsorship, where encouragement in childhood becomes leadership in adulthood.
WE ARE STEWARDS
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
SPENDING BY CATEGORY
SPENDING BY REGION
ASIA PACIFIC
$419 million
AFRICA
$1.4 billion
MIDDLE EAST & EASTERN EUROPE
$297 million
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
$235 million
NORTH AMERICA
$288 million
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
$15 million
OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
$90 million
For more financial information about World Vision International visit our website:
THANK YOU.
We couldn't continue to provide life-saving aid in some of the world's most dangerous places to be a child without the support of our generous donors, fearless advocates, and trusted partners.
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