“What does disaster mean? If you know the answer, please raise your hand up,” asked by 14 year-old Dylen to 30 first grade students as she stands in the aisle of tables in the classroom.

On a rainy, March day in Venilale, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste, teams of husbands and wives stand at their cooking stations in preparation for a couples' cooking competition.

In the Philippines, climate change is having a devastating impact on the tropical country. Communities and lives have been destroyed because of the occurrence of abnormally strong typhoons. Typhoon Haiyan, which hit central Philippines in 2013, killed more than 6,000 Filipinos.

Severe flooding in Marsabit County during the March-May 2024 rains displaced over 6,000 people in Loiyangalani sub-county, damaging livelihoods, livestock, and infrastructure. Ongoing challenges include high food prices and disrupted transportation.

To prevent micronutrient deficiencies in children and provide adequate vitamin and mineral supplementation during the first 1000 days of life, World Vision Afghanistan - through the Maternal Under 5 Nutrition and Child Health (MUNCH) project, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs Trad

Ayeyarwaddy Region, 23-year-old Khing faces the challenges of being a competent mother, grappling with financial instability and a lack of knowledge about Infant and Young Child Feeding. The intervention of World Vision Myanmar and UNICEF through the Nourish Delta II project brings a ray of hope.

The communities in Upper Nile State’s Fashoda and Manyo Counties have been classified as in a state of emergency with 16% of the population facing food insecurity, worsening the already high malnutrition rate among children.

Last month saw WV Armenia and leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church meet for a conference in Tsakhkadzor Town, Armenia to discuss how the church and World Vision can better collaborate to support child protection and well-being in the nation.

This is World Vision's Ebola Virus Disease situation report #16. It highlights the current situation, World Vision's response, and the resulting impact.