Global social activist Graça Machel has been awarded the World Vision Mozambique Child Well-Being Champion title for her contributions toward creating an environment where children—especially girls—can live life to the fullest.

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.

Brikena Zogaj and Lilian Mumbi, World Vision Technical Experts, emphasise that hunger is not just a food issue but a protection crisis, especially for children who face exploitation, early marriage, and displacement due to food insecurity. They highlight how integrating child protection into food aid programmes—such as those by World Vision—can safeguard children and improve long-term outcomes. The authors call on global actors to fund and prioritise child-focused, integrated approaches to ensure children are not only fed but also protected and empowered.

An uncomfortable truth: without placing children at the heart of resilience strategies, we are merely managing decline rather than building the future.

Khalil A. Hamad, Technical WASH Focal Person with World Vision Iraq, says water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cannot be seen as a luxury in schools, but as the building blocks to a healthy and safe learning environment for children in Iraq.

On World Food Day, Andrea Galante and Carmen Tse call for mandatory food regulation policies that uphold every child’s right to a healthy diet.