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Monday, December 22, 2025

Why listening to children is the best Christmas gift

This Christmas season, Biruk says the most meaningful gift for children isn’t wrapped under a tree. It’s intentionally listening to their ideas, needs, fears, and dreams so we can shape a better future not just for them, but with them.

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Children's Voices

Why listening to children is the best Christmas gift

This Christmas season, Biruk says the most meaningful gift for children isn’t wrapped under a tree. It’s intentionally listening to their ideas, needs...

Migration Day

No Room at the Inn? An Urgent Global Call to Action for Refugee Children

Amid record global displacement, Fola Komolafe, CEO World Vision UK, urges leaders to put compassion and children’s rights at the heart of refugee policy...

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After COP30: Will the World Finally See the Children of the Amazon?

Children of the Amazon remain at the heart of the climate crisis, their wellbeing deeply connected to the planet’s future.

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The Future We Owe Them: Reflections from COP30

COP30 and challenges leaders to see the climate emergency through children’s eyes.

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Following a Displaced Immanuel: Advent Reflections on a Faithful Response to the Refugee Crisis

Lora Boll, Humanitarian Policy Advisor, draws a striking parallel between the Christmas story and today’s refugee crisis. Framing Jesus’ birth and life as...

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Holding the Line for Children: Why Shrinking Aid is a Dangerous Choice

Isabel Gomes highlights how children are paying the highest price for a shrinking aid system. She also sheds light on how cuts to humanitarian funding are...

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Online Safety for Women

Online Violence is Real Violence. Women’s Experiences in Lebanon

Online violence has real, lasting consequences and must be treated with the same seriousness as physical and psychological harm.

Davith is 9 years old, Cambodia.

ONLINE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN

Are We Failing to Secure Children’s Safe Digital Futures?

AI-driven exploitation is no longer hypothetical it is happening now.

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Disability Inclusion

It’s Time We Let Children with Disabilities Lead the Way

Jacky Fong says true leadership begins when we empower children with disabilities to make choices and shape their futures.

People gather on steps in front of the U.S. Capitol building holding signs saying "Advocate" and "My voice makes a difference"

World Vision Advocates

Advocating for Children in Times of Foreign Aid Cuts

World Vision Advocates rally on Capitol Hill amid U.S. foreign aid cuts, showing how strategic advocacy can protect vital programmes for vulnerable...

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JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN

Are We Serious About Children’s Justice or Still Comforted by Declarations?

New findings from UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2025 remind us that more than 417 million children are severely deprived in at least two essential...

School Meals

A Glass Half Full and Rising: Why School Meals Must Be a Global Priority

In today’s world where millions of children still go to school hungry, Mary Njeri, Global School Meals Director, puts a spotlight on school meal programmes...

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Has COP30 Really Brought Us Any Closer to Protecting Children from Climate Breakdown?

A reflection on the post-COP30 landscape and why the implementation narrative still falls short for the world’s most vulnerable.

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Are We Really Ready to Confront the Politics of Child Hunger?

A widening gap between ambition and delivery, one that arguably reveals a deeper reluctance to confront the political choices driving hunger in the first...

Inside the CH20

CHILD PARTICIPATION

Inside the fierce push to put Child Rights at the heart Of the G20 Johannesburg Summit

Children from across Africa and beyond confronted global leaders with a compelling declaration grounded in lived reality, emotional candour, and unwavering...

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Parenting in Crisis Chatbot

Innovative Chatbot Supports Parents in Times of Crisis

A digital breakthrough in humanitarian work, the Parenting in Crisis Chatbot prioritises dignity, self-care and nurturing relationships.

Community Accountability Facilitators are practising their skills following the digital training.

ONLINE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN

Who Will Safeguard Our Children’s Digital Futures?

Why the G20 must stop treating children’s digital safety as optional and why leaders must make it a global investment priority.

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CHILD PARTICIPATION

Are we finally ready to let child advocates shape climate action?

Why meaningful child participation remains the missing force behind genuine climate action.

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DEVELOPMENT FINANCES

A Livable Planet Begins with Children: Reflections from the World Bank Annual Meetings

Why investing in children is the smartest path toward growth, jobs and a more resilient planet and why despite the challenges, she left the meetings...

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Tuberculosis: An Old Foe in Waiting

Tuberculosis can be ended in our lifetime by strengthening nutrition, improving diagnostics, empowering communities, and prioritising children.

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DEVELOPMENT FINANCES

Faith Matters – Driving Inclusive Development in Fragile Contexts

In fragile and conflict-affected settings, children and women often bear the brunt of overlapping crises: hunger, poverty, and violence collide to create...

Hope & Love

Hope and Love Measure

Measuring the Immeasurable – Insights from Albania

Dr. Elmazi shares about groundbreaking research in Albania that explores how love of God and neighbor shapes children’s hope, purpose, and program impact.

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Turning the Tide: How Floating Toilets Are Building Climate Resilience in Myanmar’s Flood Zones

In Myanmar’s flood-prone Inle Lake, climate and health crises collide—but a community-led sanitation innovation offers hope for resilience.

Children enjoying fruits from the nutrition education class.

From Hunger to Hope: Turning Climate Actions into Food Security for a Thriving Future

We cannot solve the climate crisis without confronting hunger. The connection is no longer theoretical. It’s visceral, visible, and, for millions of...