This inspiring feature tells the story of Annie Mbayo, a pastor, mother of nine, and community leader from Kigoma, near Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through World Vision’s Empowered World View (EWV) training, Annie learned to combine faith with practical planning, transforming her household and community. Once dependent on small-scale seedling sales, she developed her nine hectares into a productive farm, began pig rearing, expanded mango cultivation, and built a stable home, both a symbol and a result of her new vision. Guided by principles of stewardship, savings, and collective action, she also helped form a community savings group, inspiring other women and men to take similar steps toward self-reliance. Annie’s journey reflects the essence of the EWV approach, turning prayer into action, faith into work, and hope into sustainable change.

After World Vision’s Empowered World View training, Pastor Khoza used her “other 8 hours” to start a thriving garden and poultry project that now feeds her family.

Child sponsorship helps more than the sponsored child—it can also inspire your own child to grow into a globally-minded, emotionally-aware person.

A training in Tete united assembly members and communities, urging leaders to make public services reflect children’s realities for a safer, fairer future.

"Channels of Hope User Guide: Practical steps and curricula for faith-based engagement to drive transformation and collective action."

As of October 2025, World Vision has reached 2,289,529 people - of which 1,037,039 are children - in Ukraine, Romania, Moldova and Georgia.

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

Prioritising localisation, World Vision Ukraine Crisis Response has delivered 83.8% of 31 projects with local organisations since 2022.

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

This article tells the inspiring story of Ilunga Mpundu Balthazar, a man with a disability in La Vallée, Lubumbashi, who transformed a struggling nursery into a thriving agroforestry business. Guided by Empowered World View training and community collaboration, he combines faith, innovation, and resilience to support his family, train local youth, and strengthen neighborhood networks, demonstrating how determination and organization can turn adversity into sustainable growth.