There is a weight that comes with a child born too small. For Annet Phiri, that weight was 2.1 kilograms, the birth weight of her firstborn, Steward. It is a number she has carried with her ever since. He arrived fragile, and for months during her pregnancy, she had struggled. Her appetite never came, and nausea followed her throughout.

From aid to agency

The story of the Chiwa family is a powerful reminder that when families are given the opportunity to heal, they can rebuild trust, restore dignity, and create a future where children can truly thrive.

In the rural communities of Kapiri Mposhi, access to clean water and quality maternal health services has long been a daily struggle. For expectant mothers, health workers, learners, and families, limited Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure meant long walks to unsafe water sources, heightened risks of infection, and added pressure on already stretched health facilities.

World Vision Cambodia History Wall Timeline (1970–Present)

At Global Summit 2026 in Vatican City, World Vision presents first-of-its-kind research on child hope, love, and holistic wellbeing.

Under the scorching Turkana sun, vulnerable families queue for verification as a final step toward receiving life-saving cash assistance after months of hunger caused by prolonged drought.

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), attacks between 2 and 8 March have resulted in 394 people killed and 1,130 injured, with figures Increasing daily. Displacement orders issued in the last days, including renewed orders affecting areas south of the Litani River and the entirety of Beirut’s southern suburbs, have triggered further population movements and repeated displacement for many households. As of 8 March, the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Unit reports 117,228 displaced individuals residing in 538 collective shelters. The Government of Lebanon has launched a national self-registration platform for internally displaced persons, with over 517,000 people, indicating the potential scale of displacement beyond those recorded in collective shelters. Recent days have seen hostilities expand beyond traditional frontline areas, including blanket evacuation orders affecting Beirut’s southern suburbs, warnings and subsequent strikes targeting branches of the Al-Qard- Al-Hassan Association. Airstrikes have also impacted locations outside the declared warning zones, including a hotel in central Beirut and an earlier strike on a hotel in Hazmieh, both situated outside the primary red-zone areas. These incidents highlight the widening geographic scope of the conflict and the continued risks to civilians and humanitarian operations across areas.

The overarching objective for this report was to review alignment to the World Vision strategic imperative in Our Promise 2030 of deepening our commitment to the most vulnerable children (MVC) specifically to; identify the MVC in World Vision Uganda Area Programmes, determine where the MVC are concentrated, examine changes in MVC status in the communities, determine whether World Vision Uganda geographical footprint is in areas with higher concentrations of MVC, identify the most common vulnerability markers affecting MVC and their families, and guide the identification and prioritization of MVC and their families in beneficiary selection and targeting.