What are Fragile Contexts?

Countries, cities, communities where chronic instability, conflict and violence leave large numbers of children, women and men caught in a trap of vulnerability and poverty, often facing high levels of danger, where those with a responsibility to care for children are unable or unwilling to do so.

These are the most dangerous places in the world to be a child. Children in fragile contexts live on a knife edge between survival and development, extremely vulnerable to violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. In these places, natural disasters and climate change drive children and their families further into danger and poverty. These are the children and people World Vision’s Christian faith drives us to help.