
Urban Work
Just cities for all children
We are making progress. We ensure that our urban programming work involves children’s genuine participation. We provide opportunities to children and young people to plan, implement and evaluate their own initiatives. We work to transform urban policy to meet the needs of those it affects the most.
There is more to be done. People and poverty are relocating to cities in large numbers and at an accelerated rate. This poses serious risks and challenges to the health, safety, and well-being of children, especially the most marginalized ones.
We want to give all children access to adequate food, shelter, drinking water, education and health care. Our desire is for every child to be protected from street violence, substance abuse, trafficking and hazardous forms of child labour. We want safe spaces to play for all children.

Urban Programming Capacity Overview
In the second phase of its global strategy, World Vision continues to prioritise urban programming as a commitment to reach and benefit the most vulnerable children in stable, fragile and conflict-affected urban settings. World Vision’s scale up of urban programming entails comprehensive child vulnerability mapping, strategic partnerships, impactful and evidenced-based interventions across all levels of the city, and a diversified funding portfolio that builds on available resources within and outside the city.