When Linh was eight years old, she believed the most exciting thing that could happen at school was hearing her teacher call her name.

Learn how World Vision engages men and boys as agents of change to advance gender equality, improve wellbeing, and strengthen development outcomes.

World Vision Ethiopia hosts the FMNR National Forum, bringing together partners to scale land restoration and create lasting benefits for children.

Patricia’s journey is a reminder that when people discover their worth, they not only transform their own lives, but also bring hope to their families and communities.

At Kabuuka Primary School, the daily struggle for water once defined children’s lives more than learning. Pupils walked two kilometres to fetch unsafe water, leaving them exhausted, frequently ill, and often absent from class. For girls, the lack of water and sanitation was especially harsh during menstruation, leading to missed school days and stigma. Through World Vision Uganda’s intervention, a motorised water system was installed, bringing clean water directly into the school compound and surrounding community. Alongside new latrines and sanitation facilities, this transformed hygiene, dignity, and participation in learning—particularly for adolescent girls.

Climate-smart agriculture helped Salam, a farmer in Thiqar, Iraq, increase his harvest, improve his family's income, and build a more resilient future.

uvenal, who left school after primary education due to financial challenges in a family of seven, transformed his life after realizing that limited family land could not secure his future and deciding to acquire practical skills. Starting with casual construction work and later learning soap and paint making in his community, his breakthrough came when World Vision’s TARE Youth Engagement and Employment Project provided entrepreneurship training, financial literacy, and access to savings groups, enabling him to expand into a formal business. Today, he is the owner of “Dirty Cleaner,” a growing manufacturing company producing soap, shampoo, and paint, and has trained over 480 people in vocational skills. His success, including winning a national youth entrepreneurship prize and reinvesting in his business, has allowed him to support his family, acquire assets, and pursue a vision of building generational wealth while inspiring others through his journey from limited opportunity to empowered entrepreneurship.

Born with an umbilical hernia, Mary endured pain, stigma and poor school performance until World Vision Malawi helped her access life-changing surgery. Today, she is healthy, confident and excelling in school with renewed hope for the future.

Bible Clubs supported by World Vision Malawi in Makhanga are helping children return to school, improve behaviour and build positive values through structured learning and group activities.

Dans le calme du village de Taïf Thiékène, niché au cœur de la région de Kaffrine, deux enfances ont longtemps avancé à contre-courant. Boubacar, sept ans, et sa sœur Mariama, quinze ans, ont grandi sous le poids du handicap, mais aussi sous celui, plus lourd encore, du regard des autres.