A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern Philippines, triggering a tsunami warning and causing significant damage and widespread evacuations. World Vision is monitoring and assessing damages. Learn about the latest updates, affected areas, and safety protocols in this developing situation.

In the wake of a powerful doublet quake, the Davao region of the Philippines is grappling with a severe water crisis, leaving children and families in a state of fear and desperation.

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.

New data shows extreme climate and scarcity are pushing millions into acute hunger as aid declines. Amidst this crisis, World Vision is working with partners, including youth leaders, to drive innovative, localised solutions to build a sustainable and dignified future for the region.

In humanitarian crises, food security is often treated as a standalone goal. But World Vision is helping shift that paradigm — proving that protecting children must be central to how we feed, recover, and rebuild. Together with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Plan International, and the Food Security Cluster, World Vision is setting a new standard: one where child well-being is not an afterthought, but a core outcome of humanitarian response.

Last year, our programmes impacted more than 5.4 million people, including 2.4 million vulnerable children and families across East Asia.

The Philippines can strengthen child well-being by integrating school feeding, CCT 4Ps, and health services to protect vulnerable children from crises.

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

Local Disaster Risk Reduction for Preparedness and Recovery Manual: Enhancing Communities' Resilience in North East Syria.