The New Zealand Under-85Kgs donated their sports equipment to World Vision Lanka’s Every Mind Matters Campaign during their historic tour to Sri Lanka.

In a small town in Oromia, a colourful classroom and a caring teacher are helping 6-year-old Kalkidan bloom. Through the World Vision’s Early Childhood Development Centre, she’s learning, growing, and dreaming big, just like thousands of other children now getting the start they deserve.

This year’s commemoration focused on the theme: “Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights: Progress Since 2010.”

Mike Wisheart and Ian de Villiers reflect on how partnerships that unlock greater impact are critical for the new future.

Asia, 21, gained confidence through advocacy training to speak up for Sinjar’s needs—uniting voices for water, equality, and peaceful coexistence.

This article recounts an initiative led by World Vision and the Protection Cluster on the occasion of the Day of the African Child 2025 in North Kivu. The event brought together local authorities and humanitarian actors under the theme of planning and budgeting for children’s rights, within the context of a prolonged crisis. Discussions centred on emergency education, the fight against child exploitation, support for reintegration centres, and the need for reliable data to inform decisions. A powerful testimony from a young former street child strengthened the call for concrete action. World Vision concluded by emphasising that protecting childhood is an investment in peace and the future of the country.

In the district of Mutarara, in Tete province-Mozambique, children are raising their voices against one of the most urgent and persistent threats to their health and development: malnutrition.

This is a joint press release of World Vision, Save the Children, and Plan International about the children’s dialogue with the national leaders of South Sudan in commemoration of the Day of the African Child 2025.

On the Day of the African Child, World Vision Southern Africa Regional Leader visits Mozambique, where he highlights the sacrifices children endured for the rights enjoyed today and the long journey ahead for life in its fullness for every child.

Unexploded ordnance (UXO) continues to kill and maim children across Afghanistan. Laurentia Jora, World Vision’s Strategic Communications Manager, takes you inside the home of a family in Qarchiqai, Qadis district, Badghis province, who lost two sons to these deadly remnants of war. Eight-year-old Jamaluddin, cousin to the two killed boys and survivor, watched as his closest friends were killed by unexploded ordnance right before his eyes. World Vision Afghanistan and Save the Children warn that as funding for UXO clearance dries up, children – who make up 80% of casualties – are left increasingly vulnerable.