Child-focused aid is shrinking despite rising global crises. Investing in children is urgent, smart, and essential for a stable, equitable future.

This article highlights how, following several months of interruption caused by the suspension of USAID funding, the GAINS project, dedicated to nutrition, food security, and sustainable development, is resuming operations in the Kasaï province. This restart marks a moment of relief for field teams and beneficiary communities, who rely heavily on the programme to improve child health and local resilience. However, the article also underlines the severe consequences of budget cuts on vulnerable families, issuing a pressing call to the international community for more sustainable financial engagement. Without this, the progress achieved so far risks being undone, to the detriment of the most fragile populations.

​The Analysis, Design and Planning Tool for CPHA is designed for contexts of humanitarian crises to assist with the identification, prioritisation and analysis of CP issues to inform programme priorities, design, and overall strategies.

World Vision Ghana and the World Vision African Union Liaison Office met with Ghana's Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection to reinforce shared commitment to gender equality and child protection in the country.

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.

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This promising practice document captures the key interventions, lessons learned, and recommendations from the Caring for Nutrition project in Papua New Guinea.

Identifies unique, successful nutrition practices via household interviews to uncover local solutions for child malnutrition in Positive Deviance Hearth.

This promising practice document captures the key interventions, lessons learned, and recommendations from the SPIR Project in Ethiopia, providing actionable insights and recommendations for future programmes aimed at enhancing gender equality and nutrition outcomes.