World Vision East Africa Impact Report 2025

This year, we look back with gratitude and humility at the incredible transformation made possible across East Africa, amid some of the region’s most challenging humanitarian conditions in decades. Despite escalating conflict, climate shocks, economic instability and widespread displacement, we reached over 26 million people, including 16.4 million children, through life‑saving humanitarian response and long‑term development programmes that strengthen families, protect children, improve access to education, enhance health and nutrition, expand access to clean water and sanitation, and build resilient livelihoods across East Africa.

Throughout the year, resilience emerged as a defining theme, seen not only in the children and families we serve, but also in our dedicated staff, partners and supporters who consistently stepped forward to meet growing needs. This resilience was especially important in a context where funding cuts placed additional pressure on already overstretched humanitarian and development systems, underscoring the urgency of sustaining support for the most vulnerable. Across East Africa, millions continued to face acute needs, from severe food insecurity to record levels of displacement. In response, World Vision rolled out critical humanitarian and development interventions across nine countries, including:

• Humanitarian support to 7.6 million people, including
• 4.4 million children, and 1.8 million refugees,
  through food assistance, health and nutrition services, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions, education support, and child protection programming.

FY25 became a pivotal year of breakthroughs, impact and strengthened systems across Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Every number in this report represents a story of hope: hope that emerged from hardship, and hope that continues to drive us forward.

This report is more than a record of achievements; it is a reaffirmation of what is possible when we work together. As needs grow and the humanitarian landscape becomes increasingly complex, our mission remains urgent and clear: to create a future where every child is safe, nourished, supported and free to dream.

We are thrilled to present our World Vision East Africa child-friendly impact report for 2025,  which children were part of creating.  Children are key stakeholders and agents of change. This special edition is designed to be accessible and engaging for children, highlighting the incredible work we've done together to make a difference in their lives and communities. 

Children are at the heart of everything we do, their voices, dreams, and well-being drive our mission.  We are excited to share that amid the ever-growing humanitarian needs we reached 16.4  Million children in the the East Africa Region.

Below we share with you, our latest East Africa Child-Friendly Report that highlights how we are working alongside children to create lasting change, ensuring they grow up safe, healthy, and empowered.

📖 Read the child report here: