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Fact Sheet: Resilience in West Africa & The Sahel
World Vision is a leading humanitarian and development organisation with a proven track record in strengthening the adaptive, absorptive, and transformative capacities of vulnerable communities. With extensive experience and
West and Central Africa Newsletter - April 2024
Quadruple Threat
Humanity is on the move. Driven from their rural homes by conflict and climate change, people are heading to the cities in a mass migration that is changing the landscape of poverty.
Today the world’s most vulnerable
Urban Health: Young Voices
The Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) is an initiative of the World Urban Campaign driven by UN-Habitat to provide an open space for critical exchange between urban researchers, professionals, and decision-makers who believe that
Navigating the Nexus: A Brighter Future for Children in Urban Contexts in Central America
The following case study examines World Vision’s experience implementing a nexus approach for programming in Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala in Central America (CA4). San Pedro Sula, one of the most violent
Navigating the Nexus: A Brighter Future for Children in Urban Contexts in Iraq
The following case study examines World Vision’s experience implementing a nexus approach for programming in Northern Iraq, which comprises governorates controlled by the federal authority and the Erbil-based Kurdish
Urban case study: Safer and Prosperous - Baseco, Philippines
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Urban case study: Safer and Resilient - Beirut, Lebanon
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Urban case study: Safer and Resilient - Chennai, India
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Urban case study: Safer, Resilient and Prosperous - Valle de Sula, Honduras
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Urban case study: Safer and Healthier - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Case study: Urban innovation - Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Tackling a double-threat: Children at the front and centre of urban fragility and climate change
Climate change is a threat multiplier, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable girls and boys. Though children are the least responsible for climate change, those living in urban informal settlements, as well as
Public Spaces for Children: A Consultation with Children on their use of Urban Public Spaces
This consultation aims to capture children’s perspectives and lived experience in the public spaces in their neighborhoods and cities. The questions focused on four different characteristics of that experience: proximity and
An Urban Response to COVID-19: World Vision case studies for urban programming
Cities are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Population density, while essential for productive, healthy and innovative cities, is a catalyst for the virus’ rapid transmission. When combined with poverty
Urban Considerations for World Vision's COVID-19
This document is meant to accompany the full Urban Considerations for World Vision's COVID-19 Report as a high-level overview of the four strategic objectives and key tips.
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Leaving is Living
Over the past 40 years, both external and internal migration have been constant in the history of El Salvador. Many studies have been carried out on the issue of migration, however, never from the perspective of children
Urban Considerations for World Vision's COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 transmission in cities could impact a significant number of people in a very short time span due to the characteristics of urban environments. While population density in cities might be contributing to fast
Defining urban contexts
This brief document gives guidance for World Vision staff for defining urban contexts.
Making Sense of the City
In 2008, recognising an organisational need to respond and adapt to the growing trend of urbanisation, and its negative impact on the most vulnerable groups, especially children, World Vision launched an action-research and
World Vision's Urban Programmes Brochure
The scale and speed of urbanization pose serious risks and challenges to the health, safety and wellbeing of children, especially the most vulnerable. Trapped in fragile pockets in cities across the world, children suffer
Building Urban Resilience through Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and Pacific
Rapid urbanization and development goes along with increasing disaster risks. Governments in Asia and the Pacific face continued challenges towards sustainable development at the same time reducing the risks from future
Ethical Cities: Locking in Liveability
In October 2016, the United Nations adopted ‘The New Urban Agenda’ at the Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development – a set of guidelines and measurements that will support the implementation of the SDGs in urban