Sadi, a displaced widow, gained income and stability through a women’s savings group, training, and solidarity

Discover Maria Goreti's journey from a rural Sumba village to a Jakarta media leader. Learn how her empowerment story through education and community development is inspiring change in Indonesia.

Empowering Sri Lanka's future: World Vision's 2024 Impact Report details our commitment to health and nutrition, WASH, livelihood and enterprise development, and child protection and participation

World Vision Lesotho hosts a landmark event uniting faith leaders and partners to advance environmental sustainability and climate action through spiritual resources.

The Joint Multi-Sectoral Early Recovery Rapid Needs Assessment was conducted in late August 2025 in response to the Cambodia–Thailand border conflict.

Maman Issoufou, a father of 13 living in Bouloun Kourou (Maradi region, Niger), saw his life transformed thanks to the Maradi Integrated Resilience Project (MIRP), funded by WFP and implemented by World Vision. Faced with advanced land degradation, water shortages, and food insecurity, he had to sell his land to feed his family. In 2019, the project restored his abandoned 8 hectares, providing him with income through "Food for Assets" activities, nutritional supplements for his children, and a solar-powered borehole for drinking water. Today, he is a model of resilience, no longer selling his land, investing in agriculture, and aspires to develop a market garden to further improve his family's nutrition.

Seraphine and Fulgence, a couple from Nyamasheke near Lake Kivu, endured over 21 years of poverty and hopelessness, raising six children with limited resources and a negative mindset. Their lives began to change two years ago when they joined World Vision’s Empowered Worldview (EWV) training—a faith-based program focused on mindset transformation and self-belief. Through the training, they realized their potential and received a $90 startup capital. With it, they rented land and began growing sugarcane. Their first harvest earned them $210, and they expect about $420 from their second. This new income allows them to provide for their children’s needs, strengthen their marriage, and dream about the future.

This article tells the inspiring story of Ilunga Mpundu Balthazar, a man with a disability in La Vallée, Lubumbashi, who transformed a struggling nursery into a thriving agroforestry business. Guided by Empowered World View training and community collaboration, he combines faith, innovation, and resilience to support his family, train local youth, and strengthen neighborhood networks, demonstrating how determination and organization can turn adversity into sustainable growth.