Responding beyond borders: Making a difference, even from a distance

Food hygiene is critical to health, with 600 million people falling ill annually due to contaminated food. Children under five bear 40% of the burden, with 125,000 deaths each year.

This report aims to highlight three crucial initiatives by World Vision Angola to contribute to addressing these food and health emergencies in the country. The actions focus especially on mitigating the impacts of drought and improving maternal and child health, aiming to alleviate food insecurity, combat malnutrition, and reduce maternal and child mortality in these highly affected communities, which have been prioritized for the implementation of these interventions.

Moving beyond one-off dialogues to system-level transformation, this roadmap embeds peacebuilding in to multiple programmes, anticipatory action and community resilience.

Andrea Galante shares what the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World #SOFI2025  report tell us about the urgent need to rethink food aid, power, and people-centred solutions.

At just 18, Meron uses her school’s Mini Media Club to raise awareness on safe childbirth, maternal health, and newborn care. Her voice is inspiring mothers in rural Ethiopia to choose health centres for safer deliveries and healthier futures.

We must end the perception that school meals are a secondary, “nice-to-have” intervention.

Trek 10kms up a remote mountain in DRC to begin a very ambitious water project! Learn More.