page / October 5, 2012
What is a humanitarian disaster?
A humanitarian disaster occurs when the human, physical, economic or environmental damage from an event, or series of events, overwhelms a community’s capacity to cope.
article / October 3, 2012
School feeding keeps kids in school
Education was not a priority for parents and children when arriving to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. Instead, families were worried about safety, shelter and food. People arrived with only a few clothes, a very small quantity of food and water.
article / October 9, 2018
Supporting refugee children to overcome psycho-social distress
By Derrick KyatukaHigh-pitched voices of children chorusing letters after their teachers usher you to St. Mary’s child friendly space in Omugo refugee settlement, northern Uganda.
article / September 25, 2012
World Vision sponsorship changed my life
Mbainaissem Mardi is a person who believes in giving back. This former sponsored child is using his hard earned money to support his family and has plans to build a school for orphans.
article / September 30, 2014
Displaced families of Qaraqosh find refuge in regional churches
Four months ago, Basma, 26, was working as a lawyer in a government directorate in Mosul. She and her husband had bought property and were building a new house. But in August, they were forced to flee their hometown of Qaraqosh in Iraq’s Nineva province.
article / May 7, 2009
Niger: The peaks of cowpea storage - Food security for millions
Story by Dana Palade
article / March 3, 2016
Families facing hard times due to El Niño
By Welly Enas, Programme Officer & Paula Kari, Communications Officer, World Vision Papua New Guinea Despite heavy rainfall during the past two months, getting back to normality after El Nino is undeniably a big challenge for many families in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
article / September 11, 2019
I couldn’t start school without a wheelchair
By Fred Ouma, Development Communications Coordinator, World Vision Uganda
publication / November 2, 2016
IQA - Citizen Voice and Action
Implementation Quality Assurance Tool for Citizen Voice and Action Programming.