Across the countries where World Vision works in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Southern Asia, youth face various obstacles: lack of opportunities, rising unemployment and the denial of their rights to  name a few.  Through programmes to empower youth, World Vision is working to give youth t

Across all of  World Vision’s development, relief and advocacy work in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Southern Asia, our top priority is to ensure all children, receive equal opportunities to survive and succeed in life. 

In virtually all the countries where World Vision works across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Southern Asia, people are migrating in staggering numbers from rural areas to urban centres.

Growing political instability and increased vulnerability to natural disasters puts children living in poor communities across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Southern Asia region at even greater risk.

Through local-level advocacy, World Vision seeks to mobilise and empower individuals and communities to address the causes of vulnerability for those most affected and empower them to influence local governments and other authorities to address the obstacles that trap certain children in the perp

Across the region, World Vision is working to protect children. This document provides an overview. 

It’s not enough to measure the number of children enrolled in or even attending school.  At least as important as the number of children in the classroom is the quality of education they are receiving.

As a child-focused organisation, World Vision is working across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Sothern Asia region to ensure that children not only survive to adulthood, they are equipped to thrive.

Case study of World Vision's Urban Resilience Initiative implemented in Armenia.

The United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan are among the 10 nations rated “very high” as destination countries by the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in their report, Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns.