This research, commissioned by World Vision’s Middle East and Eastern Europe (MEER) regional office in partnership with Qualisus Consulting, aims to assess the broader impact of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programmes on marginalised groups and young people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being, livelihood-resilience, community and social cohesion, and child well-being.

The Cash Waves research assesses the impact of CVA programmes on mental health, resilience, community cohesion, gender equality, and child well-being among marginalized groups.

Yanauo shares how traditional bamboo water collection evolved into using plastic containers as their village lacked a safe water source, causing children to fall sick. World Vision's Markham Wash project introduced toilets and handwashing, leading to improved health. With a new gravity-fed water system, families now enjoy clean, accessible water.

PDH+ is an integrated food-based approach to fight child malnutrition that can be implemented in food insecure and fragile contexts.

This report describes the efforts of World Vision Bangladesh to train young volunteers to engage in disaster risk reduction activities that can be scaled up across the country.

Disaster Risk Reduction Programming in Asia and the Pacific

This document presents a promising practice on integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) to empower women and advance their socio-economic and political leadership in Sierra Leone.

This brief, developed by Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development, explains what is meant by responsive feeding and how to create the enabling environments for caregivers to responsively feed their young children. Practical examples from Bangladesh, Ghana, Mexico, Timor-Leste and the West Bank are included.

August 13th – Situation Overview