article / May 5, 2011
Midwife on a bicycle saving lives
Janaki Joshi, 40, lives in a remote village in Kailali District, a Far-Western region of Nepal. She studied till the eighth grade but has years of experience in the field of maternal and child health. She has been working as a midwife for the past sixteen years.
article / November 26, 2023
Humanitarian perspective (South Sudan): “Saving lives requires safe water. Without water, there is no food; there is no life”
Here’s an opinion piece that brings into sharp focus the importance of safe and clean water in humanitarian response and why taking sustainable and efficient water action is critical in addressing food insecurity, well-being, and protection concerns of the vulnerable people in South Sudan.
publication / March 12, 2024
Joining Forces Alliance Somalia Advocacy and Policy Asks on Combatting Violence Against Women and Girls in Somalia
Somalia continues to face significant challenges in addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG). According to the Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS, 2020), gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most prevalent human rights violations faced by women and girls in Somalia. The survey shows that over 60% of women face physical abuse, denial of education, forced marriage, rape and sexual harassment forms of domestic violence.
publication / April 5, 2024
2023 Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes
This second annual Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes celebrates the different ways girls and boys across the world have been meaningfully involved in the decisions that World Vision makes to improve child well-being around the world. Field Offices have continued to implement stronger and more innovative ways of listening to children, including them in local and national decision-making spaces to ensure that programming and strategy decisions are informed by children’s experiences, priorities, needs, and perspectives.
This report highlights the extraordinary practices of each region and Field Office, celebrating the ways our staff have shared decision-making power with children. World Vision continues to press in our belief that children’s participation is not only a right, but an essential element of our child-focused agenda.
publication / January 18, 2024
Listening to Child Brides Research Report
A research study to identify the experiences, needs and agency of married adolescent girls and young women in Bangladesh, Mauritania, Nepal and Tanzania to inform recommendations on child marriage.
publication / April 17, 2024
World Vision and World Food Programme Facts and Figures 2023
For more than 30 years, World Vision and the World Food Programme (WFP) have partnered around a shared vision for a hunger-free world for the world’s most vulnerable children, families and communities. Together, World Vision and WFP provide assistance to disaster-affected people to save lives, improve health and education, and empower vulnerable communities to become self-reliant, now and in future.
The 2023 World Vision and WFP partnership report demonstrates the impact of the two organisations working together resulting from an extensive network of strategic, operational relationships at the national, regional and global levels.
publication / February 27, 2024
A Review of DRR Programming and Best Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
Understanding the Effectiveness, Impact, Sustainability, and Scalability of World Vision’s Disaster Risk Reduction Activities in the Asia-Pacific Region
publication / April 24, 2024
Country Fact Sheet 2024: World Vision in Burkina Faso
Here is World Vision's 2024 country profile for Burkina Faso. Click here to find out more: