Despite repeated pledges from governments, donors, and global institutions to prioritise children’s rights, one of the most fundamental, the right to be heard is routinely overlooked.

Maman Issoufou, a father of 13 living in Bouloun Kourou (Maradi region, Niger), saw his life transformed thanks to the Maradi Integrated Resilience Project (MIRP), funded by WFP and implemented by World Vision. Faced with advanced land degradation, water shortages, and food insecurity, he had to sell his land to feed his family. In 2019, the project restored his abandoned 8 hectares, providing him with income through "Food for Assets" activities, nutritional supplements for his children, and a solar-powered borehole for drinking water. Today, he is a model of resilience, no longer selling his land, investing in agriculture, and aspires to develop a market garden to further improve his family's nutrition.

Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire 2025 : World Vision appelle à la protection des humanitaires, au financement, à la sécurité et la dignité des enfants touchés par les crises en Afrique de l’Ouest et dans le monde.

Discover Alpha’s inspiring journey of reconciliation in Barri Chiefdom, Sierra Leone, where World Vision’s child protection program helped reunite a mother and son through community support and education.

Inspiring stories from Bajhang showing how education livelihoods and protection programmes are transforming lives and communities.

why ignoring children’s input keeps school meal programmes from reaching their full potential.

Seraphine and Fulgence, a couple from Nyamasheke near Lake Kivu, endured over 21 years of poverty and hopelessness, raising six children with limited resources and a negative mindset. Their lives began to change two years ago when they joined World Vision’s Empowered Worldview (EWV) training—a faith-based program focused on mindset transformation and self-belief. Through the training, they realized their potential and received a $90 startup capital. With it, they rented land and began growing sugarcane. Their first harvest earned them $210, and they expect about $420 from their second. This new income allows them to provide for their children’s needs, strengthen their marriage, and dream about the future.

Amanda Rives urges global action to fund school meals—lifelines for children in crisis zones—ensuring no child is left behind in safety, nutrition, and hope.

In Sri Lanka, children lead research to improve school meals through World Vision’s ENOUGH campaign, sharing challenges and hopes for nutritious school food.