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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Rural Herat Health Centre: 'Without It, We Would Still Be Losing Lives'

After travelling for hours from Gunbadi village, families were often too late to be treated. A new clinic is saving lives, supporting thousands of people.

Forced to flee their homes due to either conflict or drought or both, children like 10-year-old Ebyan (and women) make up the majority of the population living in makeshift settlements.

Somalia braces for a sixth season of poor rains, risk of famine; amidst fears of reduction in funding

At least 6.5 million people across Somalia will struggle to find food and therefore be exposed to hunger and malnutrition beginning April to June, due to...

First lady at the outreach

USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits World Vision Nutrition Outreach Programme in Kajiado, Kenya

World Vision was honoured to host the First Lady of the United States of America (USA), Dr. Jill Biden, during her visit to Kenya. She visited a nutrition...

Food and nutrition crisis in Burkina Faso - Act through prevention of malnutrition

Impact of the food and nutrition crisis on communities, particularly children, and presentation of achievements of a nutrition project implemented by World...

Halima weighing a child with the perimeter brachial

The homes of learning and nutritional recovery allow the recuperation of 1,256 malnourished children in the department of Guidan Roumdji in Niger

The homes of learning and nutritional recovery allow the recuperation of 1,256 malnourished children in the department of Guidan Roumdji in Niger

Aluel and her daughter

Flooding forces displaced people to uproot again

Aluel, a conflict-displaced mother, and her four children face yet another displacement due to floods in Warrap State.

Children at risk of malnutrition as Somalia drought worsens

More children are facing severe malnutrition as drought worsens across Somalia. At least 200 children have died of malnutrition centers since January this...

In southern Somalia, across Baidoa and Dollow a combination of drought and high food prices are creating a perfect storm

Drought and high food prices create a perfect storm in southern Somalia

As of 30 June, the severe drought has affected more than 7 million people, an increase from 6.1 million in May, with over 800,000 people internally...

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Child Wasting: Where do we go from here?

As the G7 prepares to talk global hunger crisis, nutrition expert Colleen Emary lists the wins and ‘what next’ in preventing children from dying of acute...

As food options run out parents are resorting to wild fruits

Surviving the drought in Somalia: Parents forced to serve their children wild fruits to cope with hunger

Drought conditions across Somalia have continued to worsen. Little to no rains between April and June have made this current season among the top three...

World vision delivers mobile healthcare

World Vision delivers health services in the most remote areas through a mobile healthcare programme

Mobile clinics offer flexible and viable options for treating isolated and vulnerable groups. To serve the community in the Afar region, World Vision's...

Rethabile - Lesotho

A new beginning as three-year-old Rethabile is rescued from malnutrition

When her mother left her at the age of two to look for a job in the neighbouring Republic of South Africa, Rethabile’s grandmother lost all hope that her...

South Sudan’s Hunger Crisis: Over 2 million people reached through multi-sectoral programming

One year on, the World Vision East Africa Hunger Emergency Response in South Sudan has made many strides in reaching the most vulnerable children. With a...

Communal clashes and displacement worsen deepening hunger crisis in South Sudan’s vulnerable areas

“The conflict took us by surprise. We fled quickly but the only thing I was able to take with us was my savings from the sale of my harvested farm products...

Kitchen gardens help Juba’s mothers earn more income and raise healthier children

Nyoka, a 48-year-old mother of seven was among the 160 mothers who were trained on various ways to prevent malnutrition through kitchen gardening, and how...

Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food helps thousands of children recover from acute malnutrition in South Sudan

Mary is 27-years-old and already a mother of three. She prematurely gave birth to her daughter Emman at seven months. “I stayed at the hospital for a week”...

Malnutrition among children and women worsen as hunger crisis continue to impact South Sudan

Faiza, a 22-year-old mother of three, is among the millions of South Sudanese faced with the hunger crisis. Displaced about two years ago from her home due...

South Sudan's mothers beat malnutrition with CSB++ and loads of resilience

“My husband’s family did not accept me when I was pregnant”, says Alice, a 17-year-old mother of one. While helping her mother, 38-year old Ana, sell...

Community health

Building trust among Yemen’s people

By Sophie Guenster, Yemen Response Programme Coordinator The situation in Yemen is more shocking than ever. Nearly 21 million people, 70% of the total...

Child with severe malnourishment improves through Nutrition project (1)

Child with severe malnourishment improves through Nutrition Project

Stella did not know about nutritional balanced diets and was unable to provide Shirley the type of balanced meal she direly needed. This is when Cathy...

Knitted blankets keep babies warm during South Sudan’s cold season

“The blanket has helped in keeping my babies warm”, says Joy, a 20-year-old mother of twin boys, Joel and Joshua living in Juba, South Sudan’s capital...

Emebet Feeds her son nutritious food

Positive Deviant/Hearth programme - A proven way out of malnutrition

Emebet Yirse, 22, is one of the mothers whose child was identified as moderately malnourished during a child health assessment survey coordinated by World...

Hernani is feeding chickens. Image: Feliciano Luis / World Vision

Hernani succeeded in chicken rearing inspired by World Vision’s ANCP Better Food Better Health Project

“Before, I had no intention and no idea how to raise chicken. When World Vision staff organised a meeting in my village to socialise the chicken rearing...

At least 4 million people (nearly 80 per cent of them children below five years) will need nutrition support and this includes life-saving therapeutic care and rehabilitation to avert exposure to risks such as malnutrition.

Nearly 8 million children in Sudan will require urgent humanitarian assistance in 2022

Approximately 14.4 million people across Sudan –a third of the population, or one in every three people– will need humanitarian assistance in 2022. This is...

Swangirai in Zambia when he was 11 months old and aged 12 years.

How Plumpy'Nut saved Swangirai from malnutrition in Zambia

Now a fourth grader, Swangirai watches as images of him as a malnourished baby scroll on the computer in front of him. “I rejoice having seen my childhood...