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Monday, May 19, 2025

Overcoming Menstrual Menace: Cynthia’s Fight for Education and Dignity

Menstruation period was a menace for girls like the 16-year-old Cynthia, who relieves the ordeal of missing school every single week of the month. Cynthia, a grade eight at Chipapa Primary School, explains that girls who reach the menstrual age like her face the challenge of finding sanitary pads adding that in most cases they would just avoid school and stay home until menstruation is over.

Hygiene

Overcoming Menstrual Menace: Cynthia’s Fight for Education and Dignity

Menstruation period was a menace for girls like the 16-year-old Cynthia, who relieves the ordeal of missing school every single week of the month. Cynthia...

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78th World Health Assembly

Extending the Global Nutrition Targets: What does it mean for children?

Elizabeth Margolis shares about Global Nutrition targets and how these can impact children lives.

International Day of families

God’s Blueprint for a Thriving Nation Starts with Family

Discover how strong, loving families are key to child well-being and national transformation through faith, healing, and positive parenting.

enhancing child protection, community safety, and access to justice for children.

New Office for Child Protection Handed Over to Pitseng Police Station

World Vision Lesotho hands over child-friendly CGPU office in Pitseng, enhancing child protection, community safety, and access to justice for children.

access to justice and safety for abused children.

World Vision Fulfils Promise with New Child-Friendly Unit in Leribe

World Vision Lesotho hands over a child-friendly protection office to LMPS in Pitseng, boosting access to justice and safety for abused children.

Sofia looks to a hopeful future for herself and her classmates

School Dropout in Angola: An Obstacle to Progress and Development

In Angola, attending school is still a challenge for many children. According to the National Institute of Statistics, in 2022, the dropout rate in primary...

Inside World Vision's lifesaving health centre in Syria!

Inside World Vision's lifesaving health centre in Syria!

Lesotho's New Child-Friendly Police Office

A Dream Realized: A Step Forward for Child Protection with Lesotho's New Child-Friendly Police Office

New child friendly CGPU office in Pitseng boosts child protection in Lesotho through partnership between World Vision and the Lesotho Mounted Police...

Youth Representative Makes Urgent Appeal to Strengthen Child Protection in Lesotho

Mafolofolo shares bold, heartfelt calls for safer spaces, justice, and healing for every child at the CGPU handover in Pitseng.

Masabata's Message of Gratitude and Hope at the Pitseng Police Station Child Protection Milestone

Masabata calls for child safety, ending abuse, and stronger protection systems at the Pitseng CGPU handover. A bold voice for change.

The banner of the European Humanitarian Forum

World Vision at the 2025 European Humanitarian Forum

World Vision's presence and contributions at the 2025 European Humanitarian Forum.

A Safe Lesotho for Every Child

A Safe Lesotho for Every Child: Why Child Protection Must Be at the Centre of Our National Agenda

A call to prioritize child protection in Lesotho through child-friendly spaces, stronger systems, and collective action to keep every child safe.

Maria Zita, a farmer from the Nkhondo community

Field School: A Transformation for Sustainability and Food Security in Times of Drought

Maria Zita is a farmer from the remote community of Nkhondo, in southern Angola. She had to leave school in the 5th grade due to a lack of opportunities...

A cook giving school meals to children at school

Healthy School Feeding Ensured During Drought in Southern Angola

The Okulonguesa project, implemented in Namibe in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities like Nkhondo, is transforming lives. In addition to benefiting...

Muthana at his class showing us his text book. Narmeen Ali, © World Vision 2025.

Education & WASH

Beyond Survival: Education and Hygiene Support for Displaced Children in Tooz

World Vision Iraq, with funding from a private donor, has supported 211 children in six schools to access Catch-Up Classes and rehabilitated washing...

Milia using the new washing facilities and learning proper handwashing with Narmeen. Mohammed Mansour, © World Vision 2025.

Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation

Closer, Cleaner, Safer: Giving Students in Tooz a Fresh Start

This is a story of Payam and her daughter Maili who both benefited from World Vision Iraq`s intervention in the school where Pyam teaches and Maili studies...

Faith leaders & climate change

World Vision Iraq Leads Dialogue on Climate Change & Its Impact on Children's Well-Being

World Vision Iraq Leads Dialogue on Climate Change & Its Impact on Children's Well-Being

Climate change & school energy supply

Installing a solar power system at one of Erbil’s most overcrowded preparatory schools for girls

Installing a solar power system at one of Erbil’s most overcrowded preparatory schools for girls

The Resilience and Recovery Pathways for Iraq (RRPI)

The Resilience and Recovery Pathways for Iraq (RRPI) programme is a collaborative initiative led by eight international and national NGOs, among them World...

At the heart of the NAF intervention is the Community Adaptation Action Plan (CAAP), a planning tool that gathers input directly from community members.

Hope After the Deluge: How Luuq is Rebuilding After Somalia’s 2023 Worst Flooding in a Century

Nearly two years on, the impact of the 2023 floods still lingers. In Luuq’s largest displacement site, Jazira, over 900 households continue to seek shelter...

The Child Protection Reference Group Meeting

How the Child Protection Reference Group is Transforming Lives in Southern Mozambique

In Mozambique, a local Child Protection Group brings justice closer to families, tackling early marriage and child rights violations with renewed hope.

WORLD VISION URGES AFRICAN LEADERS TO ACCELERATE SDGs PROGRESS

The 11th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD11), held in Kampala, Uganda (April 9–11, 2025), called for bold leadership and accelerated...

A mother giving food to her children in a PD Hearth session

DR Congo: World Launches Positive Deviance Hearth Approach to Combat Malnutrition in Tshiyanda

This article highlights the response to ongoing child malnutrition in Tshiyanda, where World Vision DRC has launched the Positive Deviance Hearth (PD...

World Vision Scales Up School Feeding Program in Malawi

World Vision has scaled up nutrition efforts, reaching over 60 thousand children in Malawi with school meals.