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Strengthening Ghana’s Border Communities: PATRIP Foundation Reviews BORDER Project

World Vision and PATRIP Foundation monitor the BORDER Project in northern Ghana to strengthen regional resilience and promote peaceful coexistence.

ECO-FLAME

A Brighter Flame, A Healthier Future: The Eco Flame Project in Kakoshi and Lamsi

In Ghana's Savannah Region, women face severe health risks and respiratory illness from toxic wood-fuel smoke while processing cassava into gari.

Partnerships For Children: Shoes for Smiles

Every child deserves to walk into class with confidence, dignity, and hope. That's why Village Steps Foundation, Access Bank Plc Zambia, Zamshu and World...

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Beyond the Finish Line: World Vision Zambia's Flow Fund Campaign at the Kansanshi Marathon

Every month, quietly and without fanfare, thousands of girls across Zambia make a difficult choice. Not whether to study or play, not which subject to...

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Fishing hopes: From fear of floods to a thriving fishing livelihood in rural South Sudan

For years, seasonal flooding in Akuem boma, Aweil East County, left Rebecca Abuk and her family struggling to meet basic needs. In August 2025, her...

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Shoes for Smiles: Partnership Puts 10,000 Vulnerable Children on the Path to School

For many children in rural Zambia, the walk to school is not a simple journey. It begins before sunrise, stretches across kilometres of rough terrain, and...

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Restoring Hope in Tahoua: A Lifesaving Donation from World Vision Women

World Vision female staff help transform pediatric care in Tahoua, Niger. A new, fully-equipped ward is reducing hospital overcrowding and restoring hope...

Two woman sitting on a grass mat, one breast-feeding a baby.

Health and Nutrition

A Mother Empowered: Transforming Child Health Through Knowledge and Support

A young mother’s journey highlights how improved access to health information can transform maternal and child wellbeing. Through World Vision Eswatini’s...

No More Mothers Should Grieve: World Vision Zambia's Fight Against Malaria

"I lost my child at only eight months to malaria. The pain of losing a child to a preventable and treatable disease is devastating," recalls Felistus, a...

Frontline Defenders: Community Health Workers Determined To End Malaria

World Vision Zambia's volunteers are more determined than ever. Every day, they show up on the frontlines, providing treatment and health education to...

From Boreholes to Mechanised Systems: Understanding World Vision's Water Solutions

Water is life and delivering it reliably to communities takes more than just digging a well. In this video, Jessy walks us through the different types of...

She walked for hours. Now, she walks for minutes.

Patience used to start her day before sunrise, not for school, not for play, but for water. The stream was far, the journey was hard, and by the time she...

Real-Time Data, Real Impact: World Vision's Water Quality with mWater

World Vision has always been committed to delivering clean, safe water to the communities that need it most, but ensuring quality at scale requires more...

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Hope grows where clean water flows in remote South Sudan village

At the water point in Panaam, a remote village in Panyikang County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, children gather around the tap stand, filling their...

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When Faith Meets Action: Zambian Communities Turn Crisis into Lasting Investment

The 2023–2024 drought hit rural communities hard. Families who depended on a single source of income, most often farming, found themselves without enough...

On the right, World Vision Mozambique Country Director stands with the Attorney General's Office Secretary after the signing of the MoU.

World Vision Mozambique Partners with the Attorney General's Office for Child Protection

World Vision Mozambique and the country’s Attorney General's office formalize a commitment to work together for the protection of the most vulnerable...

Bible

From Silence to Voice: How One Woman's Literacy Journey Is Transforming a Community

In many Zambian communities, few families own books, and even fewer have personal Bibles. Owning a Bible, however, plays a meaningful role in building a...

WASH Restores Dignity For Communities

For Christine, WASH is far more than water, sanitation, and hygiene; it is the restoration of hope, dignity, and respect for children and their communities...

35 Years of Faithful Service: Story of Chewe Nkumbula

Thirty-five years. Countless roads. One unwavering commitment. Chewe Nkumbula has been behind the wheel at World Vision Zambia for over three decades...

From Thatch to Dignity

At Kasonde Mwamba, a story of community-led transformation is unfolding. What was once a temporary, thatched shelter with limited access to essential...

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Transforming rural communities in South Sudan: Clean water is coming closer to home

As boreholes are currently being drilled closer to homes in Akoc Payam, Twic in Warrap State, a long-awaited change is beginning to take shape. While the...

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The Girl We Were Never Meant to Miss-Blandine’s story of hope and healing

While visiting Rulindo District to document the story of a sponsored child named Bertin, the team discovered another story in his home. They met seven-year...

‘Inyamamare’ Troupe supported by World Vision

The Village that learned to Sing again

On a sunny Wednesday, the narrator visited Nkunamo Village with a music producer to record a traditional troupe called Inyamamare. Welcomed by drums and...

Food distribution

IN SOFARA, FOOD AID BRINGS HOPE TO DISPLACED FAMILIES

For several years, growing insecurity in central Mali has forced many families to flee their villages to find refuge in safer localities.