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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Nana’s Story: How an Empowered Sumba Woman is Lifting Others

Discover Maria Goreti's journey from a rural Sumba village to a Jakarta media leader. Learn how her empowerment story through education and community development is inspiring change in Indonesia.

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World Cities Day

How smart are the smart cities in South Asia & Pacific?

Smart cities need to be more than technologically advanced. They must put people, especially vulnerable families, at the centre of planning.

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Day of the Girl

Girls are already boldly leading; It’s time we catch up

On International Day of the girl, Mona calls for bold, sustained action from governments, civil society actors, and community leaders across Asia and the...

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Nana’s Story: How an Empowered Sumba Woman is Lifting Others

Discover Maria Goreti's journey from a rural Sumba village to a Jakarta media leader. Learn how her empowerment story through education and community...

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Humanitarian and Development Nexus

Is SDG 2 - Zero Hunger still within Myanmar’s reach?

Dr Kyi reflects on how Myanmar’s fight against hunger, amid earthquakes, conflict, and economic crisis seems daunting—but not impossible. Hope can still...

Linh, Vietnam

Born last, treated least… until sponsorship changed everything

Linh grew up overlooked in rural Vietnam—until a youth programme helped her find her voice, challenge gender bias, and transform her family and future.

Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer project

Livelihood, UPG, Conditional Cash Transfer, Empowerment

Empowering the Poorest with Dignity: How Conditional Cash Transfers Are Revolutionising the Ultra Poor Graduation Model in Bangladesh

Across Bangladesh’s poverty pockets, a quiet transformation is underway led not by handouts, but by empowerment. At the heart of this change lies World...

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Dorothy Leads the Charge for Clean and Healthy Living in Torowa

Through the support of the PNG Australia Partnership and the Western Province Partnership (WPP), World Vision were able to facilitate a Community-Led Total...

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Clean Hands Promote Sustainability

World Vision, with the support of the Australian Government through the Water for Women fund was able to implement WASH programs into schools in Daru...

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Rural Community declared as Open Defection Free

Through the support of the Australian Government through - DFAT, the Western Province Partnership (WPP) and World Vision were able to facilitate programs...

From Devastation to Hope: Profound Reflections on the Aceh Tsunami Response 20 Years Later

From devastation to hope: Reflections on the Aceh Tsunami Response 20 years later

For the next few months, the only news that mattered in Indonesia, and probably around the world, was the mega Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami disaster, which...

Luna’s Dreams: A Tale of Triumph over Limitations

Luna’s Dreams: A Tale of Triumph over Limitations

35-year-old Luna hailing from the quiet hills of Kathmandu is a person with disability bound with unwavering determination. Entrenched by hardship and lack...

Health & Livelihoods

Kamo’s Bold Decision for Health and Nutrition

Kamo Kukuwa, a dedicated Village Health Assistant and farmer, opted for a vasectomy to support his wife’s health and prioritize nutrition for their family.

FAITH IN ACTION

A community-based organisation in Mendi benefits from World Vision training

Timothy Mako and Sandra Yambaki founded the Southstar Sports Development Association (SSDA) in Mendi, Southern Highlands, in 2018 to help at-risk youth...

Meet Neha, advocate for girls rights from Nepal

Child Sponsorship

From child marriage survivor to advocate for change: Neha's story

Sponsor a girl in Nepal and help end child marriage. Support education and change lives in a community where high school graduation is a rare achievement.

Damaged home

Staff blog: A heart-stopping earthquake in southern Philippines

Staff blog on 6.9 magnitude Sarangani earthquake

Improved living environment at home for Xiao Ran

Xiao Ran: Walking towards a wider horizon

Xiao Ran, a 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, is taking step by step closer to his dream of seeing the great, big world beyond his village.

Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022

Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Following the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2022, Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) 2022 took...

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Projects may end but humanitarian work continues

Roselyn and her sister, Bernardine have been serving as World Vision’s village health volunteers since the Caring for Nutrition project's inception in 2017...

Crisis to Hope: Asia Summit for Corporate Good 2022

Our society is facing the gravest of crises in 75 years: a deadly pandemic, increased climate hazards, and deteriorating socio-economic stability. The...

A gift of chickens reunites a family

A gift that reunites a family

In a shelter built by wood with thatch roof lives a family of three: Socheata and her parents. Socheata is six years old girl from Tma Pouk Area Programme...

I’m stuck in the red-light area, and I can't change that. But I want my children to move out from here and have their own life.

Education shines hope for children in a red-light area

The warm glow from a candle exposes beads of sweat on Binsa's face. The room has no electricity or windows and is dark even though it’s the middle of the...

Due to poverty, many children dropped out from school and got involved in child labour.

Forced to quit school, yet he dreams

Momen's hometown Afzalpur is a remote village in the northern part of Bangladesh, where the inhabitants are farmers and live under the poverty line. Most...

PHINLA: Waste banks help communities

Generating incomes from wastes

In Indonesia, waste management has increasingly become a big problem. As much as 67.2 million tons of wastes is disposed every year in Indonesia (Indonesia...

Ngwar Tar enjoys seeing his grandchildren smile while playing with the baby goats in his small goat farm

Goats bring joy and a secure livelihood

"I wanted to raise cattle and goats but couldn't afford it because it required a lot of money," says 62-year-orld Ngwar Tar, whose family had to leave...