Monday, March 30, 2026

Tarek, Transforming Waste into Resources for a Greener Ukhiya

Tarek, a 13-year-old from Ukhiya, shares his journey of turning plastic waste into community resources, inspiring collective action for a cleaner, greener environment.

Luyando

A young nurse takes on the fight against teenage pregnancy and child marriage

Twenty-nine-year-old Luyando Hakanyanga, a nurse at Chimba Rural Health Centre, challenged herself to help reduce the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and...

Alfred - DRC

Thanks to a reading club, seven-year-old Alfred learns to write his name

One of World Vision's aspirations is to see children educated for life. As such, we are collaborating with various stakeholders to set up reading clubs so...

Phillip wants to be a teacher when he grows up.

Raising Phillip, the aspiring teacher in Malawi

Asiyileni dropped out of secondary school because her parents could not afford to pay for her school fees. Despite working hard on their farm where they...

Jimmy and Thomas

Young Thomas dreams to become a teacher

“When I leave school I want to become a teacher,” a 13-year-old Thomas tells our World Vision team. Young Thomas is a very confident child who could not...

Training helps Wubalem to escape early marriage

Child protection training helps Wubalem escape early marriage

After World Vision’s massive training on child protection to schools, community and Government staff, 14-year-old Wubalem and her community were able to...

WVM/Spelling bee

Spelling bee superstars Misheck and Vione bring home the gold

Lumero Primary School in Karonga and Devine Academy in Blantyre are happy schools. Their candidates brought them medals from this year’s national Spelling...

Vanessa/SADC

SADC leaders urged to address climate change challenges affecting children

Children from different communities in Malawi have appealed to Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government to put them at...

reading

Nhyira overcomes learning difficulties to amaze audience at a reading festival

One of World Vision's key objectives is to educate children for life. This is possible through various programmes offered at birth and beyond adolescence...

“Do something for our future”: South Sudan’s former child soldiers appeal during FOCUS Project launch

Mboriegie Hellen Mustafa, 16, raised her passionate appeal for fellow children during the launch of the Focusing on Children with Unmet Child Protection...

Birth

More than 4,300 children receive birth certificates in Northern Province

In an effort to ensure that boys and girls from vulnerable households remain protected while at home during the COVID-19 pandemic period, World Vision has...

Tabassum was tricked by her neighbour when she was facing a tough time.

Almost trafficked: The Girl Power Group saving children in India

A trafficker is an expert storyteller. Whether it is a promise of a happy marriage, a well-paying job in the city or an escape from the harsh realities of...

Pic of Stelina

Stelina, the young woman who seeks change for children and youth

“The contribution given as a group of children for some changes in the law for the rights and protection of children makes us proud because this law helps...

Eka

Eka, a brave teenager in Bangladesh, says NO to child marriage

Story by Samantha Urban Tarrent, World Vision US. Updated in June 2021 by Nobo Jatra. The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, estimates more than 650 million...

Tassy tackles impact of teen pregnancy and child marriage on girls' education

In this video, Tassy (17) narrates how teenage pregnancies and child marriage led to her writing of Grade Nine examinations as the only girl in her grade...

Purity in the picture

A young entrepreneur with a positive mind

Being the first child, Purity hopes to have a bright future and elevate her family from poverty. She passed her seventh grade examinations and is now in...

Children posing with the banner

Children present views to duty bearers on Day of the African Child

The Day of the African Child presents an opportunity for children in Zambia and across the continent to express their views to duty bearers and decision...

Ten-year-old Nchimunya calls for community's help to end child marriage

Ten-year-old Nchimunya from Sinazongwe calls for society to help children attain their right to education by ending child marriage and other forms of child...

Day of the African Child: Young people from West Africa have their say on what would make Africa fit for children

As Africa marks 30 years after the adoption of the African Children's Charter in 2021, World Vision and its Joining Forces Coalition partners are...

CHILDREN

'How I escaped child marriage and attained my dream of going to school'

By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications & Media Officer, Kenya Jane (not her real name) was forcefully married off to a man in his 50s, at the...

Highlights: Zambia Ladies Open & Junior Girls Golf Tournament 2021

The Zambia Ladies Open Golf tournament teed off at Bonanza Golf Course from 4-6 June 2021, supported by World Vision, among other partners. The competition...

Shemema's poem to help end child marriage in Ghana

As we count down to this year's African Union Day of the African Child (DAC 2021) on 16 June, a World Vision-sponsored child, Shemema recites a poem...

Kids presenting to Senior Leadership Team

Reviewing a national office strategy through the eyes of children

World Vision's senior leadership team in Sierra Leone often engages with children at every level individually, but on this day it is part of their group...

Dola smiling for the camera

Child marriage is a war. We children are warriors.

Dola, 16, shares how children and young people in Bangladesh are fighting to stop and end child marriage

Nomurandi at HLPF

Empowering children and young people on the global stage: the pitfalls of a one-time participation approach

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Director, Child Participation & Rights, Advocacy In the last decades, we have witnessed an increasing recognition of children and...