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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Mobilisers at the market: How communities are learning about COVID-19 vaccines

Our role is crucial in changing people’s minds. I saw the rise in the number of people getting vaccinated. This gives me the fulfilment that I was able to do my job well and keep people safe and protected.

Samuel listens to music during the lockdown

COVID-19: Coping with a lockdown in a refugee settlement

Families tell us how they are coping with the lockdown in their Uganda refugee settlement during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak.

COVID-19 Response in Lesotho

Supporting children on ARV treatment during COVID-19 lockdown in Lesotho

For children living with HIV whose families struggle to put food on the table, school days are an opportunity to get their first meal of the day; sometimes...

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COVID-19 in Albania: World Vision distribute seedlings for families in rural areas

"We take care of the seedlings, you give us hope” - are the inspiring words of Artenisa, a 15 year-old from a village in Librazhd. Her family is among 62...

Food distribution

World Vision and World Food Programme have adjusted food distributions to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infection

Safety measures put in place to support efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Sudan such as restrictions on movements and gatherings have...

COVID-19 places millions of children at risk in fragile & displacement contexts

The impact of COVID-19 is likely to be disastrous and unprecedented for children.

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Are children forgotten in the response to the pandemic?

Across Asian developing countries, COVID-19 is a gigantic nemesis that can paralyse their already frail and inadequately prepared health system...

Pastor Peter, Communities of Hope in Sierra Leone

Putting our faith in leaders

In so many developing countries, people of faith and faith-based organisations play a substantial role in providing healthcare.

Happy Children

Protecting Children from Abuse during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications Officer, Kenya School holidays usually bring joy to many children. Boys and girls often look forward to...

Communities fleeing swarms of locusts in Laisamis Kenya

COVID-19 Threat and Locust Invasion: Children and Families affected in Kenya

By Zipporah Karani and Charles Kariuki, World Vision Communications Officers, Kenya Along a dusty road at Laisamis in Kenya, government officials are hard...

Meet William, a 14 year old helping to fight COVID-19 in his Community

William is from South Sudan, and he stays in Omugo refugee settlement in Uganda's West Nile Region. He is in Primary 4, but since schools were closed to...

Our National Director is joining the #SafeHandsChallenge!

Sean Kerrigan, World Vision's National Director in Rwanda, is joining the #SafeHandsChallenge. In collaboration with the Rwanda Ministry of Emergency...

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World Vision steps up efforts in response to COVID-19 in Rwanda

In collaboration with the Rwanda Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) and UNHCR, World Vision is currently supporting vulnerable children and...

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COVID-19 Response: World Vision donates PPE to Christian Health Association of Ghana

One of the most disturbing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is news of frontline health workers risking their lives and continually caring for the sick...

From the #HiddenHero Series: Meet Oumou from Mali

Behind every aspect of World Vision's work throughout the last 70 years, Hidden Heroes have risen up in every season. Across the headlines, COVID-19...

World Vision partners with faith leaders to reduce COVID-19 infections and stigma

Across the globe, we are mobilising, equipping and working with some of the more than 400,000 faith leaders in 50 countries we have trained over the past...

Improving access to education during COVID-19 lock down

World Vision is improving access to education for children in Zimbabwe during COVID-19 lockdown

When disasters strike they affect everyone including the most vulnerable. Children are always a vulnerable group in any emergency and the coronavirus...

Donation Prevention Kits Covid -19

In Mali, World Vision donates prevention kits in the fight COVID-19 in Kolokani

In Mali, World Vision donated prevention kits in the fight against COVID-19 in Kolokani. As part of the activities to fight the virus and faithful to its...

World Vision's Tony Rinaudo demonstrates trimming a eucalypt to World Vision's Cecundina Pereira (centre) and a local farmer in Aileu. Photo: World Vision

Why COVID-19 is a chance for us to 'regreen our mindscapes'

If we don’t change any behaviours, what of the future? It is our moral imperative to seize this moment in time to make a transition to an ecological...

COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms Short Video Compilation

World Vision's staff in Sierra Leone are using short videos to educate vulnerable communities about the dangers of COVID-19 and how they can protect...

World Vision International Nepal supported 1,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and 120 IR thermometers to the Government of Nepal

World Vision supports the government of Nepal in the fight against COVID-19

World Vision International Nepal (WVIN) supported 1,000 PPE and 120 Infrared (IR) thermometers to the Government of Nepal on 22 April amidst concerns about...

It Takes Us All to End COVID-19

On Wednesday April 1st 2020, the Government of Sierra Leone announced a three-day nationwide lockdown as a containment measure against the spread of COVID...

James Chifwelu and Dr. Alpha T Wurrie

World Vision donates equipment to protect healthcare workers in Sierra Leone against COVID-19

As World Vision in Sierra Leone continues to support government strides to fight COVID-19, a symbolic donation was made on Thursday 16 April 2020 to the...

Faith leaders during the session

COVID-19: Engaging faith leaders to be channel of hope during the pandemic

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Vision in Mozambique is re-thinking the way it does business in order to continue its humanitarian mandate. The...

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Rural women’s group stepping up to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Disrupting lives and destroying economies COVID-19 is a disease like no other. The effect of the coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, on the loss...