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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.

COVID-19 Awareness Raising and Prevention

Increasing community awareness on COVID-19 prevention in Bobonaro

Sharing hygiene information to communities is crucial to preventing COVID-19, as most rural communities in Timor-Leste don’t have the information they need...

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Navigating Pregnancy During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications Officer, Kenya Twenty-nine-year-old Janet, began the New Year, 2020, on a high note. Upon discovering...

Amélia is washing the crockery

Impact of COVID-19: Amélia's plight to provide for her child is worsened by the pandemic

Orphaned as a child, 17-year old Amélia prematurely left school to get married as a strategy to try and escape poverty. Things however became more...

Courage in the midst of a crisis in order to restore hope to the vulnerable

Faced with a crisis of global proportions, World Vision is blessed to have passionate hidden hero staff working to restore hope to vulnerable children and...

Agents of change: Children’s voices on COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

Hear from children whose families were affected by the March 2019 Cyclone Idai devastation about how they are coping with yet another crisis, COVID-19...

WASH & livelihoods projects helping to support refugees in Zimbabwe during COVID-19

Crowded spaces like refugee camps are a hotbed for the rapid spread of COVID-19. The need for more water rises, and residents –particularly children–...

Teenage pregnant girl in Bidibidi

COVID-19: Dreams at stake as teenage pregnancies in refugee settlements rise

Like any other young person, 15-year old Lucy (not real name) has a dream. Her dream is to become a doctor to treat sick people and help pregnant mothers...

These Heroes have marked our history as an organization in Mali and around the world

Heroes of our times

During the COVID-19 outbreak over these past months, we have come to discover that real meaning of the word 'hero'. Read about an ordinary nurse and...

NCP achievements

Providing life-saving assistance to the vulnerable children and communities impacted by COVID-19

After Nepal witnessed an increasing number of coronavirus cases, an early COVID-19 response was launched in April 2020 focusing mainly on scaling up the...

Support Communities Affected By COVID-19

Join our Lives Can Change For Good Campaign to stand up for humanity and support families and communities affected by COVID-19. LEARN MORE: https://www.wvi...

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Called to serve - Humanitarian workers in their own words

For World Vision #HiddenHero staff in Uganda, serving the most vulnerable in the face of COVID-19 is not a job; it’s a calling. They have adapted to the...

Mozambique Telma Nampula

The state of emergency drags girls to early pregnancy in Nampula

Since March, World Vision has registered 35 pregnant teenagers; ranging in age between 12 and 17 years old in Kazuzo. Girls like 14-year-old Telma are...

Mozambique Joana

Early pregnancy adds suffering to already distressed Joana due to COVID-19

Joana, 15, used to dream of becoming a teacher. But after schools were closed in March, she quickly became pregnant by her 23-year-old boyfriend, Chifuniro...

Adapted Reading Clubs: From Child to a Book, Back to a Child

Adapted reading clubs: Bringing books closer to children

Improving the quality of teaching for children is one of the most critical strategic objectives of the Education sector at World Vision. “Unlock Literacy”...

Salamatou and her first born Abdoul_Malik

Pregnancy during COVID-19: Salamatou shares her experience

With the advent of COVID-19, community health workers have noticed that many women, like Salamatou, no longer visit health centres because they are afraid...

Rose, a young adult on the front line of COVID-19 prevention

Rose, a young adult on the front line of COVID-19 prevention

Formerly registered under World Vision's child sponsorship programme, Rose is now a youth volunteer working to sensitise her community on COVID-19 and...

Eureka selling Chikwangues (cassava bread)

Children at an increased risk of exploitation in the DRC’s complex context during the pandemic

Children are finding themselves with limited choices in a context where they cannot go to school, and are not allowed to play freely with their friends...

'I am no longer helpless; I feel empowered to protect my family from COVID-19'

By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications Officer, Kenya Edith, aged 38, enjoys spending time with her four children. When they are not playing...

Covid-19

World Vision presents farm inputs to 200 vulnerable farmers in Garu and Tempane Districts in Ghana

To respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the rural poor, World Vision has donated agricultural inputs worth GHC 52, 952 (USD...

World Vision hand over of a lot of protectives materials to Niger republic mediator

Intensifying efforts to prevent COVID-19 infection in Niger

As part of our new campaign against COVID-19 launched in collaboration with Government, we seek to support communities in the Cantonal areas of Tahoua...

Sweet Alternative: Honey Cushions Families from COVID-19 Economic Hurdles

By Wesley Koskei, World Vision Communications Officer, Kenya Margarete, a mother of five, is passionate about beekeeping. As the caretaker of 20 beehives...

Kellen(right side) and her little sister cheerfully reading

Enhancing Literacy through Reading Camps

Children and their parents share about how World Vision's Reading Camps are helping children to improve their literacy skills while schools are closed...

Impact of COVID-19 on the youth in Timor-Leste

World Vision is working with youth in Timor-Leste to prevent violence against women and children. Through IMPACT Clubs, youth gain skills to resolve...

Photo Increase in Children Healthy and Well Nourished

Increase in Children Healthy and Well Nourished

Preah Vihear, July 9, 2020- World Vision held a start-up workshop for the ‘Integrated Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IHNWASH) Project.’...