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Indah is helping improve Disaster Management Services in her community.

Indah: Improving Disaster Management Services in Indonesia

My name is Indah. I am a 16-year-old member of the East Jakarta Children's Forum and a Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) facilitator. In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, all children had to stay at home. However, Wahana Visi Indonesia - supported by USAID - implemented the SinerGi Project.

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Indah is helping improve Disaster Management Services in her community.

Indah: Improving Disaster Management Services in Indonesia

My name is Indah. I am a 16-year-old member of the East Jakarta Children's Forum and a Citizen...

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

A three-in-one solution for sustainable disaster risk management

Where Gavin lives, waste management is important because waste has been the main cause of flood and...

Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 06:07

Ukrainian refugee girl with World Vision staff

Ukraine is just one of 52 disasters

In the wake of the Ukraine crisis, Jan considers how World Vision also manages the overwhelming challenge...

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 10:56

World Vision builds capacity of local partners in South Sudan on disaster risk management

Yambio County, South Sudan – A total of 38 participants, 11 of whom are women, from 13 participating...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 07:26

Women empowerment bears fruits and lifts families out of poverty

By Martin Muluka, Emergency Communications Specialist, World Vision Kenya Agnes is joyful as she harvests peas, vegetables...

Monday, March 7, 2022 - 16:41

Leli with her parents and little brother, Daniel (1-year-old), Jinha and Janio (45 years old) are sitting in their rest camp. Photo: Anita Marques/World Vision. 07 April 2021.

Leli has to stay at evacuation centre due to devastating flood destroyed her house

“My house was destroyed by a flood. I still remember when my dad carried me from bed...

Monday, January 10, 2022 - 05:05

USAID supports volunteers to prepare for cyclones in south west Bangladesh

Cyclone Bulbul hit the coast of Bangladesh on 10 November, 2019 with fierce gales and torrential rain. In...

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 09:30

Eleven years in disaster work yet the impact on children still shocks me

I have been involved in managing disaster responses of all kinds since 2010 starting out in Uganda...

Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 13:12

SAFE SCHOOL: Case Study of Samrong2

SAFE SCHOOL: Case Study of Samrong2

CONTEXT Damrey Yorktoek primary school is located in Sraetasok village, Chumrah Pen commune, Samrong district, Takeo province...

Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 13:24

Financial Partnership Led by School Support Committee (SSC) To Improve Safe School Facilities

Financial Partnership Led by School Support Committee (SSC) To Improve Safe School Facilities

The Safe School Framework (SSF) approach was selected for implementation at four primary schools in the fiscal years...

Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 12:53

Diversification helps communities to tackle malnutrition and beat the drought in Kenya

By Martin Muluka, emergency communication specialist. One-year old Dara is weak but recovering from the effects of...

Monday, September 20, 2021 - 18:33

Grass preservation and crop farming enable communities to beat devastating effects of drought in Northern Kenya

By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communication Specialist, Kenya The drought in Northern Kenya has wreaked havoc on...

Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 19:26

Anitha and the children she helps in her India community.

Anitha’s dream of building self-reliant communities in India

Half a dozen people are assembled under a banyan tree that offers very little shade: its branches snapped...

Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 15:49

Children plant Mangrove to protect community against Climate (4)

Children plant mangrove trees to address climate change

Through the Child Focus Disaster Risk Reduction (CFDRR) project, children have the opportunity to learn about the...

Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 04:33

Muuse Rootile IDP camp Somalia 2011 ©2011 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren

We told ourselves – We'd never let famine happen again

On the 10th Anniversary of the Somalia Famine, Sheri Arnott asks: 'How did we get here again?'...

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 00:01

Muslima at tailoring shop

Economic empowerment and financial savings cushion families from adverse effects of drought

By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communications Officer, Kenya Twenty-four-year-old Muslima is living the dream of every mother in...

Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 12:49

Citizen, Voice and Action: Empowering refugees to champion their rights

By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications & Media Officer, Kenya Many organisations offer services aimed at...

Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 07:45

Hearts filled with joy.Beneficiaries express their gratitude after receiving food from World Vision in response to the hunger crisis in Turkana County kenya.©World Vision photo/Martin Muluka.

Children and families cushioned from devastating hunger and malnutrition

By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communication Specialist, Kenya 32-year-old Atebo trudges in a makeshift shade, where registration...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 13:45

Disaster risk reduction project empowers primary students in Solomon Islands

Empowering children on disaster risk reduction knowledge is important as children and women are 14 times more likely...

Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 11:35

A home wrecked by Cyclone Seroja

Is Seroja 'just' another cyclone?

Claire argues that we must never become numb to news reports of extreme weather in other countries...

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 09:24

Amina and Nawal at happy at the shop now

Cash Transfers Help Communities to Recover from the Desert Locust Emergency

By Martin Muluka, World Vision communication Specialist,Kenya Five-year-old Nawal enjoys spending time at her mum’s shop in...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 06:37

Pipeline construction

Cash for Work made access to clean water possible in Kailali

People of Ward 10 and 11 of Godawari Municipality in Kailali district had no choice but to walk...

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 09:26

World Vision enhances access to clean water.Dama and her children Sidi and Saumu fetch water for their use in Mapotea, Kilifi County Kenya

Joy as Communities Access Clean and Safe Water

By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communication Specialist, Kenya The value of water is about much more than...

Monday, March 22, 2021 - 07:38

Rebuilding hopes through cash transfer programming

Rebuilding hopes through cash transfer programming

“I was heartbroken by what happened to us. What I’m worried the most is my children’s welfare...

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 03:17

Communities are ready to respond disasters

Afghanistan is a country endowed with natural beauty. The land of mountains. It is a unique gift of...

Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 05:26