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Saturday, January 11, 2025

Launch of CORE Group Partners Project (CGPP) Global Health Security: Community mobilisation to strengthen surveillance of priority zoonotic diseases

With the aim of contributing to the strengthening of community-based surveillance of zoonotic diseases and vaccine-preventable diseases, the CORE Group Partners Project (CGPP) through World Vision International in DRC, with the financial support of USAID, has begun a new phase integrating Global Health Security (GHS) into its activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Focusing on the multisectoral "One Health" approach, this project targets the health zones of Goma, Karisimbi, Uvira and Nundu, in the provinces of North and South Kivu.

Regional Leader's Trip to Sierra Leone: Reflections on Ebola

I’m just returning from a visit in Sierra Leone, visiting our team there working on the Ebola response. I salute their courage, engagement, commitment and...

Enduring the Stigma: diary of safe and dignified burial workers

‘I’ve seen a lot in this job, but that was the saddest day of my life,” reflects Francis Cole. Eyes downcast, Cole recalls the day he buried a mother and...

1686 - that's my number

Maseray is the second female member of the Bo burial team, supported by World Vision. She joined the team to give back to her community, after surviving...

UPDATE: Staffer returns to fight Ebola despite tragic loss

The World Vision base manager at Pujehun, Sierra Leone, who lost his daughter to Ebola, has returned to frontline duties in the fight against the disease...

Ebola survivor gives back

Caring for children orphaned by Ebola or been exposed to the disease is a tricky business. These children have to be isolated for 21 days to ensure they’re...

Regional Leader's Statement: Ebola claims the life of Rachel Nelson

As the West Africa regional leader, I would like to acknowledge the tragic passing of Rachel Nelson, the daughter of our colleague, Tamba Nelson. Rachel...

WV bolsters measures to protect staff from Ebola

The tragic death of the daughter of a World Vision staff member, after she caught the Ebola virus, has prompted World Vision to bolster measures to protect...

Joint forces to prevent Ebola in Niger

The Ebola virus has invaded West Africa region and made thousands of victims. According to the World Health Organizationat least 8,274 people have died...

What happens when the rice runs out?

By Sarah Wilson, World Vision Emergency Communications Specialist Umu Bah had been serving smaller and smaller portions of rice to her family for weeks...

Helping restore women’s dignity

38-year-old Elizabeth is a burial worker living in the Bo District of southern Sierra Leone. She strongly believes in the work she does - despite the...

The top stories of 2014

The top health story for 2014 was definitely the fight against Ebola - over 2,100 people have died fom the virus in Sierra Leone alone. World Vision has...

Christmas festivities banned to prevent spread of Ebola

While people around the world celebrate Christmas in style, those in Sierra Leone must forgo the usual festivities as the country clamps down on...

Living through Ebola: A teenage survival story

14-year-old Hawa has survived the Ebola virus in the Kenema District of Sierra Leone, one of the areas of the country which has been hit hardest by the...

Ordeals of an Ebola widow

38-year-old Nancy lives in World Vision’s Tikonko Area Development Programme in Bo District, southern Sierra Leone. She’s just lost her husband to Ebola...

Helping ensure safe and dignified burials

As I stood alongside the relatives and friends of Betty Thomas to watch her body being brought out by a newly trained burial team, a feeling of peace and...

At home for 21 days

Keeping children in the same place for one day can be a challenge – so imagine how hard it is for families who aren’t able to leave their homes for three...

Orphaned by Ebola: Aminata's story

Aminata is 12 years old. She lives within one of World Vision’s Area Development Programmes in Bo District, in southern Sierra Leone. Like too many other...

Pregnancy in the time of Ebola

Hawa is a 40-year old mother of six living in the Kamara Chiefdom, Kono District, in eastern Sierra Leone. Three of her daughters still live at home and...

Ebola: A survivor's story

40-year-old Tigidanke lives in Kenema district, eastern Sierra Leone. Kenema is where the first Ebola cases were reported in the country and is known as a...

BLOG: 32 graves

Bruno Col is World Vision's Regional Communications Director for the West Africa region. He is currently in Sierra Leone helping respond to the health...

I'm still learning - despite Ebola

12-year-old Rugiatu sits under a mango tree and waits for her school lessons to start. Today it’s maths – her favourite subject. As the class begins, Rugi...

Responding to Ebola in Sierra Leone

World Vision is responding to Ebola in Sierra Leone with protective equipment for health workers, awareness raising with faith and traditional leaders and...

WV Sierra Leone Ebola Crisis: Channels of Hope ignites an Interfaith Movement

Christian Pastors and Muslim Imams work together to ensure their communities know how to avoid Ebola transmission. Click here for an overview of the CoH...

Faith leaders create awareness about Ebola

World Vision Sierra Leone engaged faith leaders to spread the word about Ebola - thus removing peoples' fears and misconceptions about the virus. The faith...