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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bounce Back in Diéma: A Day of Hope, Joy and Dignity for Children

The Diéma Bounce Back event kicks off a series of child-friendly initiatives by World Vision Mali, creating a safe space for children to express themselves, play, and learn.

The old man in the market garden

Why 78-year-old Samba loves market gardening

In the Mopti region, one of the main areas affected by the multiple difficulties (climate change and insecurity) generating displacement and real food...

Photo Barou

Conflict and abandonment weigh heavily on Fatoumata and her children

The regions of central and northern Mali are experiencing an unprecedented conflict that has severely affected the country's population, 63.8% of whom live...

Children in Mali in front of their school

Hunger in Mali: “I did not used to like staying here, because granny did not have food to feed my sister and me.”

What do you think of when you think of the work of World Vision? A person in an orange shirt throwing bags of rice from a truck? Or a doctor holding an...

Lack of awareness about education and child protection at the school

Improving children's development through school-based awareness

World Vision in its commitment to working for children's well-being was able to organise training workshops through an initiative called Education Cannot...

"Our displacement is due to the insecurity carried out by armed groups in our environment. My whole village was forced to leave to escape the violence. We came to Diaba Peulh because we thought we would find some peace. "Penda justified herself

I have not heard from my husband since he left

The security context in central and northern Mali weighs heavily on vulnerable families and has left them with bad memories, as it has made their lives...

I can get water from the pump in the blink of an eye. I am not the only beneficiary, all the inhabitants of the village are talking about it. I believe that it [the borehole] will now serve as our permanent source of drinking water and will encourage our incoming generating activities.” Said Sama

Clean water ends ordeal for Sama and her family

In central Mali, it takes sacrifice and patience to have clean water in some places. This situation is far from pleasant for vulnerable families like Sama...

Cash distribution in Mali

Cash distribution supports more than 240 households to meet urgent needs

Insecurity in central Mali is not the only emergency requiring humanitarian action for the country. Today, families such as those of 43-year-old disabled...

The insecurity has led hundreds of people to take refuge in the outskirts of Bamako (economic capital of Mali) where they most of the times face difficulties such as food insecurity as mother Adja Diallo learned us.

A mother's eternal gratitude to World Vision and its partners

Insecurity has led hundreds of people to take refuge in the outskirts of Bamako, where they most of the times face difficulties such as food insecurity...

The lack of technical support and adequate infrastructure for rural communities is a source of hardship for vulnerable in Mali as these factors severely hamper local development between communities.

The road that relieves an entire community

The lack of technical support and adequate infrastructure for rural communities is a source of hardship for vulnerable people in Mali, as these factors...

Little Aichata an 8-year-old student in 3rd grade living in Mali’s conflict-affected areas with her

Growing up with my grandmother in a hostile environment: Aichata's story

Aichata shares her positive experience of what living with grandmother feels like in a very hostile environment.

The 7-years old little Djenebou lives with her parents in a village a few kilometers from the town of Mopti. Djenebou is a student from a Franco-Arab school who shared with us how her family has suffered from the lack of drinking water for years.

Clean drinking water means no more stomach aches for Djenebou

In Mali, battles are being waged to put an end to diseases linked to unsanitary drinking water, as the problem generally affects people living in rural...

“Today, I am very happy that my father was selected among the recipients because during the first month after our arrival, we had nothing to eat. Thanks be to God since we started to benefit from this food support. Now I eat rice porridge for breakfast, rice for lunch and spaghetti for dinner.” Happily shared Djoulde.

Little Djoulde now has access to three meals a day

Conflict and insecurity in central Mali has affected the living conditions of millions of families in this part of the country. In 2020, research conducted...

Access to clean water is sometimes a synonym of healthy life for all human beings including children. Unfortunately, in developing countries, especially in Mali, many children suffer or die of diseases related to drinking unsafe water.

Moulaye is now safe from diarrhea

Access to clean water is sometimes a synonym of healthy life for all human beings including children. Unfortunately, in developing countries, especially in...

Alimatou

‘Back then, we did not have to beg for food’ – Alimatou recalls life before conflict

The insecurity in the central and northern regions of Mali continues to cause violence and food insecurity for families and despair for children. Alimatou...

Habiba from Mali

How a food assistance programme helped reunite a family

In the past few years, the central and northern regions of Mali have been marked by deep insecurity, resulting in the massive displacement of people and...

Little Mariam needs more than what her mother can give

Little Mariam needs more than what her mother can give

In Mali, conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic have been the main drivers for food insecurity and malnutrition among children under five. In the Mopti region...

For Diallo, farming is a life-threatening activity

For Diallo, farming is a life-threatening activity

conflict is causing unprecedented consequences to the lives of people, particularly children, and their families; most of which are suffering from trauma...

In the village of Nafadi in Diéma district. children's security was at risk , a risk that World Vision could address by building a fence.

The school fence that brought order and protection

Schools are places where children can grow and develop skills for life. Given the fact that this place is where students spend most of their time, their...

LMMS in Mali

Leveraging technology to ease the burden of families displaced by conflict

Developed by World Vision in 2008, in collaboration with Information Technology (IT) industry partners, Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS) improves remote...

Water is arguably the most precious resource on earth. It feeds us, provides us with hygiene and health, enables the production of many goods and energy, and is home to incredible biodiversity.

World Vision's tangible contributions towards the attainment of SDG 6 in Mali

Water is arguably the most precious resource on earth. It feeds us, provides us with hygiene and health, enables the production of many goods and energy...

How savings groups are making a big difference for smallholder farmers in Mali

Coulibaly Diarra, a smallholder farmer from Kolokani district in Mali, testifies of the benefits of World Vision-supported Savings for Transformation (S4T)...

Miriam moved with her family into this modest house

Blog: Children formerly recruited by armed groups are not just statistics

Our Campaigns Coordinator, Manzo Dembele, blogs on the importance of supporting children formerly recruited by armed groups for the successful...

Annual Report: Our impact in Mali in 2020

Discover the progress made through our various programmes in Mali during the year 2020. We remain true to 'Our Promise' (our strategy)* and, first and...

Rebecca Togo (58), mother of five and a leader of the women’s association of a church in the Mopti conflict-affected region since 2016 is one of the heroines of peace in her community

Rebecca cannot remain indifferent to the suffering of others

It is because of women like 58-year-old Rebecca Togo that World Vision is committed to reach and transform the lives of the most vulnerable people in the...