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Thursday, February 13, 2025

The Power of Dignity: How Dignity Kit is Changing the Lives of School Girls in South Sudan

Imagine being 16 and having to miss school for three days every month, or having to sit and write on the floor because there is no chair, desk, or bench at your school. This was Elizabeth’s reality until the Enabling Meaningful Participation of Women and Girls for Essential Rights (EMPOWER) project, funded by Irish Aid, brought big changes to Melut Girls Primary School.

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The Power of Dignity: How Dignity Kit is Changing the Lives of School Girls in South Sudan

Imagine being 16 and having to miss school for three days every month, or having to sit and write on the floor because there is no chair, desk, or bench at...

Turning the Tide: From Shallow Wells to Reliable, Safe Water for All.

World Vision Malawi’s borehole project provides safe water to villages, reducing cholera and malaria risks, improving health, and transforming lives in...

How Portable Water Has Improved Menstrual Hygiene for Pupils at Kabwato Primary School

Portable water improves menstrual hygiene for pupils at Kabwato Primary School, boosting education and health.

World Vision International Board members and the Mutwe Nutrition Garden members

Empowering Resilience: World Vision's Transformative Impact in Hwange

Recently, some of World Vision International’s Board Members, led by Southern Africa Regional Director Mark Kelly, visited the region to witness first-hand...

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Investing in Menstrual Hygiene Facilities Helps Girls Stay in School and Pursue their Education

According to the UNICEF Menstrual Hygiene Management national report, in Ethiopia, on average, one in 10 girls, or 11 %, miss school for reasons related to...

Meet the group of girls evaluated on the use of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) as part of the 'Every Girl Can - Improve Nutrition (EGC-IN)' project.

Evaluating the Impact of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements on Adolescent Anemia: The 'Every Girl Can - Improve Nutrition' Project in Nampula

About 280 girls, aged 13-20, are in the final evaluation of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements in the 'Every Girl Can' project, launched in June 2023 in...

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Girls Rising: A Call for Girl's Empowerment to shape their future by Lomile

Lomile Machaba calls for girl empowerment, highlighting the importance of education and support from families, communities, and the government for a...

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Reflecting on Christ at the Centre: World Vision Lesotho's Day of Prayer

World Vision Lesotho reflects on keeping Christ at the center of humanitarian work, from child protection to climate action, during annual Day of Prayer

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A Journey of Change and Hope: Celebrating an Open Defecation-Free Chibwika Chiefdom

World Vision Zambia, in partnership with UNICEF Zambia and Chibwika Chiefdom, has been working to improve sanitation and hygiene behaviours by conducting...

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day: Empowering vulnerable girls in Ghana

30 girls received a year's supply of sanitary pads as part of the Healthy Environment And Wellness (HEAL) technical programme. World Vision Ghana's Area...

Breaking Barriers to Education: Can Hygiene Awareness Lead the Way?

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Breaking barriers to education: can hygiene awareness lead the way?

In Lebanon, economic crisis and COVID-19 have disrupted education. World Vision’s retention programme in Akkar, funded by the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund...

World Vision provides school toilets

A School Reborn: How Water and Sanitation Restored Dignity and Hope at Senkoase High School

World Vision transforms Senkoane High School with clean water and sanitation, improving students' health, dignity, and education in rural Lesotho.

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Every child deserves access to water that won’t make them sick

For the 703 million people lacking basic drinking water access today, relief continues to remain out of reach. In the year 2024, we are living in the...

The Gift of Clean Water

World Vision Transforms Tsila Ntso Primary School through The Gift of Clean Water

Tsila Ntso Primary School in Lesotho faced water scarcity, impacting hygiene and education. World Vision intervened, providing clean water systems...

Menstrual Hygiene for school girls

Breaking Period Poverty Barriers for a #PeriodFriendlyLesotho

Learn how World Vision Lesotho, with support from Her Majesty Queen Masenate, is tackling period poverty and promoting menstrual hygiene for girls in...

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Clean water for a healthy delivery

Micheelo, 27, a mother of four, lives in a small rural village called Kalama in the heart of Magoye District in the Southern Province of Zambia. A modest...

Menstrual hygiene kit in Nepal

Menstrual Health in retrospect – A decade of lessons learned

Ten years after the first Menstrual Hygiene Day, World Vision reflects on significant progress in menstrual health and hygiene and outlines key lessons and...

Josephine, school aunty from Burundi with her students

School aunties at work to ensure continuity of education in Cibitoke province

School “aunties” (psychosocial assistant volunteers) in Burundi are providing menstrual health education and support to girls at school

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Moyo Chiefdom receives a gift of a maternity annex from World Vision

In a significant boost to healthcare delivery services in Pemba District, World Vision Zambia, in partnership with Golf Fore Africa, recently donated an...

Azinaid at the school

Access to Information Contributes to GREATER MENSTRUAL DIGNITY for Girls in Huila

Azinaide is a 14-year-old girl who attends the "Safe Space" in the municipality of Humpata, Huíla. Like many girls, at the beginning of her reproductive...

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World Vision Zambia provides clean water and Education to Mufumbizi Community of Nyimba district

World Vision Zambia, in collaboration with dedicated partners and the local community, celebrated the official handover to the Zambian Government of four...

Mother Group instrumental to containing dropout rates

Mother groups helping keeping girls in school and address absenteeism during menstrual period by providing handmade sanitary pads.

Joyce and friends receive dignity kits

Menstrual hygiene kits restore dignity of girls in South Sudan

Dignity kits transform the lives of girls and women in South Sudan’s Tambura and Juba counties

Menstrual Hygiene, Eswatini

“Poor Menstrual Hygiene does cause the girl child to drop out” -Shiselweni Menstrual Hygiene 2023

World Vision Eswatini, in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages celebrated Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023 at Mzizi on 9th June 2023 with four schools from...