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Beyond organisational structures: Why trust is central to child-focused humanitarian action in Syria

The global humanitarian system is under strain. Funding is drying up. Humanitarian space is shrinking, and morale among frontline workers is under pressure...

From Refugees to Leaders Helping their Communities build new lives

After starting their lives from scratch as refugees in a new country, Ben and Amalia have established their own NGOs to support their communities.

A Journey of Hope: Transforming the lives of youth with disabilities in Albania

Regional Leader Eleanor Monbiot highlights the impact of the World Vision–Kia partnership in albania, helping children and youth with disabilities thrive.

Education in Emergencies

Between Fear and Hope: Day in the Life of a Girl in the West Bank

"The road to school takes an hour... When I go back alone, I'm afraid they will find me," says 12-year-old Dalia, about the daily challenges she faces.

Maternal and Child Health

Pregnant in the West Bank: The Dangerous Risks of Delivery

World Vision supports pregnant women in the West Bank as giving birth safely is met with significant barriers, such as checkpoints and the risks of...

A young Palestinian girl

Mental Health in Emergencies

Under Constant Fear: The Impact of Escalating Middle East Crisis on West Bank Children

While shrapnel and debris fall from the sky, families are forced to stay indoors around the clock — every aspect of their lives has been upended.

Noura* in the project workshop. World Vision Syria Response, Joanna Zreineh

Private Latrines Project provides Safety and Opportunity in Azraq Camp

After fleeing Syria, Noura's family faced difficulties in Azraq Camp. The Private Latrines project gave them safety, dignity, privacy, and a livelihood.

Health, nutrition, Syria, crisis, aid

Emercengy WASH, Health, Nutrition and Protection support in Northern Syria

After years of displacement and economic collapse, Syrians are in great need for essential services. WVSR's health project is providing essential health...

education, rehabilitation, Syria, livelihoods, children

World Vision rehabilitated 15 school in central Syria - Rebuilding Education

Recently, we have rehabilitated 15 schools in Rural Damascus as we make it our priority to contribute in providing a bright future to the children of Syria...

A young girl in a blue and white striped shirts looks into the camera while holding a small, white bunny stuffed animal.

Ukraine Crisis Response

Four Winters In: What Ukraine’s Children Are Living Through

Four years into the war, Ukraine’s children face deep psychological wounds. Explore how conflict reshapes childhood and what’s being done to help them heal...

educational center (ECHO)

EU-Funded World Vision Programme Reaches 4,800 Children as War Continues to Disrupt Learning

EU-funded World Vision project supports 4,800+ Ukrainian children with education, psychosocial aid, and protection amid ongoing war disruptions.

Climate Change Adaptation

Bringing Nature to Children: A Mobile Environmental Museum Inspires Hope in Vulnerable West Bank Communities

In 2025, the Green Palestine Project brought the Mobile Environmental Museum to 40 vulnerable communities across the West Bank in 2025. Through 80 hands‑on...

A midwife during her training in the West Bank

Emergency Health

Strengthening Emergency Delivery Care in the West Bank: 121 Health Workers Trained Against All Odds

In August 2025, World Vision, in close partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), delivered a three‑week Emergency Delivery Training programme...

One of the rehabilitated schools

Syria, Rehabilitation, Education, Livelihoods

Learning Still Has a Home

Amid Syria’s education crisis, millions out of school and learning spaces damaged, Fadi* describes how broken basics made his children’s school feel unsafe...

Syria, Jordan, WASH, Livelihoods

Witness the impact unfold at Azraq camp - Latrines project

Sulaiman*, a Syrian refugee in Azraq camp, talks about his work as an IBV in WVSR’s private latrines project, funded by ADA, providing refugees with...

Online Safety Day Cover Photo

Online Safety Day

Online Safety Day: Helping children navigate artificial intelligence and social media safely

World Vision Iraq highlights how parents, schools, and communities can support children’s online safety amid social media and AI.

World Vision Albania and partner staff conducting rapid needs assessment in flood-affected areas of Durrës.

Emergency Flood Response in Albania: 1,800 People Supported in Durrës

1,800 people in Durrës, Albania, receive rapid emergency support from World Vision Albania and Start Fund after severe floods.

Sopho with locals

Breathing New Life into her Home Village – A Young Entrepreneur’s Journey

After overcoming a serious illness, Sopho returned to her home village Vazisubani to set up a successful and inclusive social enterprise for her community.

Ameer* during the MUAC screening

ENOUGH, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Syria, livelihoods, children

Ameer’s* healing journey through displacement and malnutrition

Reham*, a displaced mother in northeast Syria, discovered her 9-month-old son Ameer* was severely malnourished when WVSR’s mobile clinic screened him using...

Amal* holding her book, ready for class

How Amal was Brought Back to School in Rural Syria

After two years without learning, Amal stepped foot in the classroom thanks to a World Vision project in a displacement camp in northwest Syria.

Where Learning Brings Back Hope

Lebanon Humanitarian Fund

Where Learning Brings Back Hope

Children in southern Lebanon face disrupted education due to conflict and displacement. An education retention programme is helping restore learning...

A group of children during a support session in the north of the West Bank

Education in Emergencies

Classrooms of Resilience: Supporting Displaced Children in the West Bank

In response to the growing mental health emergency, World Vision launched a programm focused on Social and Emotional Learning and Psychosocial Support...

education, rehabilitation, Syria, livelihoods, children

World Vision rehabilitates 15 schools in Rural Damascus!

Through World Vision’s education and rehabilitation project, 15 schools reopened after rehabilitation work, giving children the chance to finally resume...

Nesrin

Ten Years Later, Nesrin Began Again

In Dibis, Kirkuk, Iraq, Nesrin returns to dairy farming, rebuilding her livelihood with determination, hygiene practices, and renewed hope for her family...