Wednesday, August 19, 2026

DR Congo: From Severe Malnutrition to Recovery: Marie’s Journey to Protect Her Granddaughter

This human-interest story highlights the journey of Jeannine, a young girl from Gemena who overcame severe acute malnutrition with timely medical treatment and support from World Vision. Through the Positive Deviance Hearth programme, her grandmother Marie also gained practical knowledge on nutrition, hygiene and childcare, enabling her to protect Jeannine’s health and prevent malnutrition in her family. The story illustrates how early detection, community support and caregiver education can save lives and contribute to lasting improvements in child nutrition.

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Anticipatory Action

Before They Fled: How Early Action Protected a Childhood Stolen by Crisis

World Vision Lebanon’s anticipatory action enabled rapid support for displaced families and protected children like Ali during Lebanon’s crisis.

Lokolita

How timely emergency cash assistance is helping a mother rebuild life for her seven children in drought-affected Turkana

Learn how, after years of drought in Turkana County, Emergency cash assistance is helping Lokolita put food on the table and restore hope for her seven...

Somalia faces another famine- fifteen years later

Fifteen years after famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, a crisis that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, World Vision is warning that the country...

When Knowledge Takes Root 🌱

AGRIFORWARD empowers farmers in Lebanon with sustainable agricultural skills, stronger livelihoods and a renewed connection to their land.

Strengthening Community Health and Nutrition Through the Grandmother Inclusive Approach (GMIA) and CCWC Collaboration.

From 11 to 13.2 Centimeters: A Grandmother's Journey to Save a Child from Malnutrition

World Vision's Grandmother Inclusive Approach is helping families in Siem Reap combat child malnutrition through local leadership and caregiving support.

Tilapia pond in Kwene Community

Growing Hope, Building Futures: Livelihood Success in North Malaita

Growing hope in North Malaita through climate-resilient livelihoods, empowering families with new income opportunities, food security and brighter futures.

14-year-old Cheinise is the Secretary of the Children’s Parliament in Nampula City.

Children Take Centre Stage in Mozambique’s Fight Against Malnutrition

Children acknowledge decision-makers for including them in forums addressing issues that impact their lives and urge the conversion of commitments into...

Fatima proudly displaying two of the chickens she received through the project

Nutrition, Children, Livelihood, Food, Women, Empowerment

The Chickens I Once Disliked Now Sustain My Family: Fatima’s Journey to Resilience

Fatima’s journey shows how poultry farming and a kitchen garden helped sustain her family, improve her children's nutrition, and build resilience.

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CHILD PARTICIPATION

Who Gets to Count as an Expert? Children’s Voices Are Evidence, Not Anecdotes

Redefining child participation as a driver of evidence, accountability, and policy change.

Maternal child health and nutrition project in Mongolia

Why community‑based maternal and child health works: Lessons from Khovd Province, Mongolia

Discover how a community-based maternal and child health project in Mongolia improved child nutrition, strengthened primary healthcare, and empowered...

Rebecca and her mum

DR Congo: In Gemena, Rebecca Overcomes Malnutrition and Returns to School

After developing severe acute malnutrition, six-year-old Rebecca's life was transformed through World Vision's integrated nutrition programme in Gemena...

Jeannine with her daughter

DR Congo: From Distress to Hope: How Jeanine Saved Zozo’s Life Through Positive Deviance Hearth

After losing two children to malnutrition, Jeanine feared she would lose her daughter Zozo as well. Through World Vision's integrated nutrition programme...

Chantal with her family

DR Congo: A Second Chance Gives Chantal Hope for Her Children's Future

After losing a child to malnutrition, Chantal feared history would repeat itself when her six-year-old son, Franck, became severely malnourished. Through...

A man helping her wife

DR Congo: When Fathers Get Involved, Children's Nutrition Improves Through Positive Masculinity

This story highlights how World Vision is promoting positive masculinity in Luambo Health Zone, Kasai Central, by encouraging fathers to play an active...

School meals

Why School Meals Need a Nutrition Accountability Revolution

Why the next phase of the global school meals movement must focus on nutrition quality, not just the number of children reached.

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Why Self-Reliance Must Become a Global Stability Priority

Why child hunger should be understood not only as a humanitarian concern, but as a defining challenge for peace, resilience, and long-term stability.

One of the beneficiaries holding his cabbage

DR Congo: Growing More Than Food – Strengthening Child Nutrition Through Sustainable Agriculture

In Central Kasai, World Vision's chronic malnutrition prevention project is helping families improve child nutrition through sustainable agriculture and...

The Shift from Migration to Earning Income Within the Village

The Shift from Migration to Earning Income Within the Village

From uncertainty and migration to thriving at home, a Kampong Thom family finds sustainable income through farming with support from World Vision.

Mediatrice with her livestock

DR Congo: Through the Positive Deviance Approach, Médiatrice Transforms Her Daughter’s Life in Gemena

In Gemena, South-Ubangi Province, a mother’s determination, combined with World Vision’s Positive Deviance Hearth approach, helped her underweight daughter...

Rebecca assisting her children to do homework

From Sleepless Nights to Dreams for the Future: The Rebirth of a Family in Karawa

After losing her husband, Rebecca struggled to provide for her five children while living in a fragile home vulnerable to heavy rains in Karawa, North...

Emergency Response

How This Farmer in Eswatini Is A Sign of the Climate Future

In Eswatini, farmers face floods and drought linked to climate cycles and a first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in over 20 years, threatening food...

Sami and Gatwech

A Meal That Keeps Dreams Alive

My journey to Nygunyyiel Refugee Camp revealed the daily realities of humanitarian work and the difference school meals make for children facing hunger.

Sudan

Hawa’s Story: Seeking Safety in Jabel Marra, Sudan

In Sudan, displaced children face hunger, conflict, and neglect—without urgent support, an entire generation risks being lost.

CRAH

From Degradation to Restoration: The CRAH Journey in Muwozi Village

Farmers using the CRAH model adopt mulching with grass and organic materials, improving soil health, conserving moisture, reducing erosion, and boosting...