Redefining a new baseline for development practice?
By Richard Rumsey
Many industry experts are saying we need to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19, but what does this actually mean?
Stories
Aquaculture Revives Hope of Fishermen in Western Kenya
Through aquaculture, communities in Kenya's Homa Bay County have found a solution to the dwindling fish populations in...
Fish Farming Rescues Mother from Abuse and Violence
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications and Media Officer, Kenya Giggles, laughter and conversation noises fill...
Livestock ensures zero hunger this 2021 for families in South Sudan’s Awiel County
The year 2021 looks promising for over a hundred families in South Sudan’s Aweil County. While assistance...
World Vision: Transforming Lives through Empowered Worldview
“World Vision is a lifesaver. Without them, I do not know how I would have managed to take...
Village Banking Empowers Community Health Workers to Join the Fight Against COVID-19
By Mutinta Chiseko World Vision Zambia Donor Liaison Manager After a long drive past several scattered mud...
Growing out of poverty through vegetable gardens.
By Tigana Chileshe - World Vision Zambia Communications Officer Davison Muwele, 58, is a passionate man; as...
Youth groups in South Sudan promote peacebuilding towards a resilient and hunger-free future
“Peace is very important for us pastoralists because we share common grazing lands and water points when fighting...
South Sudan’s women lift each other up and join forces to stop gender-based violence
“I was attacked and raped when I was 19 years old”, sadly confides the now 21-year-old Susan*...
COVID-19: A portal to a better, greener future?
Charlotte says COVID-19 plus the climate crisis is a double disaster for the world’s children, but suggests...
An empowered world view changes a South Sudanese family’s perspective on peace, harmony and unity
“With diligence and hard work, family stability and progress are possible”, says Nyanyai Riak Yak. Like in most...
Disability is not inability – Alphonsine's story testifies
At the age of seven, Alphonsine got polio. Her family was not able to give her proper...
Community Savings group changes a farmer's life
Carlos is from the Siega community in the Bawku West District. He is 39 years old and...
World Vision commits to plant over 7 million trees through land restoration projects
In line with the national theme for the tree-planting season, ‘Forests for Community Livelihood and Sustainable Development’, and...
A wartime refugee’s lessons on hunger
As children tell World Vision researchers they fear hunger and poverty in the wake of the COVID-19...
‘I run a thriving brick making business, thanks to my savings group’
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications and Media Officer, Kenya Twenty seven-year-old Annah lost her mother...
‘I run a thriving brick making business, thanks to my savings group’
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications and Media Officer, Kenya Twenty seven-year-old Annah lost her mother six...
Kagadi farmers and 'the man called poverty’
As Julius Tibesigwa, the general secretary of Mugoija Tweyombeke Cooperative Society Limited farmers group narrates, poverty is...
Acacia Trees Turn Around Family's Fortune
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications and Media Officer, Kenya The shade from the canopies of...
Restoring hope to teenage mothers through the Ingobyi programme
Twenty-year-old Jeanette conceived at the age of 18. When she got pregnant, her family and the neighbourhood could...
Empowering refugees with disabilities in Uganda
Life as a refugee is challenging, and even more so life as a refugee with a disability...
Empowering community members to maximise their potential: Moustapha's transformation story
Trainings in World Vision's Empowered Worldview approach have helped community members like veterinarian doctor Moustapha to understand...
How Pastor Issaka became a role model in his village thanks to Empowered Worldview
In 2019, 40 religious leaders like Issaka and 40 youth groups were trained in World Vision's Empowered Worldview...
Food assistance provides lifeline to Tassiou and 1,400 other refugees in Tankama
The village of Tankama is home to more than 1,400 refugees like Tassiou and his family who...
Fish farming and peanut paste production thrive, thanks to South Sudan's enterprising women
“We earned substantial income from our livelihood last month enabling us to take care of our household...
It took only five days to change Josiane for a lifetime
Josiane makes some money as a tailor, but all the little profit she would make would go towards...