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
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 has...
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...
Economic empowerment for persons with disabilities in Uganda’s Omugo refugee settlement
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...
Village Banking: The source of women’s livelihoods in Southern Province
Empowered by World Vision, the 'Dare to Discover' savings group began operating with five members, and now...
Helping survivors of Cyclone Idai to reinvent themselves to face COVID-19
The past two years have been very challenging for 53-year-old widow, Isabel, and her family of 10...
Stripping the fruit from the Garden of Eden
Picture: Angeline Munzara in her village Vumbunu, Zimbabwe, 1985 Angeline explains it takes stewardship of God’s creation to...
Promoting self-reliance through mindset change
Emmanuel, 36, is a father of four children who lives in Gatsibo District in the Eastern province...
Transforming the youth through vocational skills
'Sa neza', loosely translated as Look Good, is an initiative by five girls who put to use...
Clean water brings health, hope and income
Since she became a fountain operator at one of the water points that World Vision installed in her...
How World Vision's livelihoods programmes are helping communities to overcome the effects of COVID-19
In order to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by 2030, World Vision is building the resilience...
Women Abandon Illegal Activities for Rewarding Tailoring Business
By Wesley Koskei, World Vision Communications Officer, Kenya For many years, 58-year-old Seketo relied on making illegal...
Empowered Worldview shows its effectiveness for Maman Mandé
Maman Mandé followed a training on World Vision's Empowered Worldview model and benefited from the financial contribution of...
Soap partnership encourages hygiene and empowers community
"I am grateful to world vision for giving our school soap to fight the coronavirus pandemic," Felistas...
Elinest’s “Garden of Eden”
Elinest is a member of a household cluster that was created with the support of World Vision...
Sugar palm farmers find hope during COVID-19
The dawn breaks together with the voices of engines from the cargo trucks and labours loading palm baskets...