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
From despair to hope: Mustafa can dream again
The 2013 civil war in South Sudan spiralled out of control, resulting in lives lost and property destroyed...
Nothing can stop this mother.
The Beqaa comprises nearly 40 per cent of Lebanon's total area, with a Lebanese population estimated at...
'Poverty pushed me into the world of crime but I turned my life around'
In Salgaa, World Vision Kenya seeks to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable communities, especially women, so that...
Child environmental champions tackle drought challenges through tree planting in schools
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications & Media Officer, Kenya Fourteen-year-old Stella is an environmental conservation champion...
New skills, empowerment, and food security: an opportunity like no other for women in Akkar and Beqaa.
Women are the most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and the economic crisis, especially those already suffering...
Unleashing the world's underground forests
Famously known as the “forest maker”, World Vision's Tony Rinaudo shows us how restoring our environment can...
Empowering fishing families in the Philippines to rise above poverty
Kent dreams of becoming a chef. Now age 11, he helps his mother prepare their meals. He’s mastered...
Jembo community bids farewell to audacious water blues
Frustrations and anguish may suit the description of what the community of Jembo experienced in their ordeal...
Communities resort to wild fruits as drought bites in Kenya
By Martin Muluka, World Vision communication specialist. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And these are not...
From tree-cutter to forest protector: The case of Justina Tembo
Justina Tembo, 52, a widow who resides in Mawanda village of Mtilizi Ward, knows too well the challenges...
Family Finds Treasures in Trees
By Sarah Ooko, World Vision Senior Communications & Media Specialist, Kenya Kipkemoi and his two sisters -...
Borrowing with Dignity
When economic freedom exists, human dignity flourishes; and when people are deprived of economic freedom, their choices...
Children and families cushioned from devastating hunger and malnutrition
By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communication Specialist 32-year-old Atebo trudges in a makeshift shade, where registration and health...
Growing Sahelian apples helped Abdoulsalam stay close to his family
As a solution to both the variability of harvests in the dry Sahel and a way to...
Little Mariam needs more than what her mother can give
In Mali, conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic have been the main drivers for food insecurity and malnutrition...
For Diallo, farming is a life-threatening activity
conflict is causing unprecedented consequences to the lives of people, particularly children, and their families; most of which...
Increasing access to food for survivors of Cyclone Idai through farm inputs
For Joana (15), her mother Ofélia (53), and her two brothers, the right to breakfast had been...
Savings groups transform the lives of smallholder farmers in Uganda
In a typical village like Kisuuma, the majority of people are smallholder farmers and are highly dependent...
Saving to become a doctor: Phylex's unshakeable dream
A fifth child out of nine, born to parents who eked a living as subsistence farmers, Phylex was...
Impact of our WFP-funded Niger Integrated Resilience Project II
In Niger, subsistence agriculture is the main activity of the population – especially in rural areas. Unfortunately...
Regreening Africa project helps rehabilitate Issaka’s family land
In Niger, subsistence agriculture is the main activity of the population, especially in rural areas. Unfortunately, many...
India: A barbershop gives Hemant income stability
Young and old people gather in an alley outside this village salon in India. It is Saturday, the...
Bugiri farmer reaps big from growing mushrooms
Farmers who have mastered the art of growing mushrooms in Uganda are making a killing. Divine-Caroline Muwanguzi...
More resilience for vulnerable households' bright future
Through a resilience project funded by the World Food Programme (WFP), World Vision targeted the most vulnerable...
South Sudan’s future lies in building the dreams of children like Zachariah
“I want to be an engineer someday”, says Zachariah Baptista, 17. Zachariah is in primary six and lives...