Hala, a young girl in conflict-affected Syria faced significant barriers to education due to poverty, fear, and a lack of basic school supplies.

Mary Ayul, a 30-year-old mother from Nyilwal Boma in Panyikang County, recounts how flooding in March 2026 forced her and her five children to flee their home in the middle of the night when rising Nile waters inundated their village. Displaced to Tonga Payam, Mary faced new challenges, particularly the lack of proper sanitation, which threatened her family’s health and safety. With support from World Vision and funding from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, latrines were constructed for affected families, providing safe sanitation and reducing risks such as disease and exposure to dangers in the open. For Mary, the latrine represents more than infrastructure, it restores dignity, protects her children, and brings hope for a healthier future after the loss caused by the floods.

For years, Mphande Primary School in Chipapa Community stood as a symbol of the challenges facing rural schools across Zambia. Overcrowded classrooms forced learners outdoors under trees, teachers worked under difficult conditions, and limited access to technology left pupils to wonder what digital learning looked like. Today, that story has changed, and a new chapter of opportunity has opened for nearly 500 children.

After losing a child to malnutrition, Chantal feared history would repeat itself when her six-year-old son, Franck, became severely malnourished. Through World Vision's emergency nutrition support and the Positive Deviance Hearth approach, she learned how to prepare nutritious meals using locally available foods and received livelihood support to start a small business. Today, Franck has fully recovered, Chantal has strengthened her family's nutrition and income, and she is determined to build a brighter future for her six children. Her journey demonstrates how combining life-saving treatment, nutrition education, and economic empowerment can transform lives and help families break the cycle of malnutrition.

Nyayiik's story entails the struggles most girls in South Sudan face every month.

A mother in Dhaka's slums was forced to choose between feeding her children and educating them. Read her story of loss, guilt, and one daughter's second chance.

“We used to get sick all the time. We kept getting diarrhea, and it disrupted our family life and our studies,” says Ernestine.

After surviving conflict, displacement and prolonged school closures in North Kivu, 12-year-old Kelly is now facing a new threat: Ebola. Her story highlights the resilience of children caught between war and disease, and the importance of keeping education alive during crises. Through World Vision’s Integrated Response to Emergency Education in Eastern DRC project, supported by Education Cannot Wait, thousands of children have returned to learning in safer and more supportive school environments. As fears of a new Ebola outbreak grow, Kelly’s determination to continue her education reflects both the hopes and vulnerabilities of children in eastern DRC, underscoring the urgent need to protect their right to learn and thrive.

The Annual Impact Report FY 2025 highlights programme results, community impact, and progress in supporting vulnerable children and families across Albania.

Born with an umbilical hernia, Mary endured pain, stigma and poor school performance until World Vision Malawi helped her access life-changing surgery. Today, she is healthy, confident and excelling in school with renewed hope for the future.