Global Emergencies
Last year, World Vision helped 35.6 million people affected by emergencies
Emergencies
How World Vision Supports Children Affected by Global Crises
When disaster strikes, World Vision is among the first to respond, delivering urgent, child‑centred support when families are at their most vulnerable. From lifesaving essentials to safe spaces that protect and comfort children, our teams help communities survive crisis and begin the journey to recovery.
Grounded in our Christian faith, we bring hope into the hardest places. Together with local partners, faith leaders, and global supporters, we tackle the world’s most urgent humanitarian challenges with courage, compassion, and accountability. Every response reflects our commitment to dignity, protection, and long‑term resilience.
Our work is powered by collective impact. Children, communities, donors, and partners shape everything we do, co‑creating solutions that not only meet immediate needs but also build a more just and transformed future. Through your support, we help communities rebuild stronger, safeguard children’s futures, and ignite hope where it’s needed most.
Our Emergency Work
Burkina Faso Response
Burkina Faso is a new operational area for World Vision’s humanitarian emergency response. World Vision will provide life-saving support, to reduce suffering while strengthening resilience among women, men, boys, and girls, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. World Vision’s initial operations are targeting six provinces with an aim of reaching more than 420,000 conflict and humanitarian crisis affected people, 59% of whom are children under the age of 18 years.
Central African Republic Emergency
Children do not start wars. Yet when conflict rages, children are disproportionately punished by its brutality. Here in the Central African Republic, an estimated 1,859,809 million children (under 18 age) live in a context affected by conflicts and disasters, with more than half of them forced from their homes. The impact of conflict permeates every facet of a child’s life. It robs them of their friends, family and community, removing their sense of well-being. Of the country’s population of 4.6 million people, more than 2.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and almost 20% of them are internally displaced persons.
We support Emergency Survivors with:
Creating a Safer World for Children Through Global Partnerships
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