World Vision Youth Advocate Emmanuella called for greater investment in children and youth participation during the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra.

Life in Fullness Together (LIFT) is an integrated, evidence-based model developed by World Vision and partners to address the complex needs of children and adolescents living in protracted humanitarian crises. Piloted in Gaziantep, Kilis, and Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, LIFT supports holistic wellbeing through five interconnected domains: responsive caregiving, protection and safety, learning opportunities, mental health and psychosocial support, and agency and resilience.

Adolphe’s remarkable recovery from severe undernutrition highlights the transformative impact of World Vision Rwanda’s Professional Umuganda initiative. After being identified as underweight during community nutrition screening, he received support through the Iziko rehabilitation programme, where his caregiver gained practical knowledge on nutrition, hygiene, and childcare. Today, Adolphe is a healthy, active child a testament to the power of community-led action. His story reflects the broader success of Professional Umuganda in Rutsiro District, where collaboration among health workers, local leaders, and community members has helped reduce the prevalence of underweight children from 33% to 20% between December 2024 and April 2026, advancing the ENOUGH Campaign’s goal of ensuring every child survives, grows, and thrives.

World Vision PNG has partnered with UN Women to advance community-led gender-based violence prevention and referral pathways in the National Capital District.

Fifteen years after famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, a crisis that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, World Vision is warning that the country stands on the edge of another severe hunger emergency. Persistent drought, compounded by a sharp decline in humanitarian funding, threatens to unravel years of progress made in strengthening food security and community resilience across the country.

At Kabuuka Primary School, the daily struggle for water once defined children’s lives more than learning. Pupils walked two kilometres to fetch unsafe water, leaving them exhausted, frequently ill, and often absent from class. For girls, the lack of water and sanitation was especially harsh during menstruation, leading to missed school days and stigma. Through World Vision Uganda’s intervention, a motorised water system was installed, bringing clean water directly into the school compound and surrounding community. Alongside new latrines and sanitation facilities, this transformed hygiene, dignity, and participation in learning—particularly for adolescent girls.

Through Savings for Transformation groups, a displaced mother in Mali rebuilt her livelihood, supporting her family and strengthening resilience for the future.

World Vision Ghana and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly are strengthening collaboration to improve urban development, WASH, child protection and community wellbeing.

Just days after the earthquake, I met a 17-year-old girl who could still remember the sound of the earth breaking open.

World Vision’s Child-Centred Food Systems Framework outlines how equitable, nutrition-sensitive food systems can help end child hunger and malnutrition.