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.

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

World Vision marks the successful conclusion of its 16-year South Hebron Area Programme, celebrating lasting partnerships and sustainable development for children.

Every child deserves hope. LIFT empowers children, caregivers, and communities to grow stronger together, creating lasting change through resilience and care.

There was a time when Ratha believed her future had already been decided.

1.49 million people were reached through health, nutrition, WASH, food, livelihoods and protection services.

World Vision Zambia has called on the Government to increase investment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) as a core strategy to tackle child malnutrition and strengthen child health outcomes. World Vision Zambia Associate Director for Advocacy Gerald Kaputo stressed that access to safe water, adequate sanitation and proper hygiene stands as both a fundamental human right and a determinant of child nutrition, growth and survival.

Lusaka, Zambia – Thursday, July 16, 2026: World Vision Zambia welcomes the launch of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy by the Office of the Vice President, a major step toward addressing child hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity across Zambia. The policy shows the Government's commitment to building a Zambia where every citizen has access to adequate, safe and nutritious food, and where all forms of malnutrition are eliminated.

World Vision Lesotho is empowering families in Mokhotlong to transform locally available rosehip into sustainable businesses, improving livelihoods and helping end child hunger.

Every humanitarian response is made possible by people who choose to serve with courage, compassion, and hope.