Highlights Nine of the 10 countries experiencing the highest food prices compared to average wages are in sub-Saharan Africa, where many also experience the effects of protracted conflicts, climate extremes and displacement. Of the five countries where food prices are highest, none have seen...
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (February 22, 2024) — Global humanitarian organization World Vision warns that worsening violence in eastern DRC could spiral out of control and deepen an ongoing humanitarian crisis as the non-state armed group M23 advances toward Goma, the capital...
Two years on, the future of over 3 million Ukrainian children is at risk
Highlights World Vision’s work has so far reached over 1.6 million people impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine—including over 772,000 children. But with an estimated 14 million people in need, only the ongoing, focused efforts of organizations, donors and local partners, working with...
At Year End, World Vision Reviews Worst Humanitarian Disasters of 2023
Highlights In 2023, World Vision responded to 78 disasters and humanitarian crises in 59 countries around the world, supporting over 35.8 million people in need. In the United States alone, we supported more than 93,700 people during 15 emergencies. In Baidoa, Somalia, a camp shelters women...
Highlights Donations for artisan-made celebrity gifts from the catalog empower kids and families around the world to rebuild in the wake of crises and to lift themselves out of poverty The catalog features hundreds of specific gifts — with donation amounts from $10 to...
Highlights Government declares state of emergency; UN terms flooding in Somalia a “once-in-a-century” event World Vision staff in Luuq district, situated in the Gedo region, aboard a motorized boat donated by the World Food Programme on the River Juba on their way to deliver...
On World Food Day, World Vision launches global campaign to address child hunger and malnutrition
Highlights Aid organization aims to curb hunger and improve nutritional status of 125 million children in 67 countries. New survey conducted on behalf of World Vision finds that in the last month, 46% of adults in countries around the world have worried about finding...
Children are walking in their villages and moving from one part to the other of the village. ©2023 World Vision HERAT (October 10, 2023)— World Vision, a global humanitarian organization working in Afghanistan since 2001, is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of...
NEW YORK (September 20, 2023) — Global Christian humanitarian organization World Vision and VisionFund International, its affiliated mission-driven microfinance institution, have launched the Strong Women Impact Fund, announced at the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. The fund works to address the gender gap...
WORLD VISION UNVEILS 2023 CHRISTMAS GIFT CATALOG AND CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS
Highlights Catalog offers artisan-made, celebrity-featured gifts to support communities through World Vision’s work around the world This year’s catalog features hundreds of gifts — with donation amounts from $10 to $15,000 —that help families around the world lift themselves out of poverty SEATTLE, Sep....