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Three Years of Agony: Sudan’s Children Trapped and Carry the Deepest Scars
Highlights 17.3 million children in need: mass hunger has gripped the nation, with acute food insecurity across the country. 4.2 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition; 800,000 are in a state of physical wasting so severe that it is irreversible without specialized therapeutic...
No safe place: Children in Lebanon face rising protection risks amid expanding hostilities, World Vision warns
In Mount Lebanon, teams are on the ground delivering matresses and support to displaced families BEIRUT (April 9, 2026) – Christian humanitarian organization World Vision warns the recent surge in airstrikes across Lebanon is placing already vulnerable children and families at immediate and increasing risk of harm. Intensifying airstrikes in densely populated...
One year after the Myanmar earthquake, families still need support to rebuild livelihoods, says World Vision
Highlights 16.2 million people — nearly one-third of Myanmar’s population — need humanitarian assistance World Vision has reached over 500,000 people with support Children in Myanmar stand in front of their home, which was damaged by the earthquake. YANGON (March 26, 2026) — One year after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, killing an...
Sudan: Death toll rises after drone attack on hospital
A child at a stabilization center in South Darfur. A recent drone attack struck the only functioning hospital in East Darfur, killing at least 64 including 13 children. Credit World Vision 2026 EAST DARFUR (March 23, 2026) – Christian humanitarian organization World Vision mourns the...
Cold and rain put forcibly displaced children at even greater risk in Lebanon
Highlights “Protection of children must be the top priority for all involved in responding to this escalation,” explained Heidi Diedrich, World Vision’s national director in Lebanon. As of March 16th, World Vision has reached more than 150,000 people, including nearly 53,000 children, with life-saving...
South Sudan: Children bear the brunt as rising tensions trigger widespread displacement
Sudanese refugees traveling through Upper Nile, South Sudan. Since the beginning of the Sudan conflict, hundreds of thousands of refugees and returnees have fled into South Sudan. Now, recent escalation of conflict in South Sudan is deepening an already-dire humanitarian crisis in the country....
Children at risk as evacuation orders trigger new wave of displacement across Lebanon
In Mount Lebanon, teams are on the ground delivering mattresses and support to displaced families. BEIRUT (March 10, 2026) —Global Christian humanitarian organization World Vision is calling for the urgent protection and support for children as expanding evacuation orders and escalating insecurity trigger a...
World Vision study uses GPS to track women’s water collection journeys, finds major gains in its program that helps women reclaim time, income and voice
Women and girls walk to collect water in Rumate, Kenya. The images accompany new research documenting the time, distance, and physical burden women and girls face each day to access water. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 3, 2026) — Ahead of International Women’s Day, global Christian humanitarian organization World Vision is...
Four Years On: 1 in 3 Ukrainian Children Now in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
A 17-year-old displaced from Kharkiv participates in activities at a World Vision–supported child-friendly space in Kyiv. KYIV (February 23, 2026) – Four years into the war in Ukraine, children continue to face growing harm to their safety and future. Today, one in three children now require humanitarian assistance, as sustained exposure...
Ukrainian Children Face Worsening Learning Loss in Fourth Winter of War, World Vision Warns
A child takes part in activities at a World Vision–supported child-friendly space in Kyiv, where generators provide heat and electricity during winter power outages. KYIV (February 18, 2026)– As Ukraine endures its fourth winter of full-scale war, new findings from a survey conducted by World Vision reveal...
