View stories, videos, and updates about the Sudan crisis and World Vision’s response — compiled in one place. Explore the unfolding crisis in Sudan, view survivors’ stories, and learn how World Vision is delivering lifesaving aid to affected communities in the region.
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From the Field
Sudanese refugee children reclaiming their childhood
World Vision is providing crucial child protection support, including Child-Friendly Spaces, to vulnerable children affected by the Sudan conflict. Our programs extend to both Sudan and Chad, where refugee numbers have surged since April 2023.
From the Field
What you need to know about child labor in photos
Child labor deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their safety, and is harmful to physical and mental development. As many as 160 million children worldwide engaged in child labor in 2020. Let’s explore this important topic through a collection of powerful photos.
Voices
A mother’s strength and an AIDS death sentence
Today in Africa, HIV and AIDS is no longer a death sentence due to antiretroviral medications. A World Vision communicator shares her perspective of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the 90s and 2000s, when it was a much different story — a tragic story for women like Grace.
From the Field
In photos: 24 memorable moments from 2024
In 2024, the lives of millions were upended by war, disasters, and hunger. As World Vision responded, we witnessed courage and resilient hope through encounters with hardship. See incredible images captured by World Vision communicators throughout this year.
From the Field
Life under a tree: A Celebrating Families story
A family in Rwanda, stuck in the cycle of poverty and dysfunction, ended up living under a tree. With the help of World Vision’s Celebrating Families program, they found hope and came back stronger than before.
Special Features
From destruction to hope: 20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami
In 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered colossal tsunamis that inundated coastal areas across the region, catching communities off-guard and causing widespread destruction. One of the most devastating natural disasters in recorded history, the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami impacted multiple countries and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Read about how World Vision responded and our ongoing efforts in the region.
From the Field
Crisis in Sudan: A deeper look
Read the stories of two small children and a father of newborn twins whose lives were upended when the conflict erupted in Sudan in 2023.
Voices
From the World Vision U.S. president: Bridge the distance
World Vision U.S. president and CEO visited Adré, Chad, where hundreds of people crowded under a bridge as they fled conflict in Sudan. Once they arrive at the border, World Vision is helping people as they go through the process of entering a new country and providing short-term assistance.
From the Field
Irresistible: One family’s journey to change
A family who once lived in a termite-ridden hut received the gift of goats and changed their lives — to the delight of the man who believed in them.