In the midst of all the conflicting headlines you see each day, you’ve probably heard about the Africa hunger crisis. Here are a few basic facts about drought, famine, malnutrition, and hunger in Africa as well as how you can help World Vision respond.
News & Stories
South Sudan
From the Field
South Sudan: Conflict, hunger, and the threats to children
Conflict in South Sudan has uprooted families and led to hunger and suffering. World Vision is bringing healing and sustenance to South Sudanese children and families in need.
Voices
World Refugee Day: Moses misses his father
Nearly 10,000 refugee children have crossed from South Sudan into Uganda without their parents. Meet Moses, one of these unaccompanied children who now must wear the shoes of a father for his sisters. Learn how this responsibility weighs on him and how World Vision is helping to look after them.
Change Makers
Game of Thrones actor meets South Sudanese refugees
Liam Cunningham traveled to Uganda in May to see World Vision’s work with the fastest-growing refugee crisis worldwide — South Sudan.
Voices
A global day of prayer to end famine
Hungry people in East Africa are our neighbors in the eyes of God, and Jesus calls us to love them in the same way we love God and ourselves. Our president Rich Stearns explains how we can be in fellowship with them in their suffering.
Prayers
Matthew 25: Pray for the hungry
Hunger is a problem that has plagued humanity for millennia, and it continues to haunt us. Join us in prayer for the hungry and the people working to feed them.
Prayers
Praying the Psalms: Pray for South Sudan
Join us in praying Psalm 34:14 over the people of South Sudan, where armed conflict and food shortages make it very difficult to live right now.
From the Field
Global drought, food shortages affect 70 million people in 2017
The delayed effects of the 2016 El Niño warming phenomenon are now settling in worldwide. Prolonged droughts, worsened by conflict and severe food shortages, are affecting as many as 70 million people throughout central, east, and southern Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia.
Prayers
Matthew 25: Pray for refugees, disaster survivors
God is with people suffering from disaster — refugees, earthquake survivors, families facing famine. Join us in prayer for all those who find themselves “strangers,” as Jesus calls them in Matthew 25:35.
From the Field
Humanitarian world news: Famine in South Sudan
Famine has been declared in part of north central South Sudan’s Unity state. A million people are on the brink of famine, in addition to the 100,000 facing imminent starvation, according to U.N. agencies, including the World Food Program (WFP).