Mukimo is a healthy, traditional Kenyan main dish made from easy-to-find ingredients that you can serve your family. Preparing and eating mukimo is a way to remember and pray for those suffering from the drought in East Africa.
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Food and Agriculture
From the Field
Created in God’s image and thriving
After Darlington and Maria participated in World Vision’s Biblical Empowered Worldview training, they stopped seeing themselves as worthless and instead began viewing themselves as children of God. This transformed how they could envision and act on their future dreams and goals.
From the Field
Enhancing livelihoods through improved cassava cultivation
A transformative livelihoods project brought positive change to the Kayombo family’s cassava farm. Discover their story of triumph in agriculture.
From the Field
Maggie’s story: “Water to our doorsteps”
In a Zambian village, Maggie’s daily quest for water once hindered her education and exposed her to ridicule. As a result of World Vision’s work with her community, a borehole was installed, equipping families with easy access to water, which has improved their lives in a variety of ways. Now with more free time, Maggie is pursuing her dream of nursing while savoring childhood moments.
From the Field
A Kenyan girl champions farming to fight food insecurity
Anita is only 11 years old, but she’s making a big difference in the fight against food insecurity in her Kenyan village. She is learning about sustainable farming practices that are resistant to weather extremes and growing diverse crops for that are nourishing her family of 11. With her growing knowledge, she’s encouraging and equipping her siblings and peers to improve the lives of their families.
From the Field
Lost year, new hope: Margaret’s second chance at education
An aunt tried to rob 16-year-old Margaret of her dream of an education. Now, free from her aunt and with newfound confidence from a World Vision savings group and Biblical Empowered Worldview training, Margaret is seeing her dream resurrected.
From the Field
World Vision savings groups: Big returns on small investments
Prisca, a single mother in the Buyantanshi community in Zambia, is using money she saved through a World Vision savings group to fund her own education as well as meet the needs of her baby boy. Through mentorship, financial literacy training, and the Biblical Empowered Worldview program, she’s come to understand that even small savings can redirect her future.
From the Field
Small loans, big impact: Rebuilding communities one step at a time
Through participation in a savings group in rural Zambia, women are changing not only their own lives but those of their community members as well.
Prayers
Explore the meaning of Matthew 25 through prayer
As Christians, we have a choice: respond to unsettling realities in the world with fear and avoidance or follow Jesus in responding to the greatest needs of our day with love and hope. Reflecting on Matthew 25, pray with us for World Vision’s work around the world.
From the Field
Global hunger crisis: Famine closes in
Discover the devastating reality of global hunger, with soaring food insecurity and costs, extreme weather events, and the COVID-19 pandemic putting 45 million people in 37 countries at risk of starvation. Join World Vision in its life-saving mission to end world hunger.