publication / April 30, 2024
Global Hunger Response Phase II Quarterly Situation Report #2 - April 2024
This is the second quarterly situation report released by the Global Hunger Response (GHR) for its Phase II efforts. It provides a detailed overview of our qualitative and quantitative impacts, including regional situational overviews and highlights over the course of the last quarter (January 2024 - April 2024).
article / November 8, 2023
World Vision Angola and TotalEnergies Join Forces for Sustainable Development
The fruitful partnership established with TotalEnergies, the project's financier, will benefit 7,000 direct beneficiaries, including fishermen, entrepreneurs, members of cooperatives and fishermen's associations, with contributions that promote participation and social cohesion; the production value chain, technical and organisational capacity to access new markets, preventive and curative health, environmental sustainability in the two regions where it will be present.
publication / April 5, 2024
2023 Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes
This second annual Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes celebrates the different ways girls and boys across the world have been meaningfully involved in the decisions that World Vision makes to improve child well-being around the world. Field Offices have continued to implement stronger and more innovative ways of listening to children, including them in local and national decision-making spaces to ensure that programming and strategy decisions are informed by children’s experiences, priorities, needs, and perspectives.
This report highlights the extraordinary practices of each region and Field Office, celebrating the ways our staff have shared decision-making power with children. World Vision continues to press in our belief that children’s participation is not only a right, but an essential element of our child-focused agenda.
article / November 1, 2023
Juliana's Story: A Mother's Fight Against Hunger in Angola
Juliana's story is just one of many in Angola, where hunger and malnutrition are a daily reality for millions of people. The drought has exacerbated the situation, leaving many families without enough to eat. Community kitchens like the one that Juliana her children attend are a lifeline for these families, providing them with much-needed food and nutrition.
article / October 11, 2023
From despair to hope - The life transformation of a young refugee in Angola
David is a teenage refugee who fled seven years ago from DRC to Angola. His life faced so many transformations, and now he is a young adult, looking for a bright future.
article / September 21, 2023
Fight for life: the battle against malnutrition in southern Angola
Eugénio, a one-year-old boy from Huíla Province, Angola, was recently hospitalized for severe malnutrition. He was underweight, had no appetite, and was suffering from swelling in his limbs. His mother, Dina, was terrified for her son's life.
article / March 7, 2024
CREDIT COVERAGE - Addressing the financial insecurity of families in Cabinda
How access to credit enabled the families who benefited to overcome the situation made worse by the economic crisis in Angola.
publication / February 29, 2024
Price Shocks: Economic gains masking a growing hunger and malnutrition crisis
World Vision's annual price survey analyses global food prices over the past three years. This Price Shocks report is a continuation of our 2021 and 2022 studies with findings showing a slight dip in the highest costs of living for some while others remain at previously marked crisis levels. This year's findings continue to underscore the uneven recovery from the socioeconomic shocks from COVID-19, inflation, and extreme weather and indicates a disparity of food prices, both in the current cost of the basket of 10 common food items and in the year-on-year comparisons. We provide insight into the year-on-year changes and share recommendations on mitigation for various audiences.
article / March 6, 2024
Access to Information Contributes to GREATER MENSTRUAL DIGNITY for Girls in Huila
Azinaide is a 14-year-old girl who attends the "Safe Space" in the municipality of Humpata, Huíla. Like many girls, at the beginning of her reproductive years, Azinaide faced many challenges in accessing information, a reality commonly seen in many vulnerable communities, and talking about puberty or menstruation is still considered taboo within families.
article / July 12, 2022
Fighting Hunger in Angola: World Vision Angola's integrated approach to the Hunger Emergency
Angola has grappled with severe drought in the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this food insecurity, which saw entire families abandon their homes and livelihood in search of food and water as livestock and crops died off.