Millions of children still go to school hungry, with a single meal often deciding whether they stay in class or drop out. While 466 million now receive school meals, half of primary school-aged children remain unreached—especially in low-income countries. World Vision’s School Meals Programme delivered daily meals to over one million children in 20 countries and drove 17 policy changes to strengthen national feeding systems. From South Sudan’s new strategy to Rwanda’s citizen-led “Dusangire Lunch,” momentum is building to end child hunger for good.

The national poor educational infrastructure, particularly in rural Zambia, where it directly contributes to high learning poverty rates, severe overcrowding, and low pupil retention, has received urgent attention with World Vision Zambia’s Board of Directors accelerating its Timange Legacy Project to construct a much-needed classroom block at Situnga Primary School in the remote Senanga District, Western Province.

FY25 was a year of hard choices and courageous leadership. In the face of escalating global crises, we responded to 108 emergencies, reaching nearly 36 million people—including over 18 million children—with life-saving food, cash, health care, education, and protection. Determined to do more with less, we reimagined humanitarian operations, driving cost-efficiency and resilience while embracing digital transformation. Artificial intelligence and automation helped reinvest savings into communities, even as funding tightened. We strengthened the sector through training and surge capacity, deepened partnerships to champion child-focused humanitarian action, and pushed for a Humanitarian Reset—an aid system that is decentralised, inclusive, and accountable. In the world’s most fragile contexts, we proved that children can thrive when compassion meets purpose. FY25 wasn’t just about responding to crises—it was about shaping the future of humanitarian action.

Despite progress in recent years, Zambia continues to face significant challenges in providing quality education. One of the most pressing issues is the limited educational infrastructure in rural areas. Many schools operate in dilapidated buildings that are unsafe, overcrowded, and lack basic facilities such as clean water, sanitation, and learning materials. These conditions hinder effective teaching and learning, discourage attendance, especially among vulnerable children, and ultimately compromise their future prospects.

World Vision Niger held a meeting on November 27, 2025, in Niamey with 11 pre-selected local NGOs as part of its localization policy. The goal was to lay the groundwork for sustainable partnerships aligned with Niger’s local realities. The agenda included an overview of World Vision’s vision, mission, and values, safeguarding principles, the national strategy and context, the co-creation and NGO pre-selection process, policies on gifts and conflicts of interest, anti-corruption measures, and the status of NGOs in relation to the government. Discussions emphasized the need for shared understanding to ensure coherent collaboration. Three strategic priorities were presented: improving child nutrition, strengthening child protection, and enhancing reading skills, with inclusion as a cross-cutting theme. The meeting also highlighted a new co-creation approach involving joint fundraising, shared project implementation, transparent decision-making, and collective risk management. This marks an important step toward stronger, more balanced, and sustainable partnerships, enhancing collective efforts to bring lasting change to children’s lives in Niger.

Over 22,000 Krachi Nchumuru residents now have safe water and sanitation via solar-powered, accessible systems in six rural communities.

COP30 and challenges leaders to see the climate emergency through children’s eyes.

This press release conveys World Vision’s alert regarding the severe deterioration of the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Recent clashes that led to the capture of Uvira, in South Kivu, by AFC/M23 rebels, a highly strategic town, have resulted in the deaths of many women and children, while triggering large-scale displacement towards Rwanda and Burundi. In a context where humanitarian actors are critically short of resources to meet urgent needs, this press release also serves as an urgent call for strengthened support to help save lives.