In humanitarian crises, food security is often treated as a standalone goal. But World Vision is helping shift that paradigm — proving that protecting children must be central to how we feed, recover, and rebuild. Together with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Plan International, and the Food Security Cluster, World Vision is setting a new standard: one where child well-being is not an afterthought, but a core outcome of humanitarian response.

In the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of children have been orphaned by ongoing massacres and left vulnerable to trauma and despair. Through faith-based initiatives like the Let the Children Come program, local heroes like Hélène offer shelter, psychosocial support, and Bible study groups that help heal deep emotional wounds. Stories like Isaac’s, who regained his voice after years of silence, show how hope and resilience are being rebuilt, even as the urgent needs of countless others remain.

World Vision raises alarm over a newly declared Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province, DRC, where 32 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported. With a fatality rate of 57%, the organization warns of urgent humanitarian needs and is working with partners to assess the situation. Drawing on experience from past Ebola responses in DRC, Uganda, and West Africa, World Vision calls for immediate donor funding, better community engagement, and stronger regional coordination to contain the outbreak and prevent its spread.

Young people and children across various parts of Mozambique launch the “Gimme-5” Movement, a Child and Youth Advocacy Group to influence and accelerate the implementation of essential and integrated services for child well-being in the country.

Angélique, a mother of eight in Kimbanseke, faced financial hardship when her husband lost his job. Through World Vision’s child sponsorship program, she received training in farming, poultry and duck raising, and saving techniques. Applying these skills, she improved her harvests, paid for her children’s education, including two who became nurses, and supported her son’s tailoring business. She now raises pigs and dreams of opening a pharmacy with her children. Grateful and empowered, Angélique says World Vision’s support transformed her family’s life.