His Royal Highness Chief Bunda Bunda of the Soli people has applauded World Vision Zambia's Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) approach for transforming community engagement in Rufunsa District. Recognising the tool’s power to drive accountability and improve essential services, Chief Bunda Bunda hailed CVA as a catalyst for sustainable development in his chiefdom.

In 2024, World Vision's Disaster Management reached over 35 million people, including 19 million children.

A child is washing her hands at a handwashing station.

Zimbabwe has taken a significant step forward in public health emergency preparedness with the official handover of eight state-of-the-art Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) by World Vision Zimbabwe to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC).

Empowering Mokhotlong’s youth through Disaster Risk Reduction education, fostering resilience, preparedness, and community safety against climate hazards.

Discover how World Vision, with support from ECHO, is empowering children and communities in Lesotho through disaster risk reduction initiatives. From school debates to infrastructure improvements, learn how young voices and local partnerships are shaping a resilient future

Asia-Pacific is the most climate-exposed and disaster-prone region in the world. As many as 65% of children in East Asia are exposed to multiple shocks which are becoming increasingly frequent, especially flooding, drought, saltwater inundation, and climate-related diseases. Children and families living in poverty are particularly vulnerable, bearing the brunt of these recurrent crises and their longterm consequences.

We are a group of young researchers in Thailand who conducted a study to better understand how climate change and disasters affect children in our communities. Through this research, we hope to contribute to the raising of awareness on the impacts of climate change and disasters in our communities. In recent years, our country has experienced severe heat waves due to climate change. This interrupts our daily activities, including our schooling and our families’ livelihood, and has also caused us children and adults alike to experience many health problems.

An estimated 343 million people are facing acute levels of food insecurity in 74 countries, across the world1. Out of these, nearly 45 million people are in ‘emergency’ or worse levels of hunger.