World Vision is implementing the Unlock Literacy Model, which aims to empower schools, parents, and communities to support children’s literacy development and to promote strong literacy habits among early grade learners both inside and outside the classroom.

In the middle of this struggle, an earthquake severely damaged Zin’s home. Since the house was no longer safe, the family moved into a temporary shelter for eight months. While they received support from charity organizations, Zin never stopped working to cover her family’s other needs. Eventually, they repaired their home and were able to move back.

16.2 million people — nearly one-third of Myanmar’s population — needs humanitarian assistance (Myanmar HNRP 2026). World Vision has reached over 500,000 people including 194,748 children (as of 18 March 2026) - but funding shortfalls challenges continued recovery for families.

Unlock Literacy approach transforms learning to read Unlock Literacy (UL) is an educational program developed by World Vision to improve reading skills from primary school.

Simon, a 10 year old boy from Kisantu, struggled in silence because he could not read. After joining the RUTH Reading Club, he discovered a safe and supportive space where facilitators encouraged him step by step. Though he almost gave up, his facilitator personally came to bring him back, reminding him that he mattered. With patience and daily progress, Simon eventually read his first sentence, and everything changed. Now he reads and writes confidently and dreams of becoming a mechanic. He proudly thanks World Vision, the facilitators, and the sponsors for helping him succeed.

World Vision Uganda Annual Report captures key achievements of Financial Year 2025

The overarching objective for this report was to review alignment to the World Vision strategic imperative in Our Promise 2030 of deepening our commitment to the most vulnerable children (MVC) specifically to; identify the MVC in World Vision Uganda Area Programmes, determine where the MVC are concentrated, examine changes in MVC status in the communities, determine whether World Vision Uganda geographical footprint is in areas with higher concentrations of MVC, identify the most common vulnerability markers affecting MVC and their families, and guide the identification and prioritization of MVC and their families in beneficiary selection and targeting.

World Vision Afghanistan delivers emergency and development aid in four western provinces; see the FY25 country profile for details.

When World Vision Zambia introduced the Unlock Literacy model in her community, 43-year-old Bridget felt a spark of hope. As a dedicated volunteer, she had seen firsthand the challenges local children faced with basic reading, but she lacked the formal tools to help, until now.