Young advocate Ludmila is helping transform childhood in Nampula through Every Girl Can, challenging child marriage, promoting gender equality and empowering young voices to drive community change.

After leaving school and withdrawing from community life, Argentina found her voice through Every Girl Can, becoming a youth advocate for better services and girls’ rights in Mozambique.

When Linh was eight years old, she believed the most exciting thing that could happen at school was hearing her teacher call her name.

Learn how clean water in Barambate, Marsabit County, is changing childhood by freeing girls from long journeys for water and helping them stay in school.

At Kabuuka Primary School, the daily struggle for water once defined children’s lives more than learning. Pupils walked two kilometres to fetch unsafe water, leaving them exhausted, frequently ill, and often absent from class. For girls, the lack of water and sanitation was especially harsh during menstruation, leading to missed school days and stigma. Through World Vision Uganda’s intervention, a motorised water system was installed, bringing clean water directly into the school compound and surrounding community. Alongside new latrines and sanitation facilities, this transformed hygiene, dignity, and participation in learning—particularly for adolescent girls.

This unique tool developed by World Vision and IEP helps better track and compare measures of child vulnerability, underscoring the urgent needs of children.

Discover how World Vision's integrated humanitarian response in Mozambique empowers girls through protection, helping them build safer, more resilient futures.

This story follows 11-year-old Yom Mayola, a refugee girl in Pagirinya Settlement whose daily life was once dominated by household chores, leaving little time for learning or play. Initially shy and hesitant, Yom’s transformation began when she joined the Life in Fullness Together (LIFT) programme by World Vision, which creates safe, participatory spaces for children to build confidence, life skills, and leadership.

On 28 May 2026, the Presbyterian Senior High School in Begoro hosted over 600 students, educators, health workers, and community leaders to mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day under the theme “Together for a Period-Friendly World.” Organised by World Vision Ghana’s Fanteakwa Area Programme in partnership with Imperial General Assurance, the event brought together adolescent girls and boys from Fanteakwa North and South Districts for a day of education, open dialogue, and practical demonstrations on menstrual hygiene management.