Treeless Kenyan farms are quietly worsening child hunger by stripping agriculture of resilience to drought and heat, shrinking harvests and driving up food prices. Drawing on decades of evidence, the authors argue that Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) offers a proven, farmer‑led solution, restoring trees, strengthening food security, and improving children’s nutrition, if policy finally catches up with what works.

World Vision Kenya’s 2026–2030 strategy aims to improve the well-being of 13.3M children, including the most vulnerable and children with disabilities.

Famine is not a natural disaster and can be prevented. Across the world’s hunger hotspots, early warnings are clear, yet governments continue to act too late – or not at all. Conflict, blockades, and the denial of humanitarian access, not food scarcity, are driving a deepening hunger crisis, with children suffering first and longest. As aid budgets are cut, the gap between need and response is widening fast. This is a false economy: preventing famine costs far less than responding once lives are already lost. World Vision warns famine can be predicted and prevented – but only if leaders act early, protect civilians, and put children at the centre of hunger prevention.

As drought tightens its grip across Kenya’s ASAL regions, families in counties like Turkana face severe hunger, water scarcity, and loss of livelihoods. In response, World Vision Kenya, in partnership with government and humanitarian agencies, is delivering lifesaving food assistance and support to thousands of vulnerable households, ensuring children remain at the centre of every intervention.

On World Water Day 2026, East Asia stands at a critical crossroads. Climate change is transforming water, once a foundation of economic growth and social stability, into one of the region’s sharpest drivers of inequality. And this inequality is not evenly felt. It falls hardest on women and girls, children, persons with disabilities, and rural and marginalised communities whose access to safe water was already fragile. By Alexander Pandian, WASH Programmes Senior Advisor, World Vision East Asia

World Vision strengthens local civil society in Eastern Europe, empowering youth, supporting EU reforms, and promoting sustainable, locally led development.

Policy Brief | Famine Prevention & Food Security