Discover how Learning Roots strengthens childhood education in Chad through play-based learning teacher training, and partnerships supporting school readiness.

After falling into heavy debt, Srey Rath rebuilt her life through financial skills and small business support, securing a stable future for her family.

uvenal, who left school after primary education due to financial challenges in a family of seven, transformed his life after realizing that limited family land could not secure his future and deciding to acquire practical skills. Starting with casual construction work and later learning soap and paint making in his community, his breakthrough came when World Vision’s TARE Youth Engagement and Employment Project provided entrepreneurship training, financial literacy, and access to savings groups, enabling him to expand into a formal business. Today, he is the owner of “Dirty Cleaner,” a growing manufacturing company producing soap, shampoo, and paint, and has trained over 480 people in vocational skills. His success, including winning a national youth entrepreneurship prize and reinvesting in his business, has allowed him to support his family, acquire assets, and pursue a vision of building generational wealth while inspiring others through his journey from limited opportunity to empowered entrepreneurship.

“We used to get sick all the time. We kept getting diarrhea, and it disrupted our family life and our studies,” says Ernestine.

In Cox’s Bazar, girls like Win risk losing education as poverty, insecurity, and funding cuts threaten to pull them out of school.

Nobubelo, 11, is rediscovering the joy of learning through digital education and refurbished classrooms. With improved learning spaces and access to technology, she is gaining confidence, knowledge, and new opportunities for a brighter future. Her story highlights the power of investing in education to transform children’s lives.

The Annual Impact Report FY 2025 highlights programme results, community impact, and progress in supporting vulnerable children and families across Albania.

Tigwirizane Reading Camp Supported by World Vision Malawi is improving reading and writing skills among children in Phalombe through structured learning sessions.

After losing two children to malnutrition, Jeanine feared she would lose her daughter Zozo as well. Through World Vision's integrated nutrition programme, Zozo received life-saving treatment before Jeanine was trained in the Positive Deviance Hearth approach, learning how to prepare nutritious meals using locally available foods and improve childcare practices. Today, Zozo has fully recovered, Jeanine has strengthened her family's livelihood through a small business, and their household is free from malnutrition. Their story illustrates how combining therapeutic care, community-based nutrition education, and economic empowerment is helping more than 1,600 children overcome malnutrition and build healthier futures in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In Phalombe, young women are transforming their lives through tailoring and design skills supported by World Vision Malawi in partnership with TEVETA. The initiative targets vulnerable girls at risk of school dropout, early marriage and poverty by equipping them with practical vocational skills that open doors to income and independence.