Recent data from the 2024 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey paints a troubling picture: over a third of children under five are stunted, and nearly half of pregnant women suffer from anaemia. These alarming figures reveal a harsh reality: malnutrition and poor maternal health are severely affecting communities across Zambia, especially in communities like Mbala.

Climate change worsens inequalities, increasing hunger and malnutrition—projected to rise 20% by 2050—with women and girls most affected.

World Vision Malawi mobilised CHWs to assess child nutrition and address malnutrition through school feeding programmes during food crises.

How Cash and Voucher Assistance in Azraq camp impacts gender equality, child well-being, and livelihoods, and how a camp project can empower Syrian refugees.

Nyanzi Martia, chairperson and Village Health Team coordinator of Mulagi village, shares a powerful testimony of transformation brought about by World Vision’s long-term support since the early 1990s. Through training in WASH, health, nutrition, livelihoods, kitchen gardening, and Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA), Martia helped establish kitchen gardens in schools, sensitized households, and formed over 30 savings groups that improved food security and household income. Before World Vision’s intervention, the parish struggled with poor sanitation and high rates of malaria and diarrhoea, but with Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) training, the community adopted better hygiene practices, built improved latrines, and introduced handwashing facilities, drastically reducing waterborne diseases.

Inspiring stories of resilience from Nepal’s communities, supported by World Vision to access education, health, and hope for every child.

World Vision, FAWE, and CSOs host ACERWC side event on the links between nutrition, education, and child rights, marking 35 years of the ACRWC.

Evidence-based model improving nutrition by tackling gender inequality through systems thinking and empowerment at the core.