article / September 11, 2024
Empowering Moldovan children: The transformative impact of child-friendly spaces
Everyday, over 20 children find solace in child-friendly spaces, with more than 600 children across Moldova benefitting from the ADH-funded program. Through formal and non-formal education, mental health and psychosocial support activities, catch-up classes, and excursions, these children are given the tools they need to build brighter futures.
publication / September 18, 2024
Capacity Statement: Child Protection 2024
Under the Child Protection program, World Vision Zambia addresses areas that negatively affect children and reduce their ability to realize their full potential, these include, unsafe migration, child marriage, low birth registration, Child Labor, child sexual and physical abuse.
article / August 9, 2024
World Vision’s child-friendly spaces continue to make a difference in the lives of Ukrainian children
Supported by Aktion Deutschland Hift, the child-friendly space provides a number of everyday activities for children of different ages like crafts, arts, sports, among others. Staffed with psychologists and a speech therapist, it became their sanctuary.
article / August 9, 2024
Despite the Conflict, World Vision’s Child Friendly Spaces in East Darfur helps children regain their childhood
Sudan's conflict severely impacts children like Amal, causing displacement, trauma, and loss of education. World Vision’s Child Safe Spaces offer vital support
publication / September 18, 2024
Capacity Statement: Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health & Nutrition 2024
The World Vision Zambia Health programme focuses on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAHN). The aim of the programme is to improve the health status of pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under the age of five. Our strategic objective for health is to contribute to the reduction of maternal and child mortality through improved health and nutrition practices. The heart of World Vision’s Global Health and Nutrition Strategy is a package of preventative interventions for mothers and children under two, targeting the first 1,000-days.
article / September 12, 2024
Every Ukrainian child deserves to learn and grow up in a peaceful and safe environment
Even as over 3,000 schools were damaged, and destruction of educational institutions sadly continue, the grit and resilience of the Ukrainian children clearly shines bright despite the horrors and turmoil of the war they do not deserve.
article / September 16, 2024
World Vision Calls for Increased Efforts to Curb Child Protection Incidents in Mozambique
Child Incidents on the rise in Mozambique following issued reports by survivors making use of the free Child Helpline 116. This is a free hotline, designed to assist victims of Gender Based Violence in the country.
article / June 18, 2024
Child-friendly spaces as pivotal platforms for education and emotional healing
For these children, the child-friendly space represents a transformation.
publication / September 9, 2024
Unfinished Business: The progress in policies to end violence against children
Each year, one billion children suffer from violence, losing their innocence and bearing lifelong scars. Despite government promises to end this violence, progress is inconsistent, with some areas regressing. A new report highlights the current state of policy commitments in 21 countries, revealing that no country has done enough to end violence against children by 2030. While some countries have outlawed violence, enforcement is lacking, and loopholes remain. West Africa, in particular, shows minimal progress and high rates of child marriage and labor.
video / June 18, 2024
Childhoods restored: nurturing hope in Yemen’s child-friendly spaces
The journey of most of the people living in internally displaced people camps in the Southern governorates of Yemen, is often marked by displacement and fear. Amidst this backdrop, child-friendly spaces emerge as sanctuaries of hope and healing.