World Vision calls for urgent global support to protect over 1.4 million children in Lebanon facing hunger, trauma, and disrupted education.

This briefing begins from a simple but urgent truth: climate policy that leaves children out is a failed policy. If we are serious about tackling the climate emergency

Local Disaster Risk Reduction for Preparedness and Recovery Manual: Enhancing Communities' Resilience in North East Syria.

Brikena Zogaj and Lilian Mumbi, World Vision Technical Experts, emphasise that hunger is not just a food issue but a protection crisis, especially for children who face exploitation, early marriage, and displacement due to food insecurity. They highlight how integrating child protection into food aid programmes—such as those by World Vision—can safeguard children and improve long-term outcomes. The authors call on global actors to fund and prioritise child-focused, integrated approaches to ensure children are not only fed but also protected and empowered.

Fifteen-year-old Muslimo* never imagined her childhood would end this way. Once a hopeful student in Ethiopia, she now spends her days cooking, cleaning, and caring for her younger siblings in a displacement camp in Doolow, Somalia. Hunger has taken the place of learning.

Amid rising global needs and waning donor confidence, World Vision's Advocacy Specialists - Mark Calder, Daniel Kefela, and Lasantha Premachandra - urge to advocate for smarter, evidence-based funding that integrates humanitarian, development and peace efforts. They shed light on the importance of investing in local capacities and multi-sectoral approaches as being the key to restoring trust and building resilience.

In humanitarian crises, food security is often treated as a standalone goal. But World Vision is helping shift that paradigm — proving that protecting children must be central to how we feed, recover, and rebuild. Together with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Plan International, and the Food Security Cluster, World Vision is setting a new standard: one where child well-being is not an afterthought, but a core outcome of humanitarian response.