article / June 10, 2020
Boy’s family goes hungry in Colombia so he can pursue dream
Armando, 16, sits on the edge of a small bed in the one-room house he shares with his mother and siblings in El Talento, a place with hundreds of fragile, tarp-covered tin and wooden shelters near Colombia’s border with Venezuela.
publication / January 5, 2017
World Vision's Conflict-Sensitivity Tools
Conflict sensitivity helps aid organisations understand the context, anticipate the interaction between aid and the context, and ensure positive impact of aid and actions while minimising negative impact both on identified needs and the community.
publication / May 25, 2017
CSO Statement Global Platform 2017
The role of civil society as a partner in resilience is mentioned 82 times across the post-2015 frameworks. We hoped to finally see risk reduction designed by those bearing that risk, those with the knowledge and capacities to ensure local realities are taken into account.
press release / August 3, 2015
Heavy monsoon rains and cyclone trigger massive flooding, landslides in Myanmar, India
Since early July, heavy monsoon rains have been falling on Myanmar, India and Bangladesh.
publication / November 22, 2016
Integrating Peacebuilding and Conflict-Sensitivity
Integrating Peacebuilding and Conflict-Sensitivity (IPACS) is a local context analysis tool that enables better understanding of a specific area where a programme or project will take place.
article / June 14, 2013
Bringing water to the desert in Jordan
The continuous stream of Syrians seeking refuge in Jordan (and other nearby countries) continues to grow. Zaatari, the main refugee camp in the Jordan has grown so quickly in the last year, it would be the fifth largest city in the country.
article / April 7, 2015
Memory’s Hope for Her Pregnancy
“I am no longer worried about losing another pregnancy due to malaria. I am now excited and encouraged to go through this pregnancy and have a healthy baby.” These are the words of 22-year-old Memory Mutale, a pregnant woman in Northern Zambia.
press release / May 23, 2016
Grand Bargain helps move humanitarian system away from one-system-fits-all approach
The humanitarian system must move away from a centralised approach to one that reflects reality.Grand Bargain commitments are an attempt to bring significant improvements in the way aid is collectively mobilised and delivered.World Vision is committed to being as ambitious