Naw Win, a 5-year-old child with speech difficulties, lives in Tha Di Kho village in Hlaing Bwe Township, Myanmar. Her family relies on farming for their livelihood and has limited financial resources, which makes it difficult to prioritize education. When the World Vision Myanmar Education Cannot Wait (ECW) project was introduced in 2023, Naw Win was enrolled in early childhood education sessions.

At 15 years old, Anne Gloria took the helm of World Vision Mali for a day through the Girls Take Over initiative. She advocated for girls' access to education, highlighting their leadership potential.

À 15 ans, Anne Gloria a pris les rênes de World Vision Mali, le temps d’une journée grâce à l’initiative 'Girls Take Over'. Elle a parlé en faveur de l'accès à l'éducation des filles en mettant en valeur leur pouvoir de leadership.

How Early Childhood Education Shapes Development in Children with Disabilities World Vision Myanmar and Education Cannot Wait ECW

This story is about Alom Kuot, a young woman from Wunlung, South Sudan. She learned carpentry skills through a World Vision project, and now she makes furniture to earn money. Alom also teaches her community about early warning signs of floods and disasters. Her story shows how education and hard work can help women and girls have a better future.

Esther, 13, is one of the children in Chongwe District, Zambia, who has greatly benefited from World Vision’s IMPACT+ programme, implemented at her school. The IMPACT+ programme is designed to nurture competent and compassionate agents of change, young people who are motivated, skilled, and equipped with strong values to positively impact their communities.

Menstruation period was a menace for girls like the 16-year-old Cynthia, who relieves the ordeal of missing school every single week of the month. Cynthia, a grade eight at Chipapa Primary School, explains that girls who reach the menstrual age like her face the challenge of finding sanitary pads adding that in most cases they would just avoid school and stay home until menstruation is over.