Nahin, a young boy from Dhaka, transformed from silence to confidence through World Vision Bangladesh’s Life Skills-Based Education and ASRHR programmes, becoming a youth leader and advocate for adolescent rights.

Building Climate‑Adaptive Solutions through Inclusive Market Networks (BASIN) is a four‑year regional initiative (2025–2029) funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Mekong–Australia Partnership. Implemented by a World Vision–led consortium, the project supports smallholder farmers in Cambodia’s Kratie Province to adapt to climate change through inclusive and climate‑smart agri‑food systems. Focusing on cashew and vegetable value chains, BASIN aims to improve household incomes, strengthen women’s and marginalized groups’ participation and leadership, and generate evidence to inform regional learning and policy dialogue across the Mekong sub‑region.

At APFSD 2026, children and regional leaders unite to close the 88% SDG progress gap. Explore how child-centred innovation and direct negotiation are shaping a resilient future for communities across the Asia-Pacific.

This article highlights the remarkable transformation of the Ngandu community in Kinshasa through World Vision’s Savings for Transformation (S4T) approach. Over the years, savings groups have empowered families to build homes, educate their children, launch income-generating activities, and strengthen solidarity. With 135 active groups, a strong local association (AGECN ASBL), and the recent creation of the MUSANGA Health Mutual, Ngandu has become a model of community-led innovation, economic resilience, and sustainable development in DR Congo.

Masaba is one of 50 youth supported by World Vision through the Skills for Transformation initiative in Nankoma Area Programme. These youth-skilling initiatives have provided the right opportunities to vulnerable communities.

EU-funded World Vision project supports 4,800+ Ukrainian children with education, psychosocial aid, and protection amid ongoing war disruptions.

World Vision is influencing the adoption and implementation of policies relating to FGM in Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Sudan. The policy brief highlights strategic policy recommendations targeting national governments, regional institutions donors faith and community leaders.

Volunteer teachers are crucial in sustaining education in Zambia’s rural communities, ensuring children can access schooling where government resources are limited. Their deep connection to local contexts, commitment to learners, and ability to maintain community-school links have been central to providing education, especially in remote areas.

By the early 1960s, violent Karamojong cattle raids drove families from their homes. Classrooms emptied, and learning stopped. The situation worsened in the 1980s and 90s, with repeated waves of insecurity forcing the school to shut its doors.

• From Participation to Partnership: Child leaders from 13 countries at APFSD 2026 are moving beyond symbolic roles, inviting regional leaders into a shared co-design process and proposing "Innovation Labs" to bridge the gap between policy and the lived realities of their communities.