Lalor, a remote mountaintop village on the Vietnam border, faces isolation, poor sanitation, and health risks—but a water project brings hope.

Water is the blue thread of integration connecting people, places, and progress. It is essential to the well-being of children and their communities and creates pathways out of poverty. Water transforms lives by driving economic growth, food security, environmental resilience, safe healthcare, and educational success. Mapping the Blue Thread is World Vision’s 2026 to 2030 global business plan to deliver adaptive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions for a better, healthier world across 42 countries. Our data-driven approach enables country WASH teams to deliver targeted, location-specific strategies that maximize impact, effectiveness, and sustainability.

Two rural communities in Krachi West, Oti Region, celebrate the end of daily two-hour walks for water as new solar-powered systems bring safe drinking water to nearly 10,000 residents.

Safe Water Network praises World Vision Ghana’s Water Lab for advancing safe water in Ghana, as both explore deeper collaboration for inclusive, sustainable access.

World Vision Ghana and CWSA renew partnership to boost sustainable rural water access through innovation and regulation.

In the remote village of Mafika-Lisiu, Mohale’s Hoek, World Vision International Lesotho transformed lives by installing 17 community taps, ending decades of water scarcity. The story of ‘Malimo and her mother, ‘Masimone, reflects how access to clean water restored health, dignity, and hope—reducing disease, improving hygiene, and empowering families to thrive.

With support from World Vision Canada and P&G, World Vision Ghana has donated vital medical and water treatment supplies to the Oti Regional Health Directorate, enhancing healthcare delivery and promoting clean water practices.

In Myanmar’s flood-prone Inle Lake, climate and health crises collide—but a community-led sanitation innovation offers hope for resilience.

Over 22,000 Krachi Nchumuru residents now have safe water and sanitation via solar-powered, accessible systems in six rural communities.