For Chipo Chapatarongo, a 48-year-old mother of seven in Makoma village, Nyanga North, fetching water was once a daily ordeal fraught with challenges.

A village in Zambia’s drought-hit Southern Province is celebrating a life-changing milestone with the installation of a new well. For the first time, residents have access to clean and safe water, alleviating the hardships caused by years of water scarcity.

Meet Maria's, a young girl from Mutarara district who benefited of a borehole built in her community by World Vision Mozambique, what allows her to go to school in time and reduces the risk of falling seek.

In this issue of the West & Central Africa Newsletter, we highlight the remarkable progress accomplished across our programmes throughout the year 2024, looking back on the trials and celebrating the triumphs.

World Vision Ghana and Polytank Ghana Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that promises to significantly increase access to clean water, improve sanitation, and foster community resilience across Ghana.

Communities are now more aware of the need for hygiene, which has reduced the number of people practising open defecation in the locality of Mubangoene, in Gaza Province, Mozambique, thanks to the construction of latrines under the Sanitation Marketing programme implemented by World Vision Mozambique

Schools from various regions converged on Accra for the grand finale of the 5th School Sanitation Solutions Challenge. This event highlighted the focus on children as the nation's hope to become sanitation conscious agents of change.