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.

On World Toilet Day 2024, World Vision and DR Congo's Kasai province held an event to promote hygiene and sanitation, part of the USAID-funded GAINS-TUYA KUMPALA project.

Serena Stepanovic and Mary Njeri share World Vision insights into school feeding that can make such programming fair and reach everywhere.

La haute pluviométrie de 2024 est l’une des plus importantes que le Mali ait subies depuis près de 60 ans. Les pluies ont affecté presque toutes régions du pays causant d’énormes dégâts particulièrement dans les régions du Centre. World Vision Mali y a apporté une assistance aux ménages de villages sinistrés.

Global Livelihoods Sector Annual Report 2023

This article highlights the success and impact of World Vision’s 16-day campaign against gender-based violence (GBV) in the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The campaign, organized as part of the GAINS-TUYA KUMPALA project, aimed to raise awareness about GBV, promote gender equality, and strengthen local protection mechanisms for women and girls. It emphasizes the importance of community mobilization and education in addressing and preventing violence, while also showcasing the collaboration between local and international partners to support victims and reduce GBV in the region.

Responding to children’s urgent call for climate justice, World Vision has developed the first organisation-wide Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action (ESCA) Strategic Roadmap. World Vision completed the first stocktake of ESCA -related programmes implemented during financial years 2023-24 across 69 countries.

This story covers themes connected to the Celebrating Families research findings by Fuller Theological Seminary, which are highlighted in the LCC marketing brief accessible on the E&L SharePoint on The Vine. World Vision implemented Celebrating Families in 23 area programs (APs) in Rwanda from 2021 through 2024. Below are the study’s main findings, for quick reference.