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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding – what does this mean and why it matters

Colleen Emary explains why and how women everywhere must have the information, the opportunity and support to breastfeed their children 

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Breastfeeding week

Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding – what does this mean and why it matters

Colleen Emary explains why and how women everywhere must have the information, the opportunity and support to breastfeed their children

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Nutrition Dialogues

Elevating Local Voices to Global Heights through Nutrition Dialogues

By David Nabarro, Strategic Director of 4SD Foundation and Dan Irvine, Global Director, Health and Nutrition, World Vision International.

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Ending violence against children

1 Billion Child Victims. 100 Days. 1 Historic Opportunity.

Brikena Zogaj makes an urgent plea for everyone to act now so the November conference in Bogotá, Colombia to end violence changes the world for children.

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G20 Must Commit to Ending Hunger and Malnutrition

Dr Andrea Galante called on G20 leaders to do all they can to end "the most degrading of human deprivations"

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Modernising aid

The world of aid needs an agile revolution

Matt Scott calls aid organisations to urgently take a leaf out of the software industry's book and become much more agile

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School feeding & education

School Meals and School Attendance: Creating a foundation for academic success

Senior Food Assistance Advisor, Kevin Weseni sets out to show the link between the quality of school meals and better academic success.

Surviving drought in Somalia

Climate change is increasing hunger and malnutrition

Andrea Galante and Yukiko Yamada Morovic highlight the urgent actions needed to mitigate the current global hunger and malnutrition crises.

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Making breastfeeding work in a hunger crisis

For #WorldBreastFeedingWeek Colleen Emary calls for more investment to ensure women can breastfeed when food is in short supply.

Girls in Sudan reading together

Schooling for Sudan’s 19 million children could only be five steps away

Inos Mugabe says the effect of 90% of Sudan’s children being denied education is more devastating than just learning.

Taysa leads a child protection effort in her community in Indonesia

Children aren’t crying wolf! The Pact of the Future must include them.

Dana Buzducea urges government leaders to heed civil society’s call to respond to children’s voices as they draw up the Pact of the Future.

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Jessie J is wrong about what we need for climate action

Maurice Sadlier says that climate negotiations from Bonn prove that climate action *is* about the price tag and deciding who should pay.

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Leading by Example: Children’s Voice in Organisational Decision-Making

Humanitarian workers and international development practitioners know that in our line of work, there are no quick fixes to ending poverty. Sustainable...

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World Vision calls on IDA21 to Prioritize Nutrition Financing

As IDA21 deputies prepare to gather in Kathmandu, Nepal for the third meeting to discuss financing for the world’s poorest nations, World Vision’s...

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Weather insurance plus farming techniques make farmers more resilient to the climate crisis

Climate resilience expert Ngo Tho Hung explains an innovative approach to helping Vietnamese farming families cope when crops fail.

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Father to father: Empathising with the challenges of fatherhood

Dr Jean Baptiste Kamate (JBK), a father of two, reflects on the current displacement crisis, empathising with the challenges fathers and their families...

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Finding a place for peace in the HDP nexus

Juliette Semaan observes that peacebuilding is often an add-on to other programming, and suggests future ways to mitigate that challenge.

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Menstrual Health in retrospect – A decade of lessons learned

Ten years after the first Menstrual Hygiene Day, World Vision reflects on significant progress in menstrual health and hygiene and outlines key lessons and...

Middle East children affected by climate change

How extreme weather is aggravating humanitarian crises in the Middle East

Environmental expert Aaron Tanner explains how humanitarian agencies must focus on resilience and flexibility to counter the region’s climate crisis

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Why social justice and education are vital

Teen advocate Sheyla, from Peru, shares why social justice and quality education are imperative for children and young people, and what she wants world...

A boy enjoys a bite to eat at a World Vision-supported peace club gathering in Honduras’ San Pedro Sula area where boys and girls work within their communities to establish a culture of peace. / © World Vision

The Seven Things You May Not Expect in a Hunger Crisis

The Seven Things You May Not Expect in a Hunger Crisis - Most children suffering severe malnutrition will be extremely skinny, experiencing severe muscle...

Earth Day

Raising our hands for a healthier and greener tomorrow

Ahead of Earth Day 2024, Kevin Weseni, Senior Food Assistance Advisor for the Global Hunger Response at World Vision International, underscores the...

Dishes ready to serve the midday meal at a school in Makamba Province

Lessons in Resilience: Insights from School Feeding in Burundi

World Vision World Vision Programme (WFP) Homegrown School Feeding is increasingly the foundation for school meals in Burundi and expands the reach of the...

Children in Tanzania

Enough Food for Every Child: a Human Right?

As Elena Gaia prepares for the Geneva launch of World Vision’s ENOUGH campaign that calls for an end to child hunger and malnutrition, she ponders the...

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NGOs Must Focus on School Meals in Humanitarian Crises

NGOs like World Vision play a pivotal role in supporting governments in implementing school meal programmes effectively, and our extensive experience and...