At thirty-four, Muhammad embodies resilience and empowerment. Living with paralysis of the lower limbs, Muhammad navigates his daily life using a wheelchair. Despite these physical limitations, Muhammad’s determination to improve his family’s situation has driven a journey of transformation.

Child participation is both a process and an outcome. Children who are truly empowered to exercise self-expression, agency and voice in the development process not only contribute a critical perspective that helps strengthen community outcomes but also fulfil their fundamental child rights.

World Vision Zambia has extensive experience in implementing various donor-funded water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in communities and refugee settlements. With an average annual budget of US$4 million, World Vision Zambia’s WASH programme is addressing goal number 6 of the SDGs, which is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. We have been implementing the Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (iWASH) since 2008 with the goal to improve the health status of .mothers and children under the age of 5.

A $6.5M World Bank project screened 1.4M children for nutrition, treated 113K for malnutrition, counseled caregivers, and improved water and gardening for thousands.

The population in Northwest Syria is 5.1 million, 4.2 million of which are in need of assistance. Among them, 3.6 million are food-insecure, 3.4 million are internally displaced, and 2 million are living in camps. From 2014 to 2023, the cross-border aid delivery mechanism from Türkiye has served as a critical lifeline to people in Northwest Syria. Based on the consent letter dated 13 July 2023, the Government of Syria granted the UN permission to use the Bab al-Hawa border crossing for humanitarian aid delivery into Northwest Syria. This arrangement eliminated the need for a UN Security Council resolution and, since then, the consent letter to deliver aid has been renewed every six months. A recent Protection Cluster assessment of 259 communities in Northwest Syria revealed limited access to protection services and aid, with 55% of communities reporting no assistance. Another recent assessment conducted by the Education Cluster showed that 54% of schools in the region were affected, with approximately 1,000 schools partially damaged. This has led to an increase in out-of-school children, rising from an estimated 800,000 to 1 million. The ongoing conflict in the area had already compromised sewage networks due to airstrikes, ground battles, and inadequate infrastructure management. These factors resulted in the destruction of wastewater pipelines, rendering substantial portions of the sewage system inoperable. The earthquake also caused significant damage to vital WASH facilities, including the collapse of water reservoirs, towers, stations, and sanitation systems. A REACH assessment indicated that at least 25% of WASH services in Northwest Syria were damaged. This exposure to untreated sewage has contributed to the spread of waterborne diseases, including cholera, typhoid, and gastroenteritis; this posed a significant threat to local water sources and public health. The existing WASH infrastructures, already fragile and inadequate, have been further strained by limited funding.

As part of World Vision's early 2024 urban programme, Roumtenga was identified to benefit from water infrastructure. A mechanised solar water supply system was built to provide drinking water to over 1,500 people.

This article explains that even though the DRC is the epicentre of Mpox, certain areas are not yet affected because local communities, supported by World Vision, have anticipated the situation by developing hygiene practices to protect themselves against this epidemic. Constant hand-washing is one of the solutions they have adopted, and children are protected in this way. That's why, to celebrate Global Handwashing Day, it was essential to present Le Pont Kwango as one of the model communities in the DRC.