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Sunday, November 17, 2019

Mothers fear malaria and water-borne diseases after South Sudan flood

Melut County – “Our biggest concern is the rise of malaria and water-borne diseases”, says World Vision’s Health Project Manager Dr. Terefe Tafesse Woldeyes at World Vision’s integrated mobile health clinic being conducted for flood-affected families.

Mothers fear malaria and water-borne diseases after South Sudan flood

Melut County – “Our biggest concern is the rise of malaria and water-borne diseases”, says World Vision’s Health Project Manager Dr. Terefe Tafesse...

After months of conflict, children hoping to get back to school in southern Ethiopia

Inter-communal violence earlier this year displaced nearly a million people in Gedeo and West Guji zones in southern Ethiopia. Learning for hundreds of...

The state and aftermath of violence in southern Ethiopia

World Vision is one of the aid agencies responding to the unfolding humanitarian situation in southern Ethiopia where over a million people have been...

5 reasons we invest in early education for refugee children

From Monday to Friday, more than 13,000 children march to World Vision’s early childhood education centres inside northern Uganda’s refugee settlements for...

refugees in east africa and world vision staff

By the numbers: How we're working with refugees in East Africa

An estimated 4.9 million refugees have fled their homelands and sought safety in other countries within East Africa. Many arrive with just the clothes on...

Uganda's refugee dancers breaking barriers

The vast majority of the 1.3 million refugees in Uganda are children and youth. Ensuring young people have creative outlets is critical. One way refugees...

Lochero - forced to take care of siblings instead of going to school

Disaster after disaster putting girls in eastern Africa at risk

The Horn of Africa has been hit by a series of natural disasters during the last two years. In 2017, a widespread drought affected millions of families in...

John Jacob is standing at just 9 months old

Revived! Pulling children from malnutrition in South Sudan

The volunteers are buzzing. A nine-month-old boy has just been weighed, a measuring tape wrapped around his arm. It’s pulled up green. “He’s okay! Now he’s...

Children at nutrition centre

More than a million South Sudanese children in need of urgent nutrition assistance

The waiting room is jammed. There is no extra space on the wooden benches. Parents and their babies stand along the side of walls. It’s too hot, dots of...

photo of Florence and her brother

Hundreds of refugee youth are joining peace clubs in Uganda. Here's why:

Every morning, the stories of last night swirl. The world’s largest refugee settlement has no radio nor newspaper, but news filters through from person to...

Lives of girls and women have been transformed after water was brought to communities in Upper Nile

Celebrating a brighter future for South Sudan's girls as water woes ease

They are the first. Fourteen-year-old Nyanbol and 13-year-old Acha have been freed. A task that has burdened generations of women in South Sudan will no...

13-month-old Rhoda has become healthy again thanks to a nutrition programme run by World Vision.

Five nutrition centres open to combat South Sudan's rising malnutrition rates

JUBA - As child malnutrition continues to climb in South Sudan, World Vision is opening five new nutrition centres in Juba today. The centres aim to...

Dak and his uncle gardening

Gardening restores hope for displaced families in South Sudan

Fast facts: 6 million people - half of South Sudan's population - don't have enough to eat 1.9 million people have been displaced in South Sudan due to...

More than 200 young people are participating in peacebuilding clubs in Kakuma - helping foster safer schools and new friendships.

Child refugees ushering peace into schools, communities in northern Kenya

The bruises were frequent. The exchange of blows common. At 13 years old, Ayen was quick to clench her hands into fists. The smallest disagreement could...

Displaced

Kenya's forgotten conflict and its forgotten people

Kenya's forgotten conflict and its forgotten people “He has nightmares – gets startled out of sleep and screams. The sight of any strange man makes him...

Hundreds of children are thriving in an area of Ethiopia that is being impacted by a hunger crisis, because their mothers joined a gardening and savings club.

Preventing a hunger crisis, empowering Ethiopian moms through a gardening club

21-year-old Workalem is determined. She will not end up like her mother. And certainly, her four-year-old daughter will not have the same kind of life. “I...

Drought, conflict is causing a water crisis in eastern Africa. We're taking action.

In eastern Africa, drought and conflict is causing a water crisis. 20 million people do not have clean water. In the worst hit areas, people walk for over...

6 Things You Need to Know About South Sudan's Conflict

Six years ago, South Sudan was celebrating its newfound independence. Today, it's children are hungry and scared. How did it come to this? South Sudan's...

Giving cash: More than 80,000 people in South Sudan benefitting

World Vision is providing families of six the equivelent of $45 US cash each month. The cash is working wonders, restoring hope for people who have seen...

Inspiring a school of South Sudanese refugees

On World Humanitarian Day, we draw attention to the incredible people World Vision works with. Par Kuang Peter, the head teacher at a school for refugees...

World Humanitarian Day: Aid workers, children are Not A Target during conflict

Children, humanitarian workers, women and other innocent vulnerable people should never be a target during the conflict. Sadly, in eastern Africa, they are...

11 Facts: Life in northern Uganda's refugee settlements

This week the UN announced that the 1 millionth South Sudanese refugee crossed the border into Uganda. World Vision, in partnership with UNHCR, and Caritas...

What you need to know: Why so many people are fleeing South Sudan

What is happening? Political conflict, inter-communal violence, land disputes and continuous cattle raids have led to nearly four years of violence in...

Ethiopia's hunger crisis: What you need to know

What is happening? Millions of farmers and their children are going hungry. Low rainfalls during the last two years have led to disastrous harvests. Even...