World Vision Hong Kong supported 7 APs to improve children’s growth environment and empower community members to be resilient, that they would become self-sustainable and be free from the poverty trap.

Child Protection

• Reached 3,600 families with education on the prevention of early marriage, drowning and suicide.
• Set up and empowered Child Forums to lead different child protection initiatives such as dialogue sessions with the local government, involving about 3,330 children.

• Collaborated with local authorities to monitor and improve the nutrition status of over 16,710 under-5 children, as well as helping parents and caregivers learn to fight against malnutrition.
• Reached over 4,820 women of reproductive age and monitor their health status through community health workers.
• Provided about 3,790 pregnant women and caregivers of under-5 children with nutrition, and information on preventing infectious diseases and injury.

• Supported about 1,620 families to start income generating activities, increasing their income and food production.
• 5,110 families now keep regular savings after receiving financial training.

• Conducted programmes to change community hygiene behaviours, reaching 15,740 people.
• Provided water purifiers and access to basic drinking water services, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases for 8,160 people.
• Reached about 16,860 people with COVID-19 awareness information through various online platforms.

• Taught 560 children about personal hygiene, emotional management and maintaining harmonious relationships with their peers and family members.

• Enrolled about 580 malnourished children under five in PD/Hearth sessions to improve their nutritional status. Over half of them fully recovered within 90 days after enrolment.
• Provided over 620 households with farm animals such as ducks, chickens and heifers.

• Operated 26 community cooking and learning centres to support female refugees with training on nutritious food preparation, child feeding, childcare, hygiene, disaster risk reduction and kitchen gardening.
• Supported gender-based violence (GBV) victims with psychosocial support and skills building sessions, and provided refugees with GBV awareness training, reaching over 800 people.

• Distributed food kits (including rice, oil and lentils) and hygiene kits (including buckets, detergent powder and soap) to 47,200 people affected by floods.

• Provided food and e-vouchers to enhance food security status of refugee households residing in camps in Cox’s Bazar.