Afghanistan has been plagued by years of armed conflict. In August 2021, the country experienced a change of power, and life changed dramatically for children, women and their families.
Resource-rich DRC has been crippled by decades-long armed violence between the government and various rebel forces nicknamed “Africa’s world war”.
Somalia has been experiencing decades of conflict, as well as bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change in recent years, causing many people in the country to endure extreme hardships.
Since its establishment in July 2011, South Sudan has been afflicted with conflict, natural disasters and hunger. The country also has the world’s highest proportion of out-of-school children.
Syria has been in the midst of a complex civil war since 2011. Because of this war, children of Syria have lost their education, safety and their hope in a peaceful future.
Life in Ukraine has been turned upside down when war broke out in February 2022. It is estimated that within the first 100 days of the war, over one-third of the country’s population has been forced to leave home.
Afghanistan has been plagued by years of armed conflict and is one of the most challenging places for a humanitarian organisation to operate in the world. Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, sustained conflicts, prolonged droughts, economic collapse, displacements and massive food insecurity have increased the vulnerabilities of the people in Afghanistan. In August 2021, the country experienced a change of power, and life changed dramatically for children, women and their families.
World Vision has been working in Afghanistan since 2001, when our operations began in response to an emergency. Within a few years, the organisation moved toward rehabilitation and then on to long-term development programming. Since 2011, we have focused our operations in Herat, Ghor and Badghis provinces in the western region of the country. We target the most vulnerable in our interventions, including children, women, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnee refugees, as well as the most impoverished and marginalised families, addressing their needs in health, nutrition, WASH, child protection and education, while also empowering women to engage in civil and social issues through interfaith partnership.
In late December 2022, following a ban announced by the country’s de-factor authorities on all women working in NGO sectors, World Vision has immediately suspended all operations in Afghanistan. However, health and nutrition programmes, where we have received clear, reliable assurances from relevant authorities that our female staff will be safe and can work without obstruction, have been restarted in mid-January 2023.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a country of vast natural wealth. Its natural resources include diamonds, gold, cobalt and oil. Yet these riches have brought suffering to its people. The decades-long armed violence between the government and various rebel forces nicknamed “Africa’s world war” has crippled the country. Sexual violence is widespread, while measles and Ebola outbreaks have hit impoverished communities.
World Vision’s presence in the DRC dates back to 1984. Today, we are working to contribute to the sustainable improvement of well-being for over 5 million children and their communities through transformational development and humanitarian relief programmes focused on health and nutrition, education, water and sanitation, child protection, livelihoods and resilience, food aid, psychosocial support and the reintegration of displaced people.
Somalia has been experiencing decades of conflict, as well as bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change. For several rainy seasons in a row, the country has been experiencing inadequate rainfall, which, combined with the incessant risks of drought and desert locusts, has resulted in very poor harvests, loss of livestock and displacement of poor population, causing even greater intercommunal conflicts. The country is facing an extremely severe food crisis. Living constantly at risk and in poverty, many people in Somalia are enduring extreme hardships.
World Vision has been operational in Somalia since 1993, responding to the over three decades-long protracted humanitarian crisis, working with communities to overcome conflict and climate-induced challenges, strengthen resilience, improve people’s livelihoods as well as address development challenges. Our programmes across different parts of Somalia are especially focused on food security and livelihoods, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, child protection and education.
Since its establishment in July 2011, South Sudan has been afflicted with conflict, natural disasters and hunger. Since a massive armed conflict broke out in December 2013, violence has been incessant, while recurring floods, droughts and other extreme weather events caused by climate change, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, have all further aggravated South Sudan’s economic and food crises. South Sudan also has the world’s highest proportion of out-of-school children.
World Vision has been working in South Sudan since 1989, being one of the few organisations that provided assistance during the Second Sudanese Civil War to the displaced populations in what was then the Southern Sudan region of the Republic of the Sudan.
Today, food insecurity continues to plague over 7 million people in South Sudan. World Vision's humanitarian assistance has reached out to over 1.5 million people in need through various initiatives, such as food security and livelihood, health and nutrition, child protection, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, etc. across four major zones: Juba (capital), as well as the states of Upper Nile, Warrap, and Western Equatoria.
Syria has been in the midst of a complex civil war since 2011. Because of this war, children of Syria have lost their education, safety and their hope in a peaceful future. An entire generation of Syrians are on the brink of being trapped in a cycle of poverty and violence.
Since the beginning of the civil war and the massive humanitarian emergency it triggered, World Vision has been supporting an ever-increasing number of individuals and communities across four countries worst affected by the crisis: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Our four strategic objectives include the following:
Life in Ukraine has been turned upside down when war broke out in February 2022. It is estimated that within the first 100 days of the war, over one-third of the country’s population has been forced to leave home. As Ukraine is one of the world’s major food exporters, while oil and gas supply pipelines run through the country to reach other parts of Europe, this ongoing war is also aggravating the existing global food and economic crises. World Vision’s response began just days after the beginning of the war. Since then, we have been responding to the needs of displaced children and families across Ukraine, Romania, Moldova and Georgia, providing food, psychosocial support, education, child protection, basic necessities, etc.
