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Aid duplication is not inevitable. It's a choice. Do you agree? When humanitarian organisations and donors work in silos, communities pay the price through wasted resources, fragmented services, and missed opportunities to strengthen local systems. Amos Doornbos, Digital Adoption Technical Director at World Vision, calls for a shift from competition to coordination. Smarter collaboration, shared data, and stronger alignment with national priorities can help ensure that every dollar of aid delivers greater impact for children and families. Decision makers have the power to change how aid works. The question is whether they will choose to. Read the full piece: ow.ly/oAgx50YvWbT #HumanitarianReform #AidEffectiveness #DataGovernance #CollectiveAction #PowerInAid

MEDIA RELEASE - As heavy rain and falling temperatures continue to affect Lebanon, displaced children and families are facing increasingly harsh and unsafe living conditions, with many exposed to the cold in tents, unfinished buildings, and overcrowded shelters. According to Ministry of Social Affairs, more than 1 million people have been displaced in Lebanon in just over 2.5 weeks, including nearly 300,000 children. While around 132,700 individuals are currently hosted in collective shelters, the majority of families are finding refuge in the streets, informal sites, unfinished buildings, automobiles, or rented accommodation, often in conditions that lack adequate access to basic services and protection. World Vision Lebanon teams are responding on the ground, scaling up support to meet urgent needs. As of 16 March, the organisation has reached more than 131,000 people, including 46,000 children, with life-saving assistance in shelters. This includes blankets, mattresses, winter clothing, and heating support such as stoves, alongside food assistance, hot meals, hygiene kits, and trauma-informed care and psychosocial support. Winterisation support remains critical as temperatures drop and rainfall is expected to continue in the coming days, worsening already difficult conditions for families living in inadequate shelter. Heidi Diedrich, National Director of World Vision Lebanon, said: “Protection of children must be the top priority for all involved in responding to this escalation – this includes ensuring proper shelter for children and all displaced families, shelter that provides access to food, clean water, and a warm, safe place to lay their heads’ at night.” “Children in Lebanon continue to be exposed to crisis-after-crisis with acute poverty of 60% nationwide and reaching 70% in some areas”. “Forced displacement is a violation of International Humanitarian Law; It has driven 350,000 children to forcibly flee their homes with little to nothing, and with deep fear, exceptional loss and grief, as well as repeated trauma from airstrikes and drone attacks. Urgent support is needed to ensure the protection and wellbeing of all our children.” “The exceptional number of forcibly displaced since March 1 underscores the scale and urgency of lifesaving need. Urgent support is required to protect children and families as the need is far outpacing resources for this response. Winter assistance and safe shelter is especially vital as rain and cold weather continues, exposing children and family at exceptional risk to illness and long-term harm.” Razane, a 12-year-old displaced girl from South Lebanon, shared: “We are not happy here. It’s very cold and we need something to keep us warm, like stoves and heaters.” World Vision Lebanon continues to work with local partners and communities to deliver assistance quickly, including supporting community kitchens and distributing essential winter items to displaced families most exposed to the weather. The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as needs outpace available resources. With shelters overwhelmed and many families living in informal conditions, urgent action is needed to scale up funding and support for Lebanon’s most vulnerable children. Humanitarian organisations, including World Vision, urgently require rapid and flexible funding to scale up life-saving assistance, expand their reach, and respond effectively to the growing needs of vulnerable families affected by the crisis. Notes to Editors: World Vision has been present in Lebanon for more than 50 years, delivering humanitarian assistance and long-term transformational development programmes supporting vulnerable children and families. The organisation works with local partners to provide emergency food assistance, education support, child protection, clean water, healthcare, and psychosocial services across the country. For more information, please contact: Maya Bou Nassar, Advocacy & Communications Manager, World Vision Lebanon Maya_Bounassar@wvi.org | +961 3950516

MEDIA RELEASE - Fifteen years after the conflict in Syria began, millions of children remain caught in one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises. Renewed escalation across the Middle East risks further destabilising communities already struggling to recover from years of violence, displacement and economic collapse. Today, more than 7 million children in Syria require humanitarian assistance. Many were born during the conflict and have known nothing but war. Across the country, children continue to face the consequences of damaged infrastructure, prolonged displacement and limited access to basic services. An estimated 6.2 million people remain internally displaced, including 1.4 million living in camps. At the same time, 14.6 million people are food insecure, including 600,000 children under the age of five suffering from wasting, one of the most life-threatening forms of malnutrition. Access to education remains severely constrained. Thousands of schools have been destroyed or damaged or are being used as shelters for displaced families. Many children have already lost years of learning. Children with disabilities face even greater barriers to accessing education, healthcare and protection services. Years of conflict have also left deep psychological scars. Risks of child labour, child marriage, and gender-based violence remain widespread. Explosive ordnance contamination continues to threaten children’s lives and restrict safe access to schools, water points, and essential services. Ongoing displacement and population movements are an additional strain, weakening protection systems, and increasing risks for children. “The end of conflict has brought hope, but it has not ended the suffering,” said Emmanuel Isch, Director of World Vision Syria Response. Throughout 2025, World Vision Syria Response delivered assistance across Syria and supported displaced Syrians in Jordan and Türkiye. “In communities that only recently became accessible, we saw children returning to classrooms, families drinking clean water, and parents gaining access to livelihoods that allow them to begin rebuilding their lives and futures,” added Isch. Only in 2025, World Vision reached more than 4.2 million people, including 2.5 million children, through integrated humanitarian programmes. This included: - Education and psychosocial support for 28,840 children through rehabilitated learning centres - Nutrition support for more than 63,000 children, including treatment for malnutrition. Protection services for nearly 36,000 people, focusing on child protection and prevention of gender-based violence - Access to safe water for 1.7 million people, alongside sanitation improvements benefiting nearly 400,000 people - Food assistance and cash support for 13,000 families in northwest Syria - Livelihood support and training for more than 47,000 families, helping families restore income and resilience

MEDIA RELEASE - World Vision condemns the recent drone attacks targeting a school and a health center in Shukairi village, Um Rimta, White Nile State. These devastating attacks resulted in the deaths of at least eight students and one health worker, leaving many others injured. ​“Children are being targeted in their places of safety and protection. When schools and hospitals become battlegrounds, lives are lost, and the hopes of Sudan's children are continuously shattered. This violence must stop now; otherwise, there will be no future left to save." - Simon Mane, National Director, World Vision Sudan ​For nearly three years, children have been the primary victims of a conflict they did not start. Today, more than 10 million children are being deprived of their right to an education. The destruction of health infrastructure further cripples a system already struggling to provide quality health care. ​World Vision calls for the immediate protection of all civilians and the cessation of attacks on humanitarian infrastructure, in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Behind every statistic is a child, a family, and a future. Four years into the war in Ukraine, the needs remain immense, but so is our response. World Vision has been responding by protecting children, supporting families, and helping communities endure and rebuild.

It's not just oil that flows through the Hormuz Strait: over one-third of the world's fertiliser passes through it, too. Disruptions here will have dire consequences for the most vulnerable children and families. Watch to the end to find out how World Vision is working with farmers to mitigate the effects of reduced access to fertilisers.

School meals transform children’s health and learning—but food alone isn’t enough, says our team from @WVRwanda. With @RwandaGov & @WFP, World Vision’s WASH efforts in 36 schools unlock students’ full potential. Read more: ow.ly/EouO50YsF9j

With our partnership with @WFP, school feeding programmes are helping children get nourished, learn, and stay safe. School meals are a proven investment and they're especially vital during emergencies. ow.ly/Uu0T50YsvvJ

See how we're responding across Lebanon, where millions of children and their families are getting displaced and facing injury, psychological trauma, and even death. Join us in calling for the immediate de-escalation of violence and protection of children and civilians.

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Latin America must decide: is water a public good or a privilege? Over 120M lack safe drinking water, 115M lack sanitation. AQUA Nexus shows the impact of coordinated action. ow.ly/4ren50YoblP @fao #WaterSecurity #HumanitarianLeadership #ClimateResilience #WASH

Can we stop bombing children? Kids often wrongly blame themselves. Our regional leader for metal health, Mike Kirakossian, explains how our teams help are supporting children to reduce lasting trauma trauma from war.

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Urgent action is needed: 295M people face high acute food insecurity. 1 in 5 children live in or are fleeing conflict zones. Needs are rising as resources fall. We can’t normalise hunger. #FoodSecurity #HungerCrisis #HumanitarianAction #ProtectChildren

Join Nicham, our comms coordinator in Lebanon, as he visits schools that have become shelters for displaced children and families.

Update on Lebanon, where people are forced to sleep on the streets and in their cars. "We are very concerned about children and their families," says Amanda Munoz de Toro, Regional Humanitarian Emergency Adviser, in an interview with @cbcnews. @worldvisioncan

Celebrating our 31,000+ staff in 100+ countries—especially those responding to crises. “We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope...” – 1 Thessalonians 1:3 #EmployeeAppreciationDay

Everyday our staff show incredible resilience in the world’s toughest places. With faith, they brave physical & emotional challenges to reach one more child. We honour their quiet courage & unwavering commitment. Join us in thanking them for all they do. #EmployeeAppreciationDay

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growing crisis. Mass deportations and lost remittances have pushed thousands into deep debt. Families now face severe food insecurity and harmful coping mechanisms. The study confirms that children suffer most in this economic downturn.

Herat, March 2026 – International aid agency World Vision is warning of a rapidly worsening hunger crisis in Afghanistan after escalating regional conflict led Iran to halt food exports. Afghanistan is almost completely reliant on either Iran or Pakistan for imports. But ...