Ongoing instability is leaving children hungry and without safe access to essentials. Help us meet urgent needs for kids and families affected by this crisis.
When disaster strikes, we respond with life-saving emergency aid, and stay to help families recover and rebuild.
For over 75 years, motivated by our faith and empowered by our donors, World Vision has rushed in to save lives, reduce suffering, and restore hope. By reaching people in crisis, we can demonstrate the life-changing love of Jesus through life-saving actions. Last year, World Vision responded to 104 disasters and humanitarian emergencies in 70 countries.
2030 GOAL
Support 70 million* people affected by emergencies and humanitarian crises internationally.
*Reach will require additional support from other sources such as public grants, gifts-in-kind, field offices, and other funding sources.
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The need
War, political instability, and natural disasters like storms and earthquakes upend lives. Yet, whatever the cause, humanitarian crises always hit vulnerable kids the hardest.
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The United Nations estimates nearly 239 million people will require humanitarian aid and protection in 2026, driven by conflict, extreme weather, economic factors, and other emergencies.
One in every 67 people globally have been forcibly displaced—a figure that has nearly doubled in the past 10 years.
Nearly 318 million people are facing acute hunger.
More than 1 in 6 children around the world are living in or fleeing a conflict zone.
Our response
When disaster strikes, we are on the ground, quickly providing immediate support — and we stay to help children, families, and communities rebuild for the future.
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BEFORE. Before emergencies happen, we work with communities to develop disaster preparedness plans that map out local threats and identify how to save lives and protect property — increasing families’ readiness and resilience.
DURING. When a crisis hits, our global staff activate pre-established logistical assessments, plans, programming standards, and pre-positioned supplies from warehouses strategically located worldwide to help children and families get the support they need.
AFTER. After the initial response, we work with communities over the long term to establish permanent housing, sustainable clean water, food security, access to quality education and healthcare, and recovery loans to rebuild livelihoods and restore children’s sense of security.
Our impact
World Vision is the largest implementing partner of the World Food Programme, which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for "its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war."
We’re distinctively capable of responding quickly, collaboratively, and holistically to virtually any emergency anywhere. Our local staff in nearly 100 countries, our Global Rapid Response Team, and our strategically located pre-positioning warehouses around the globe mean we’re able to respond to disasters within 24 to 72 hours, delivering food, water and sanitation solutions, relief supplies, and shelter.
With your partnership, see the impact we’re making:
104 disasters
Responded to 104 disasters and humanitarian emergencies in 2025.
35.6M people
Assisted 35.6 million people globally - including 18.6 million children in 2025.
1.9M people
1.9 million people, including 1.1 million children, have been reached with aid in response to the hunger crisis in Sudan and surrounding countries in 2025.
See the people and places whose lives are being transformed in the name of Jesus Christ. Watch videos to learn more about our work.
Our partners
Your gifts are used strategically to mobilize funding streams that increase our impact. Think of seed money or venture capital, which is leveraged to apply for and secure additional funding—usually from government and international organization grants—to maximize the yield for each dollar donated and, more importantly, expand our support for people in need. Without the generosity of donor partners like you, World Vision would not be able to implement these grants.
Pat Williams
donor partner, California (with his wife, Lyne Brown)
“God is using World Vision to help families when disaster strikes. We've seen it, and it's powerful. Hurting children are helped. Doors are opened to difficult places. Hope is restored.”
Cindy McCain
Executive Director, World Food Programme
“Today we are asking new friends – especially from the private sector – to step up and join us. The world must not turn its back on the hungry.”
