World hunger has exploded, reaching unprecedented levels. Right now, 50 million people in 45 countries are facing the threat of starvation due to conflict, rising costs, extreme weather, and the social and economic...
We’ve likely all had an experience of life changing in an instant. Maybe it was the birth of a first child, the unexpected loss of a loved one, or bad news about a job. Whatever it was, life was irrevocably altered...
Water from a rusted pipe flows down through the grass to a nearby swamp, leaving a trail of orange sediment. “That is the iron in the water. It has rusted the pipe and turned the grass and soil orange,” says Humphrey, a...
| Grandson Brian at the new tippy-tap |
When Florence got married in the 1980’s, her new home didn’t have a latrine. Though she had come from a home with one, she never asked her husband about it. For over 30...
| Florence & her second born using the tippy-tap |
No one knows better than Florence how the benefits of having community health workers in her village can be life changing. Last year, Nyakabale was far from being...
CHWs, ttC, 7-11, PDH. These aren’t just your ordinary acronyms. They stand for the very simple, very powerful approaches World Vision is using to strengthen health care systems and save the lives of moms and...
| Wilson is conducting one of his training sessions with Grace during her 5th pregnancy. |
At the age of 67, Wilson Masiga might consider slowing down and enjoying his seven children and forty grandchildren....
Nearly half of all child deaths under the age of five occur within the first month of their lives*, despite marked improvement over the past 30 years. That’s about 2.6 million babies a year. More than 7,100 a day.
Little Isaac came into this world with the odds stacked against him. His mother died the day after he was born. He was so small people were afraid to touch him, let alone take him in as one of their own. Most of...
