This project in Uganda aims to transform social norms and practices, reduce risks of early marriage, pregnancy, Gender Based Violence (GBV), and HIV infection, and support girls to stay in school.
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Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
11.1 million people have benefited from work World Vision U.S. donors like you helped support since these projects began. In fiscal year 2018, 5 million people benefited. Thank you for giving generously to transform the lives of children and families in need.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
Your partnership is enabling World Vision to have a mighty impact for God’s Kingdom as children and youth grow in their Christian faith. Thank you for your faithful prayers and commitment.
1,857,348 people benefited from ministry activities since October 2015, including 1,210,063 during fiscal year 2018. This includes parents/caregivers, children, and community members benefiting directly and indirectly.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
Fiscal year 2018 has been a year of tremendous impact, reaching an incredible 4 million people with clean water, 2.8 million with sanitation, and 5 million with hygiene. We continue to have an industry leading effort that is reaching one new person with clean water every 10 seconds!
We remain committed to reaching everyone, everywhere we work with clean water by 2030—an ambitious but achievable goal that means reaching 50 million people between 2015 and 2030. We thank you for being part of this journey with us and for being part of this historic effort to end the global water and sanitation crisis within our lifetimes.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
God has accomplished amazing things through the Africa Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Program! Over the last three years, we have reached more than 8.4 million people with clean water, 5.9 million with improved sanitation, and 9.45 million with hygiene education. 2.7 million received access to clean drinking water during fiscal year 2018.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
Thanks to your faithful support of mother and child health projects in Somalia, Uganda, and Zambia, the promise of Isaiah 65:20 is being borne out with encouraging frequency: Never again will there be … an infant who lives but a few days.
450,400 women and young children were provided with access to maternal and child health and nutrition services, which included 259,981 children younger than 5 during FY18. Since these projects began in FY16, 749,018 women and young children have benefited from your support.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
BabyWASH is working in several World Vision community development areas to train health volunteers and health facility staff members to share health education, recognize problems, and provide emergency obstetric and newborn care when needed.
26,239 people learned how they can improve their hygiene habits to create healthier living environments, and benefited from additional project activities during FY18.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
THRIVE (Transforming Household Resilience in Vulnerable Environments) is one of the building blocks of World Vision’s global livelihoods strategy and economic empowerment work. Our work addresses the underlying causes of poverty: food insecurity, vulnerability to climatic events, and lack of access to information, markets, and financial services. Our goal is to lift the most vulnerable families out of the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
1 million people were provided with access to economic empowerment activities since the programs began in FY16, with 351,898 in FY18.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
The Women’s Empowerment Fund aims to build the resilience of women and their families, improve gender equality, and support the development of livelihoods by increasing access to and quality of financial services to vulnerable women.
So far, $1.55 million has been raised with 5,062 women currently receiving loans through this fund that impact 13,037 children.
Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018)
Thank you for caring about vulnerable children. You are making a crucial difference in children’s lives by helping to protect them from all forms of violence. 1,924,172 people, including 848,151 children, have benefited from our child protection projects since they began. In FY18, 567,898 people benefited.
