Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019)

Thank you for investing in the safety and well-being of children. Your generosity is helping to create opportunities in their lives for resilience, healing, and hope.

2,451,802 people, including 1,071,933 children, have benefited from our Child Protection projects since they began. In FY19, 443,907 new people benefited. These numbers include beneficiaries from projects not featured in this report or that have already closed.

Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

Thank you for investing in the futures of vulnerable children. Their lives are changed through your belief in a better world for them and your generosity.

2,322,197 people, including 1,060,168 children, have benefited from our Child Protection projects since they began. In FY19, 396,282 new people benefited. These numbers include beneficiaries from projects not featured in this report or that have already closed.

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)

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. 

Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018)

Thank you for your support of our Child Protection projects. Through your partnership, children around the world who are vulnerable to violence are being protected from grave abuse and exploitation.

1,270,558 people, including 656,915 children, have benefited from our Child Protection projects since they began. These numbers include beneficiaries from our Honduras project, which was not summarized in this report, and other Child Protection projects that have already closed. In FY18, 149,649 people benefited.

Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2017 (October 2016 to September 2017)

In the past year, our projects empowered children to protect themselves through life skills education, training, and peer support groups. We helped vulnerable children to enroll and remain in school by reducing the financial strain on families. As children gained leadership skills, they became advocates for preventing the abuse of children.

Thank you for your faithful support.

Progress Report: Fiscal Year 2016 (October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016)

Through our work in Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, and Mozambique, we are changing the attitudes and behaviors that put children at risk. It is challenging work. It takes time. But our mission could not be closer to the heart of God—because it is His precious children we are protecting.

Thank you for being part of these efforts in fiscal year 2016. This report celebrates the progress we made together. Please pray for continuing safety and healing for children who have been hurt. We ask God to help us reach even more children this year.

In Georgia, World Vision’s child protection project resulted in a 20-percent decrease in the number of parents sending their children to work over two years. 

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The final evaluation for the USAID-funded Preventing Trafficking in Persons through Sustainable Livelihood Recovery project in the Philippines found positive impact. 

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Our ongoing USDOL-funded project focuses on reducing exploitative child labor in fishing, agriculture, and domestic service in Cambodia through educational and livelihoods services for 28,000 children and 14,000 households. In its first 3 years of implementation, it has been successful at increasing enrollment, reducing the dropout rate, and influencing national level policy.

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