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Enhancing Nutrition Preparedness,Surveillance and Response in Kenya's Arid and Semi-arid Lands

Mental health, at home and abroad

As humanitarian emergencies continue to unfold around the world, children are increasingly exposed to violence and other experiences that leave them in desperate need of psychological first aid.
ways. Community Health Volunteers in Kenya create awareness about

Providing aid, while depending on it: Meet Johnson - both a humanitarian and an IDP

Johnson Kuithoy is both an aid worker and an internally displaced person (IDP) living in a camp. A South Sudanese man in his thirties, he has dedicated his life to providing relief, while he and his family likewise depend on it. Today, on World Humanitarian Day, heroes like Johnson are celebrated…
children to live with their grandparents in Kenya. … and he left for Kenya with my wife’s parents soon … I can save up to visit my boy and my girl in Kenya. I know the day will come

Seeing the fruits of sponsorship in Uganda

Seeing gorillas, hippos and elephants in their natural habitat was special, but for Lady Louisa Gordon Lennox and her family, the high point of a recent safari in Uganda was meeting Teopista, the teenager they sponsor through World Vision UK.
Kenya and Costa Rica

World Refugee Day: Africa reels under refugee crisis as World Vision warns that closure of Dadaab camp will trigger new migrants wave

Shutting the world’s largest refugee camp could unleash a new wave of human migration across North Africa and Europe, according to World Vision UK.
June 2016. Closing the Dadaab camp in Kenya will risk a humanitarian disaster when … Kenyan … people. But this is not just an issue for Kenya or Africa. Over

Princess Charlotte’s first birthday | The view from Sierra Leone

As the media ramps up its coverage ahead of Princess Charlotte's first birthday tomorrow, Desiree Stewart, our Child Health Programmes Adviser, is reminded of another healthy little girl she met last week in Sierra Leone.

Saying no

In primary school, Kenyan activist Betty Lolgisoi watched as one by one her friends went through female genital mutilation (FGM). In her village it was something that every girl went through as a rite of passage. However, after attending a World Vision training about the dangers of FGM, Betty’s mum encouraged her to stand up and say no. Despite the stigmatisation Betty and her family experienced, she held fast, and today works with World Vision to encourage other girls to avoid the practice too.
Kenyan activist Betty Lolgisoi watched … Kenyan activist against female genital mutilation … works against female genital mutilation in Kenya and many other countries through child

Too young for marriage

14-year-old Virginia knows from personal experience how destructive the practice of early marriage can be. She tells us the story of one of her friends who dropped out of school and fell into early marriage at just 13 years old.Just two weeks following the birth of twins, her husband vanished, leaving her without the income or means to look after them. Virginia tells us her story…
part of World Vision Kenya’s child sponsorship programme. Kenya is also … of girls in Kenya were married by age 18. In some … other programmes that benefit communities in Kenya

The untold story

Melany Markham reflects on the difficulties faced by communicators working in South Sudan, when trying to tell the story of thousands of children facing a humanitarian catastrophe. From constraints on taking photographs, to tackling the huge distances between camps, the challenges are numerous but mask an important story that needs to be told.
Sudan costs the same as a return flight to Kenya on a commercial airline. A minimum of three

I almost lost my childhood in Somalia

14-year-old Fartun, began her life as a refugee in January 2009, when she was just eight years old. Six years on, she tells us about the fighting in Somalia that forced her family to flee to Kakuma refugee camp in neighbouring Kenya, and describes the transition to life as a refugee.
We got into a lorry and travelled to Kenya. The lorry was full of people with their … World Vision Kenya currently works in Kakuma refugee camp

The crops to beat hunger

A recent World Vision water project is making it easier for farmers to grow drought resistant crops in the arid climate of south-eastern Kenya - where water scarcity makes agriculture a constant struggle. Not only is it boosting income and food security, but for children like Wavinya, it means she and her siblings can stay healthy and go to school.
Kenya with her parents and six siblings. Three … Kenya that gets very little rainfall … Vision Kenya was doing a pilot project on

A day in the life of a humanitarian

Humanitarian Worker Ngure Muriithi shares his day with us for World Humanitarian Day. He visits POC3 - the largest camp in Juba, South Sudan to see how World Vision's food vouchers are helping families.

Searching for dignity - children with disabilities in Kenya

In Kenya, we met Lauren and Jeff - two children who face a daily struggle against, not only their disabilities, but the stigmatisation of society as a whole.
World Vision Kenya

Dear Water

Children in Nyatike, Kenya, describe how their lives have been changed for good by the arrival of safe, clean water in their village.
Kenya Children in

Hearing girl’s voices in northern Kenya

As the African continent marked the Day of the African Child last summer, Lucy Murunga was privileged to join thousands of children from northern Kenya in their celebrations.
World Vision Kenya As the African continent marked the Day of … to join thousands of children from northern Kenya in their celebrations. Children were the

Somali lifeline under threat

World Vision and aid agencies express concern at closure of Money Remittance Providers in Kenya.
2015 the Central Bank of Kenya … families and the people of Kenya. Every … and to deliver all aid activities. Kenya faces a genuine threat of … many challenges faced by the government of Kenya in trying to stem

Sponsorship helps Emmanuel pursue his dreams

Single mum Bahati works hard to keep her family, but even earning enough to eat each day is often a struggle. Her seven-year-old son Emmanuel loves school, but his Mum worries that the struggle to pay his school fees will mean he ends up in a similar situation to his older brother Oliver – 17 years old and still in primary school. Sponsorship with World Vision is giving Bahati hope that her sons will achieve their dreams.
World Vision Kenya Seven year old Emmanuel lives with his … she earns a meagre 100 Kenyan shillings

Fight against female genital mutilation an uphill challenge

For girls like 13 year old Naipanoi, the illegal practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is a constant fear - often leading to early marriages, school dropouts and health risks. As part of Action 2015, World Vision is campaigning to end violence against children in all its forms. Alongside work in the community, World Vision has recently built a rescue centre - offering shelter, temporary accommodation and a chance for girls to continue their education.
some 100 miles southwest of Kenya’s capital … of girls in this region of Kenya undergo … law enacted in Kenya over three years

Return to South Sudan

Two decades on from her first foreign assignment covering war and hunger in South Sudan, UK Media Manager Sarah Wilson returns and finds that depressingly little has changed.
complete his secondary school education in Kenya and eventually gain a college university … met in Kenya. They married in 2008 and returned to

Ethiopia and BandAid 30 years on

Tomorrow marks BandAid's 30 year anniversary of the 'Feed the World' recording. Last month, we arranged a trip for BBC reporter Mike Wooldridge to return to the Antsokia Valley in Ethiopia, the place where he and Michael Buerk traveled with World Vision 30 years ago. The dramatic broadcast and the suffering they brought into the spotlight inspired Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to record the original Band Aid single.
Wooldridge and Michael Buerk flew with Kenyan cameraman Mo Amin on two small World Vision