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DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal raises £40 million

World Vision UK has today welcomed the £40 million raised by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for East Africa.
has been so generous in responding to the humanitarian crisis in East … Head of Humanitarian and Resilience at World Vision UK. … than 22 million people need urgent humanitarian

World Vision UK welcomes Government £10m in matched funding as DEC appeal reaches £24m

International children’s charity World Vision UK today welcomed the Government’s commitment to double its matched funding for the Disaster Emergencies Committee (DEC) East Africa crisis appeal.
people are dying across East Africa. This humanitarian crisis has reached critical levels and we

East Africa Crisis Update

Tens of thousands of children could starve to death as famine, food and water shortages affect 22 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia.
remain in makeshift tents and need urgent humanitarian assistance. … a disaster the UN describes as the worst humanitarian crisis since its inception. Give now to save

World Vision UK joins the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal to end famine in East Africa

World Vision UK joins multi-agency fundraising appeal to help millions on the brink of starvation in East Africa.
across East Africa are in crisis and need humanitarian assistance. Children are among the worst … Head of Humanitarian and Resilience at World Vision UK. The DEC

World Vision UK launches East Africa Crisis appeal

World Vision UK is today launching the East Africa Crisis appeal to help meet the needs of 2.2 million of the most vulnerable children and families in the region.
will enable World Vision to scale up its humanitarian assistance in South … Regional Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director for East … the humanitarian community and affected Governments are

East Africa Crisis Appeal

Right now, millions of children are facing desperate hunger, disease and lack of clean water in various regions of East Africa. Without food and clean water, children’s lives are in extreme danger. We urgently need your help.
are in crisis and in need of food water and humanitarian assistance 3.5 million children

Children of the Lake Chad Basin: The vulnerable, looking after the vulnerable

In crisis, children regularly miss out on opportunities. They are forced to drop out of school, thrown out of home, and find themselves struggling in ways they had never imagined.
our Humanitarian Accountability … the special inclusion of the vulnerable in humanitarian emergency responses. Their situations have … donors and humanitarians met in

World Vision provides life-saving intervention as Somalia is on the brink of famine

Somalia’s landscape has progressively turned drier and dustier over the past months, and with no rain in sight for the second year, rivers have dried up across the country and plants and trees – many people’s only access to food – have succumbed to the scorching sun.
famine are undeniable and confirmed by the humanitarian community. Nimo is just one of the

Urgent action needed to save hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children from famine in South Sudan

As a state of famine is declared in parts of South Sudan, international children’s charity World Vision warns that aid urgently needs to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children at risk of starvation.
continues to worsen without sufficient humanitarian intervention. The famine declaration in

Lake Chad Basin's forgotten children: Urgent action required to save lives as conflict drives hunger and exploitation

World Vision is urging international donors attending the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region to take swift and sustained action to help end the suffering of millions of vulnerable children and mitigate economic and social devastation in the Lake Chad Basin.
international donors attending the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad … 10.7 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance. The

World Vision’s emergency teams on standby as fierce cyclone hits Mozambique and threatens floods across Southern Africa

World Vision, has warned that tropical cyclone Dineo which hit the shores of Mozambique on Wednesday evening will further exacerbate the food crisis situation across Southern Africa.
Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director for World

World Vision Gaza statement

Today, Mohammad El Halabi, World Vision staff member, pled not guilty to all charges made against him.
Gaza humanitarian work has been suspended as we conduct a … and builds trust in humanitarian organisations. World Vision is a global

Identity Crisis in the Lake Chad Basin

With no home, family or jobs refugees in the Sayam Refugee and Displaced People’s Camp in the Lake Chad Basin struggle with their sense of identity. World Vision spoke to three refugees to hear what the crisis has taken from them and how they are trying to cope. Nelly’s family found shelter in one of Armenia’s remote communities, which also happens to be supported by our child sponsors in the UK – Stepanavan, located in the northern part of the country. In Stepanavan, the mayor helped to find the family a small house to live in, and our office provided the family with a cow, as well as the necessary bedding for the new house, and helped to register them in the local schools. Today Nelly and her four siblings are all sponsored children.
in need of humanitarian assistance. To find out more about World

World Vision backs Pope’s message ahead of World Day of Migrants and Refugees

International children’s charity World Vision UK has echoed the Pope’s call for world leaders to accept more child refugees fleeing conflicts and persecution across the world.

Typhoon Nock: World Vision deploys assessment team to worst affected districts as thousands are evacuated

World Vision has deployed an assessment team to ten of the most affected districts in the Philippines after a late-season typhoon roared ashore.
Director of Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs for WV

Struggle for children who fled Aleppo ‘just beginning’, warn aid workers

A ‘crisis within a crisis’ is unfolding in the countryside outside Aleppo as thousands who fled the city now face increasingly dire conditions.

World Vision laments world leaders’ failure to enact UN resolution on Aleppo

International children’s charity, World Vision has lamented the failure by world leaders to agree on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have paved way for a seven-day truce in Syria's war-torn city of Aleppo.
in clear breach of international humanitarian law … said Latif. The UN resolution called for humanitarian corridors to

9.2 million people require urgent humanitarian support as West African conflict intensifies

World Vision is urging the international community to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis caused by fighting in the Lake Chad Basin of West Africa, as latest figures show that over 21 million people are facing food shortages.
community to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis caused by fighting in the Lake Chad … leaving 9.2 million people in urgent need of humanitarian support. Zena

Aleppo: 100,000 children in Aleppo need urgent aid

World Vision is preparing to distribute much-needed medical supplies in eastern Aleppo, as the city endures another round of heavy fighting. Thousands have fled, with a quarter of a million in need of urgent help.

Haiti Hurricane Update

The path of category 4 Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, ripped through Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba in early October. It destroyed both property and lives - particularly throughout Haiti. The hurricane brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds to a country already suffering from immense poverty and weak infrastructure and still dealing with the legacy of 2010's earthquake. As of 14 October, 1.4 million people are in urgent need of support. The estimated death toll fluctuated significantly in the first few days as many areas couldn't be reached. More than 1000 people are now confirmed to have died.
advocacy and humanitarian assistance programming … left around 1.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.