Despite the world now being able to produce more food than we actually need, the battle against famine and hunger isn’t over yet. Millions of people are still deprived of food and at risk of malnutrition.
1 of 6 children
(roughly 100 million) in developing countries is underweight.
66 million
primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world.
500,000 children
250,000 to 500,000 children go blind every year from vitamin A deficiency.
Our vision is a world where every child has access to enough nutritious food every day, and where families are empowered to provide for their children and withstand life’s unexpected setbacks; but hunger is still a daily reality for more than 820 million people.
Over the last five years, 89% of the severely malnourished children we treated made a full recovery.
Vaccinating children from preventable diseases
Our TB programmes have an 88% treatment success rate
Supporting parents to feed their children nutritious meals
We reach another child with nutritious food every minute
Training health workers to help give children quality healthcare
Our therapeutic feeding programmes have an above industry standard 89% cure rate
Malnutrition affects children like Pedro (left) and Teresa from Angola. They were diagnosed at a World Vision health screening and are eating enriched food called Plumpy Nut to aid their recovery.
World Vision Mobile Health teams visit places like this internally displaced person's camp in Afghanistan to provide basic health services including growth monitoring and free vaccinations for children.
We work with communities to understand their needs, and work to provide simple improvements that help people maintain personal and environmental hygiene - like this latrine provided to a family in India. We also teach about the importance of soap and encourage a culture of hand washing.
