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World Vision Afghanistan to suspend operations due to Taliban’s ban on women in NGOs
 

With approximately 23 million people in Afghanistan dealing with severe drought, acute hunger, and a breakdown of health services, a coalition of leading aid organizations are calling for urgent action from the Government of Canada to lift barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance in the country.

Children’s mental health is top concern for Ukrainian parents, new World Vision report finds. A new generation of children is at risk of experiencing severe mental health issues due to the conflict.

The G7's response to the hunger crisis falls short of adequarely addressing the rapidly escalating global hunger crisis, World Vision says.

Leading Canadian aid agencies are joining forces to raise funds and rush assistance to those facing the global hunger crisis.

A new global report, launched ahead of World Refugee Day, says that life for refugees in 11 countries around the world has significantly worsened within the past two years, especially for children.

On World Day against Child Labour, we must take action for the 79 million children forced into dirty, dangerous and degrading work globally. Over 160,000 signed World Vision's petition for Canada to address child and forced labour through supply chain legislation.

World Vision calls for an urgent response to the increase in extreme hunger around the world, with 45 million people face starvation without life-saving assistance.  

While World Vision Canada is pleased with Canada's increase to the international development budget, our team calls for further action from the federal government on a variety of areas intersecting international development.

COVID-19 exposed weaknesses in health systems around the world, putting millions of children at a higher risk of easily preventable diseases like tuberculosis.

World Vision Canada welcomes the new set of high-level outcomes released by the Minister of International Development on March 31, which responds directly to the needs and recommendations of refugee and displaced youth themselves.

With the total number of Ukrainian refugees surpassing four million as of March 30, international aid agency, World Vision, is calling for greater focus on essential services for vulnerable refugee children, including child protection, education and mental health support. 

As the Ukraine conflict reaches its one-month mark, international aid agency World Vision warns that children are bearing the brunt, as they are killed, forced to flee their homes and are at high risk of trafficking and abuse.

Soaring humanitarian needs inside Ukraine have prompted World Vision to deliver its second shipment in a week of essential food and supplies to a hospital in the embattled nation. 

The conflict in Ukraine is not only devastating the lives of those directly impacted but worsening the hunger crisis in dozens of other nations, according to World Vision.