Extreme poverty means more than going without. It means living without the basics every human needs to survive — like clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, and education. But at its core, poverty is more than a material lack of resources. It’s about lost potential and the difficult choices no one should ever have to make.

A child may skip meals so that their siblings can eat. Mothers and daughters may walk for hours to find water, knowing the girls may miss school that day. Families are forced to choose between survival and safety, and between meeting urgent needs and holding on to hope for a better future.

But it doesn’t have to stay this way.

Learn more about extreme poverty and solutions that bring lasting change:

• What is extreme poverty, and how is it defined?
• What are the causes of extreme poverty?
• Who is most affected by extreme poverty?
• How does extreme poverty affect children?
• Is extreme poverty getting worse or better?
• What are the most effective solutions to end extreme poverty?
• Can faith make a difference in development work?
• What makes World Vision different in tackling extreme poverty?
• Breaking the poverty cycle: Stories of change
• How can I help end extreme poverty?

What is extreme poverty, and how is it defined?

When we talk about extreme poverty in the world, we’re using the standard set by the World Bank: surviving on less than $3.00 each day. For nearly 700 million people, this isn’t just poverty statistics — it’s their daily reality. That amount simply isn’t enough to pay for food, clean water, or shelter.

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What are the causes of extreme poverty?

There’s no single cause — poverty is a web of connected factors and challenges that keep people trapped in hardship. Among the most common drivers:

• Conflict and political instability displace families and destroy infrastructure.
• Extreme weather events, like droughts and floods, reduce food and water security.
• Lack of education limits income and future economic opportunity.
• Unclean water and poor sanitation spread disease and reduce productivity.

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“The biggest challenge that we are facing in this area is lack of access to clean water,” says Anazazi, a mother in Kenya. “… If we had clean water in the community, it would really help us and help us to live a good life.”

Who is most affected by extreme poverty?

Extreme poverty impacts entire communities, but children and women are often hit hardest.

• Children under 5 are especially vulnerable to stunting from chronic malnutrition, which can cause lifelong cognitive and physical challenges.
• Women and girls often walk long distances for water, sacrificing time that could be spent on education or earning an income.
• Families in rural or fragile contexts may lack access to jobs, electricity, safe roads, and clean water sources.

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How does extreme poverty affect children?

Poverty and children are tragically intertwined. Extreme poverty limits potential and opportunity. It means going to bed hungry, missing school, and growing up without safe places to play or learn. In recent years, the number of children living in poverty has surged, with an estimated 356 million children now affected globally. That’s more than the entire population of the United States.

For children, the impact of poverty runs deep:

• Malnutrition can delay brain development and learning.
• Lack of education limits future opportunities and earning potential.
• Unsafe living conditions raise the risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse.

Yet children are also the key to breaking the cycle. When a child gains access to clean water, health services, and education, their lives and their communities begin to change and thrive.

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Is extreme poverty getting worse or better?

After decades of progress in reducing poverty, gains have slowed, and in some places, reversed, following the COVID-19 pandemic. In some regions, poverty is now worse than it was five years ago.

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What are the most effective solutions to end extreme poverty?

Based on decades of research and field experience, these solutions are the most impactful to break the poverty cycle:

• Access to clean water and sanitation
• Empowering women and girls
• Strengthening families through economic and spiritual support
• Supporting local health and education systems
• Partnering with trusted community leaders

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Can faith make a difference in development work?

Faith-based poverty relief offers more than material support — it revives hope. World Vision integrates spiritual development into our poverty-tackling work through a curriculum called Biblical Empowered Worldview. This approach helps people understand their worth, purpose, and potential through the lens of faith.

Our Christian identity has shaped how we serve. We partner with local churches not just for physical needs, but to nurture spiritual and emotional healing. This model of faith-based poverty relief deepens trust and long-term impact.

A study from Baylor University found that faith-based organizations often outperform others in building sustainable support systems, due to deep-rooted community engagement and volunteer mobilization.

By partnering with leaders from both Christian and other faiths, we create meaningful change in communities. These leaders use their trusted influence to address important issues such as child protection, public health, and social well-being. Through programs like Channels of Hope, World Vision equips them with training, accurate information, and tools to promote social norms while offering spiritual and emotional support. This approach leads to measurable improvements in health, safety, and community development around the world.

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What makes World Vision different in tackling extreme poverty?

We are one of the world’s largest Christian humanitarian organizations, serving children and families in nearly 100 countries.

What sets us apart:

• We stay long-term. Our community partnerships typically last 10 to 15 years, giving time to help build strong local systems and raise up local leaders who can sustain progress.
• Faith-driven, not faith-limited: Motivated by our Christian faith, we serve all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Faith inspires our work; it never limits who we serve.
• We multiply impact. Every $1 given is multiplied through grants and partnerships.

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Breaking the poverty cycle: Stories of change

Access to clean water opens the door

One of the simplest ways to break the poverty cycle is by giving families access to clean water. It means fewer missed school days, lower risk of disease, and more time for work and for kids, time to learn and play.

In Kenya, 15-year-old Grace has experienced this. For four years, she and her siblings rose before dawn to gather water from a distant, unsafe source. The burden was physical — carrying more than 22 pounds of water in one haul — and deeply emotional. “I was a little bit scared,” Grace says. “I am scared of the darkness.”

Gathering often caused her to miss school. Contaminated water also made her sick. She says, “I would feel like there is a needle or a thorn poking inside my stomach.”

That changed when World Vision, part of its community development work, installed two water points, including one at Grace’s school. Today, Grace attends classes regularly and dreams of brighter days.

Clean water is more than a basic need: It protects health, restores dignity, and opens the door to education and opportunity.

Stories like Grace’s show the power of simple acts, like access to clean water. Together, we can continue breaking the cycle of poverty for families around the world.

Equipping women and girls changes everything

When women and girls are empowered, entire communities thrive.

In Ethiopia, literacy classes have helped mothers earn income and support their children’s education. In Kenya, thousands of women join savings groups to launch small businesses and build economic resilience.

When one woman is empowered, the ripple effect extends to her family, her village, and the next generation.

Former sponsored child Phanet (pictured above at age 19) now teaches fifth grade in the same rural Cambodian classroom where she once studied. With support from World Vision’s sponsorship program, her family’s farm grew into a thriving business, and Phanet overcame challenges to pursue her education. Today, she is determined to pass on the gift of learning to the next generation, while continuing to dream for herself.

Faith-based programs help people thrive

Prisca (shown below at age 20), whose confidence had been shaken by unexpected pregnancy and economic pressure, experienced renewal firsthand through World Vision’s Biblical Empowered Worldview training.

“Before [Biblical] Empowered Worldview, I was looking at life in a very narrow way. I thought that earning money was very difficult. Especially after I got pregnant, it’s like I became more closed.”

The training reframed her vision. “[Biblical Empowered Worldview] taught us to see how we can look at life in a broader way and be able to develop ourselves,” Prisca says. “It has helped me to be able to figure out how to improve myself. I’m able to do business on my own and see how I can develop myself.”

Today, she dreams of becoming a teacher and one day building a home for herself and her son, Lazarus. “Even for my son, I want him to go to school and to be educated so he can even be better than me in the future.”

This is the power of faith in action: practical tools, spiritual renewal, and the chance to reimagine a future beyond poverty.

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How can I help end extreme poverty?

Real change starts with informed action. You can:

• Sponsor a child
• Support clean water, health, and educational programs
• Advocate for policies that reduce extreme poverty
• Pray and share stories that inspire

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Before Yessica could even walk, her mother left her and her brother to live with their grandmother, Maria. She went looking for work but never returned. Yessica’s father lived nearby but didn’t help raise the two children. To care for them, Maria cooked and collected firewood.

“That’s the work we’ve had, nothing else,” Maria says.

As a child in Honduras, Yessica was different from the village kids, says her grandmother — not learning bad words, stealing, or getting into trouble. Instead, she was quiet and humble, even while being ridiculed by other children for the darker color of her skin. That painful experience made looking at herself in the mirror difficult.

“I always thought, ‘Oh no, I’m ugly! I’m black! I have ugly hair!’ because that’s what they put in my head,” Yessica shares. “I didn’t see myself anymore,” she continues. “When I saw myself in the mirror, it was like I was looking at a question: ‘Who am I?’”

She wouldn’t know the answer for many years.

A life without luster

Yessica had to overcome significant barriers to continue her education. “One of the most difficult situations for me was to be able to study, to be able to buy my notebooks, and to be able to travel to school,” she says.

Maria wanted to make sure her grandchildren went to school. “That is the best life for the little ones, for them to go to study,” she says. But her economic situation was less than desirable.

So as a 10-year-old, Yessica began sand mining with her dad and her half-brothers on the weekends.

“That’s how I earned my extra money … that’s how I helped myself,” she says.

When she was 15, and the money from sand mining wasn’t enough, she began spending her summers working in other people’s houses: washing floors, taking care of children, cleaning, and doing laundry.

Light breaks through

In 2017 when Yessica was 17 years old, things began to change when World Vision began working in her community.

“They were organizing a group of young people, and I remember I was invited,” she says.

World Vision staff invited the youth into a Bible study, and then taught them about agriculture. Yessica became deeply committed to the program and joined a field school, where community members are trained in new agricultural techniques and best practices by World Vision technicians.

She was in her second year of high school. With the new knowledge she learned at the field school, Yessica dedicated herself to growing coffee and farming the plots that World Vision was forming within the community.

“One of the nicest parts for me when I’m on the plot is to watch the sunsets, to see how water falls on the plants, to see them grow, to see the fruit they bear,” Yessica says. She also loves giving back to others: “The other favorite part for me is helping people with food from the plot, which is something that has been practiced since we started with it.”

She began to see the fruits of her commitment. “It was a change,” she says — a big one — “because I was starting to have more income.”

Today, Yessica earns $4,854 a year, while the average in Honduras is only $2,750. With this income, Yessica has finished building her grandmother’s house and now pays for water, groceries, and her grandmother’s medicine. She even bought a motorcycle.

“I’m very happy,” Maria says, “because she’s prospering and prospering.”

Yessica shines

In 2019, Yessica was invited to take part in Biblical Empowered Worldview training through World Vision. Through the Bible studies and principles offered in that training, Yessica’s self-esteem grew. She began to see her value through God’s eyes rather than the criticisms of others. “When you discover the great truth of Biblical Empowered Worldview, you’re going to feel like a different person,” she says.

Through the trainings, she also discovered she could lead.

“One of the parts that changed me the most was when … they let me be part of the family of volunteers,” she says. After training for a year, Yessica is now a community leader, teaching both women and men — including her uncle — to farm. She even serves on community boards, water boards, and local boards of trustees.

As she’s grown and changed, she’s also come to appreciate how much her grandmother believed in her.

“When I was in school … there wasn’t a parade where she wasn’t out there walking with me and her water bottle,” Yessica says. She says her grandmother may have struggled to provide for her, “but she was there for me.”

She sees that her grandmother left her a legacy of never giving up. She also credits World Vision with encouraging her.

“World Vision came along and believed in me, and it’s something that I can’t forget, and it’s there in my heart,” Yessica says. “World Vision is my second family. It’s my second home. It’s been my school. It’s been my university. And there have been times when I’ve gone to World Vision and said, ‘Do you have this, or can you help me with this?’ And whoever’s there, whichever project is taking place, they have always supported me.”

Yessica believes in her cousin, Marbella, to whom she has been like a mother in the physical absence of Marbella’s own mother. Yessica’s dream for Marbella is “to see her as a professional, but also one of my dreams is that Marbella can be with her mom.”

Today, when Yessica looks in the mirror, she no longer sees a question. She says, “Today I look at myself and think, ‘How beautiful I am!’ And I see myself as a woman with identity, with vision, with her own beliefs.

“I consider myself a unique woman, and every time I look in the mirror, I say to myself, ‘Yessica, tomorrow you’re going to be better than today.’”

Not only is Yessica beautiful — she has built a beautiful life for herself and her family.

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Farmers in Iasi (pronounced Yash), Romania, once saw their crops used as animal fodder. At harvest time, trees in their orchards hung heavy with fresh fruit, and eggplants and peppers grew plentifully in their gardens. But overabundant harvests caused a glut in local markets, which drove prices so low that farmers couldn’t recover their costs. It seemed better to feed the produce to their livestock than to let it go to waste.

From 2008 to 2012, World Vision brought the villagers together in a cooperative where they processed fruits into jams, and peppers and eggplants into an Eastern European spread called zacusca. Families then sold the jams and zacusca in local markets.

Enhancing produce to increase its value helps ensure that families have income year-round instead of only at harvest time. Today, World Vision continues this type of work through its THRIVE (Transforming Household Resilience in Vulnerable Environments) program in Central America, Asia, and Africa by training farmers on ways to diversify their incomes, helping connect them to local markets, and much more.

Through THRIVE, community members in many African countries combine their resources to purchase mills so that in addition to selling their corn, they can also grind and sell cornmeal throughout the year. Whether repurposing eggplant, peppers, or corn, diversifying income streams means that families can thrive even amid unstable weather and market conditions.

For people purchasing the zacusca in Iasi, they just knew that it tasted delicious. And if that also meant financial stability for families, then all the better.

INGREDIENTS

1 medium eggplant

1 16-ounce jar roasted red peppers

½ medium onion

1 cup tomato sauce

¼ cup + 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil, divided

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Wash the eggplant, then use a knife to poke holes in the skin to allow steam to escape.
3. Place the whole eggplant onto a large baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper.
4. Bake the eggplant for 20 minutes, then flip and bake for another 20 minutes or until the eggplant is very soft.
5. Carefully cut open the eggplant and scoop out the flesh from the skin. Place the flesh in a strainer and allow to drain for about 10 minutes.
6. Drain the jar of roasted red peppers.
7. Add the peppers and eggplant to a food processor. Pulse until they are chopped finely but not so fine that they form a paste.
8. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet. Add the chopped onion and sauté until the onion is translucent.
9. Add the eggplant and red pepper mixture, tomato sauce, oil, and bay leaf to the skillet. Season with salt and pepper.
10. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat. Simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on desired thickness. Remove the bay leaf and adjust seasonings to taste.
11. Serve warm or cold on hearty slices of bread. Will keep in airtight container in the refrigerator for a week.

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Poverty is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. According to the World Bank, nearly 700 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $3.00 per day. Conflicts and extreme weather events are creating setbacks to meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating poverty in all its forms by 2030.

Despite these challenges, World Vision believes we can still make meaningful progress toward ending extreme poverty globally, even in unstable and hard-to-reach places. To that end, we partner with communities around the world to identify and target root causes and implement sustainable solutions, working to empower them in the process.

Our work is motivated by the conviction that God desires all people to experience life in all its fullness (John 10:10). Ultimately, we believe that poverty is both physical and spiritual. It’s rooted in broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation. The cycle of poverty ends when these relationships are restored. 

Global poverty:  Facts, FAQs, and how to help end it

• Fast facts: Global poverty
• What is poverty?
• What is extreme poverty?
• What is multidimensional poverty?
• How is poverty measured?
• What is a poverty line?
• Is the poverty line the same in every country?
• What are the causes of poverty worldwide?
• What is the cycle of poverty?
• How can we break the cycle of extreme poverty?
• How have recent events impacted global efforts to reduce poverty?
• How is World Vision helping end extreme poverty?
• How can I help end extreme poverty?

Fast facts: Global poverty

• The majority of the world’s extreme poor live in sub-Saharan Africa, followed by South Asia.
• Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of children living in extreme poverty, reaching 40% in 2022.
• Nearly 90% of children living in extreme poverty reside in either sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.
• As of 2023, the poverty rate in the United States was 11.1%, with approximately 36.8 million people living in poverty.
• Approximately 63% of people over 15 who live in low-income countries are literate.
• 1.1 billion people, including 566 million children, live in multidimensional poverty, accounting for just over 18% of the world’s population.
• The COVID-19 pandemic pushed an additional 70 million people into extreme poverty, marking the largest one-year increase in decades.

Learn what the Bible says about poverty.

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What is poverty?

Poverty is a condition of deprivation characterized by a lack of access to essential resources and necessities required for a healthy and dignified life. Historically, poverty has been defined based on a person’s income and how much they can buy (monetary poverty). However, poverty can also be assessed using multidimensional measures that consider holistic factors impacting people’s quality of life.

Improper nutrition resulting from poverty can cause stunting and wasting, permanently impacting children’s development. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation in impoverished regions can lead to the spread of preventable diseases and unnecessary deaths, especially among children.

And children living in poverty often face obstacles to accessing quality education, which can perpetuate the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next.

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What is extreme poverty?

Extreme poverty is the most severe form of poverty, involving the acute deprivation of basic human needs. People living in extreme poverty are sometimes defined as destitute. But at World Vision, we see the children and families we work with as made in God’s image, with unlimited potential.

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What is multidimensional poverty?

Multidimensional poverty refers to a broader understanding of poverty that goes beyond income. It considers various factors such as access to education, healthcare, clean water, and sanitation.

The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, developed in 2010 by the U.N. Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, offers a comprehensive framework for assessing poverty. This index evaluates people across 10 key indicators, including nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, and assets. If a person lacks access to three or more of these standards, they’re identified as multidimensionally poor. The index offers insights into specific interventions needed to address poverty effectively in each country.

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How is poverty measured?

Poverty is measured by each country’s government, which gathers data through household surveys of its population. While entities like the World Bank may provide support and conduct their own surveys, the primary responsibility lies with each country. However, traditional data collection methods can be slow and time-consuming. To overcome this, high-frequency surveys are using estimates and mobile phone technology to quickly gather data and provide insights.

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What is a poverty line?

A poverty line, also called a poverty threshold, is a set income level below which it becomes difficult, if not impossible, for people to afford essentials like food and shelter. Each country determines its poverty line by calculating the cost of meeting minimum needs. Households with incomes below this line are considered to be living in poverty.

The international poverty line serves as a standard for measuring extreme global poverty and has been updated in recent years to $3.00 a day to reflect the rising cost of necessities and adjust for inflation. Since 1990, it has increased from $1 to $3.00, reflecting the rising cost of living.

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Is the poverty line the same in every country?

No, countries calculate their poverty lines based on their unique economic and social circumstances.

For example, the poverty line in America is determined based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and is updated using the Consumer Price Index to reflect recent price changes. As of 2024, the poverty line stands at $31,200 (annual income) for a family of four, and $15,060 for one person.

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What are the causes of poverty worldwide?

Poverty has multiple root causes beyond just a lack of necessities like food, shelter, education, or healthcare. Discrimination based on gender or ethnicity, poor governance, conflict, exploitation, and domestic violence are all factors that contribute. These inequities trap people and communities in poverty, and limit access to social services that could help people overcome it.

Poverty tends to be most entrenched in fragile contexts, which are regions or entire countries where political instability, past or present conflicts, corrupt leaders, and poor infrastructure limit access to the basic resources people need to thrive.

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What is the cycle of poverty?

Poverty can be difficult to escape because it is cyclical. Without access to essentials like clean water, healthcare, education, and financial resources, people living in poverty have few opportunities to change their circumstances, creating a cycle that persists for generations.

When families lack the means to send their children to school, those children struggle to earn an income as adults, and therefore can have a hard time sending their children to school. In communities lacking access to clean water, women and girls are often forced to spend many hours each day gathering water, leaving little time for school or a livelihood, limiting their prospects for the future. In communities without nearby medical facilities, families lose income when parents take time off work due to their illness or to care for sick loved ones. Each aspect of poverty can impact the others, perpetuating the cycle indefinitely.

Natural disasters and conflict can exacerbate this cycle, putting vulnerable communities at greater risk. When these crises strike in areas without strong public institutions, families may lack the resources to recover, thus further entrenching them in poverty.

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How can we break the cycle of extreme poverty?

To break the cycle of poverty, we need to tackle its root causes, including economic inequality; lack of access to education, healthcare, and infrastructure; and discrimination. Identifying what’s causing poverty in a particular community can equip people to determine what needs to change. Because it looks different in various places and is caused by different factors, the work to eradicate extreme poverty varies depending on the context.

When World Vision begins working in a community, our expert local staff partner with leaders and other members of the community to understand and help identify its unique needs and work together to develop sustainable solutions that address poverty’s root causes. This work is largely made possible through child sponsorship, which gives donors the opportunity to come alongside vulnerable children and their families, equipping them with pathways to education, access to healthcare, and other essentials. We also work with communities to build resilience and implement effective strategies for coping with economic shocks, climate crises, and other factors that drive poverty in the world’s toughest places.

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How have recent events impacted efforts to reduce global poverty?

The COVID-19 pandemic represented a critical challenge to the goal of eliminating global poverty, pushing nearly 70 million more people into extreme poverty — the largest one-year increase since global poverty monitoring began in 1990, according to the World Bank.  Since then, rising costs, new and ongoing conflicts, and climate shocks have all hindered progress in reducing extreme poverty. As of 2022, about 712 million people (8.79% of the global population) were living in extreme poverty. If current patterns persist, the U.N. has warned, “an estimated 7% of the global population  —  around 575 million people — could still find themselves trapped in extreme poverty by 2030, with a significant concentration in sub-Saharan Africa.”

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How is World Vision helping end global poverty?

World Vision works toward ending extreme poverty by addressing its root causes and implementing sustainable solutions. Recognizing the complex nature of poverty, we take a holistic approach, focusing on several key areas such as access to nutritious food, clean water, healthcare, quality education, economic empowerment, gender equality, disability inclusion, spiritual nurture, disaster relief, and child protection.

World Vision’s integrated community development model allows us to address the root causes of poverty and empower communities to create meaningful change. As a child-focused organization, we understand that children play a crucial role in their own futures, so we work to equip them, their families, and their communities with the tools they need to address poverty’s underlying causes and create lasting change.

As one of the world’s largest Christian humanitarian organizations, World Vision works closely with communities and partners to identify unique solutions for each context. We have 75 years of experience and a presence in nearly 100 countries. Most of our staff work in the regions where they’re from, contributing valuable local knowledge and helping to build trusting, long-term relationships.

Our work includes these main steps:

• Listen: We follow Jesus’ example of coming alongside people and communities and listening to their unique challenges and needs. We engage with children, families, churches, and community leaders to understand what they need to thrive and access basics like clean water, quality education, reliable food supply, healthcare, and economic opportunities.
• Develop: After listening to the community’s needs, we collaborate with them to develop action plans that target the root causes of poverty.
• Act: We help the community implement the plan by working with existing leaders and empowering new ones. We bring the community together to address the identified needs and revise plans until the community’s needs are met.
• Train: World Vision also trains community members, equipping people with the skills to manage and increase their resources sustainably.
• Transition: When the community has grown healthier, safer, and more resilient, we transition out, supporting them to take full ownership of their progress. This self-sustaining model leaves the community better equipped to handle emergencies and support the growth and thriving of children.

We also focus efforts on alleviating poverty in America by working in some of the nation’s most distressed and underserved communities. These are areas where poverty is high and opportunities are limited. Across the U.S., we aim to restore hope to vulnerable children and struggling families.

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How can I help end extreme poverty?

• Pray: Join us in praying for the world’s most vulnerable people using our Matthew 25 prayer guides.
• Join Believers for World Change™: Donate monthly and join a community of change-makers who help equip vulnerable people to lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
• Sponsor a child: Show God’s love to a child and help equip them and their community with access to essentials such as clean water, healthcare, economic opportunity, and quality education.

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Beth Gallick and Sevil Omer of World Vision’s U.S. staff contributed to this article.

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