World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Motivated by our Christian faith, we serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

World Vision has worked for more than 50 years to help children and their communities reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. Today, HIV and AIDS are threatening many of the achievements of those 50 years. In response, World Vision has made HIV and AIDS prevention, care and advocacy programs a top priority in the countries where we work. 
Our work includes: 

Community-led care for orphans and vulnerable children 
In communities affected by AIDS, World Vision strengthens family and community care for the most vulnerable children. World Vision mobilizes faith groups, government, local business and other NGOs into community care coalitions and provides training and support to build their capacity. Building on efforts already under way in the community, these coalitions take responsibility for identifying, monitoring, assisting and protecting children through volunteer home visitors. 

World Vision has trained 30,825 home visitors, who are providing care for 356,035 orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa alone. 

HIV prevention for youth
World Vision works to ensure that children acquire the values, knowledge and skills they need to protect themselves from HIV. World Vision trains teachers and community volunteers to deliver age-appropriate, values-based, participatory life skills training to children. We teach children to be peer educators to help one another sustain healthy behaviours. In addition, World Vision helps communities identify and address the root causes of children’s vulnerability to HIV – including gender inequity, harmful traditional practices and extreme poverty.

More than 375,000 primary school students have received values-based, life skills training supported by World Vision and more than 40,000 children and youth are active peer educators. 

Partnering with churches and faith communities
World Vision engages the leaders and members of churches and other faith communities in the response to HIV and AIDS. Using the enormous influence of faith communities has led to remarkable success in overcoming the stigma and discrimination that can undermine any and all efforts to help. More than 8,000 faith leaders have been empowered to address HIV and AIDS.

World Vision is engaged in a range of responses to HIV and AIDS including:

• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• Prevention among most-at-risk populations
• Home-based care for people living with AIDS
• Advocacy at local, national and international levels