Families at Dongore IDP camp, approximately two hours outside Galkayo,

World Refugee Day

A Critical Year for Displaced Children

This year marks the 25th World Refugee Day and the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, at a time when displaced children and their families face growing hunger, insecurity, and uncertainty. As humanitarian funding declines, millions are struggling to meet their basic needs and protect their children from harm.

World Refugee Day is an opportunity to recognise the resilience of people forced from their homes and to renew our commitment to the rights, protection, and support they need to build safer futures.

In The Shadow Of Hunger

Humanitarian funding cuts are deepening unmet needs globally, with over 200 million children projected to require assistance in 2026 alone.
World Vision and the World Food Programme conducted a study across eight hunger hotspots highlighting how shrinking resources are undermining children’s survival, protection, and wellbeing in displacement-affected communities.

Sudanese refugee children climb on tree trunk next to the Child Friendly Space in Mile Refugee Camp, Guerera, Chad, while another boy on a donkey carrying a water can rides by.

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IN THE SHADOW OF HUNGER

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136 million

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