Global Coronavirus Emergency Response

The World Health Organization on March 12 declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The scale and spread of COVID-19 is a direct threat to countries where World Vision has programs, including nations with weak health systems, and especially where children and families are surviving as displaced persons or refugees.

With feet on the ground across the globe and strategically located supply centers, World Vision is in a strong position to respond quickly and efficiently. Our expanding response will focus on basic, high-impact interventions in several countries. Assessments taking into account transmission rates, ongoing humanitarian response needs, high mortality, health system capacity, population density, and proximity to the epicenter of the pandemic have identified 17 priority countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Mongolia, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Syria, and Thailand.

Your gift will support our response to the outbreak by reaching people with activities designed to reach the most people with critical information and vital supplies for families and health systems tasked with caring for the sick.