SALER nutrition education
Lemohang, 4, has been diagnosed with severe malnutrition. World Vision Lesotho has started nutrition education in response to the drought © World Vision. All rights reserved
Lemohang, 4, has been diagnosed with severe malnutrition. World Vision Lesotho has started nutrition education in response to the drought © World Vision. All rights reserved
People queue to buy subsidised sorghum in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city   © World Vision. All rights reserved
Children in Lesotho live with the triple impact of poverty, drought and HIV and AIDS © World Vision. All rights reserved
Drought crisis makes water scarce for children and their families in Swaziland. Lindiwe Dlamini, 13, is pictured collecting water from a water tank, which is almost dry © World Vision. All rights reserved
Febby Sibanda, 59, collects drinking water from a hole dug in the dry river bed of the Salisbury River, Zimbabwe © World Vision. All rights reserved
World Vision Lesotho distributes food and hygiene packages to orphans and vulnerable children © World Vision. All rights reserved
Lemohang, 4, has been diagnosed with severe malnutrition. World Vision Lesotho has started nutrition education in response to the drought © World Vision. All rights reserved
"This is a family we'd characterise as 'food insecure'. That is, they have no guarantee that they'll have food tomorrow, or next week or next year," explains Thobile Msibi, a Development Officer with World Vision Swaziland © World Vision. All rights reserved
Nontobeko, 17, fetches water from a natural spring in Swaziland. The spring's water level has gone down due to this year's drought © World Vision. All rights reserved
Through food-for-work, communities in Zimbabwe are creating trenches and a main canal over a distance of one kilometer from the dam to the field. Workers are given food rations to last 30 days, including vegetable oil, cereals and beans © World Vision. All rights reserved
Children at Hopley Farm Day Care Centre enjoying their meal provided by World Vision. More than 600 children receive two meals a day of beans, cooking oil and bulgar wheat. World Vision Zimbabwe is supporting school feeding as part of its drought response  © World Vision. All rights reserved
Febby Sibanda, 59, is part of World Vision's conservation farming programmw near Gwanda, Zimbabwe © World Vision. All rights reserved
Mathabo Nkakole, 69, with five of her orphaned grandchildren © World Vision. All rights reserved © World Vision. All rights reserved
Swazi families exchange their farming vouchers for seeds at the agricultural fair. The seeds give farmers hope of a better harvest next time © World Vision. All rights reserved
World Vision’s market assistance programme is responding to food shortages in urban Bulawayo, Zimbabwe © World Vision. All rights reserved
Children in Swaziland are caught in the twin emergencies of drought and AIDS © World Vision. All rights reserved
School children on their way home at the end of another dusty and windy day in drought-stricken Lesotho © World Vision. All rights reserved
Mathabo, 13, is an orphan living in Lesotho. World Vision is helping vulnerable children and families to receive immediate help to survive the lean months ahead © World Vision. All rights reserved
Yenziwe, 3, sits by her mother's bedside. She is too young to understand that her mother is dying from AIDS. This year's devastating drought in Swaziland has made emergency assistance to families like Yenziwe's more critical than ever © World Vision. All rights reserved
A chicken owned by a child-headed household in Swaziland © World Vision. All rights reserved
Dumsile, 9, walks across the courtyard of her family homestead in drought-stricken Swaziland. Her family's harvest was a total loss this year. "The maize dried up even before it had finished growing," her father says © World Vision. All rights reserved
Mathabo (left), 13, works in her vegetable garden with Ma Nyane, a World Vision caregiver in her community in Lesotho. Ma Nyane has been a source of comfort for Mathabo since her mother died this year © World Vision. All rights reserved
Estina collecting wheat, beans and oil at a food distribution in Zimbabwe. This group is part of a conservation farming scheme, learning innovative methods to prepare the land before the rains fall © World Vision. All rights reserved
Malole Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe. Workers are developing the scheme further and in return, receive food-for-work © World Vision. All rights reserved
Youth struggling in a rural farming household in southern Zimbabwe. Young people in Zimbabwe struggle against the dangers of AIDS, high unemployment in the city, rising food prices and declining rural livelihoods due to drought and poor quality soil  © World Vision. All rights reserved