World Vision joins Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty amid worsening global food crisis

World Vision has become a new member of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an international initiative bringing together public and private actors to accelerate action on hunger and poverty, as global food insecurity continues to rise and progress toward international development targets stalls.

The announcement was made on November 19, 2025, during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a time when governments and development actors are under increasing pressure to reverse setbacks in the fight against hunger and poverty.

Global hunger levels remain alarmingly high. In 2023, an estimated 733 million people faced hunger, while more than 2.3 billion experienced food insecurity.

Children continue to bear a disproportionate burden of the crisis. About 148 million children under the age of five are stunted, 45 million suffer from wasting, and 37 million are overweight, underscoring the complex and overlapping forms of malnutrition confronting food and health systems worldwide.

Andrew Morley, President and Chief Executive Officer of World Vision International, warned that the world is falling behind on key development commitments.

“The world is not on track to meet SDG 1 and 2 targets to eradicate poverty and hunger, while inequality is on the rise. We urgently must stop this trend,” Morley said.

World Vision’s participation in the alliance is anchored in a US$3.4 billion commitment through its global ENOUGH campaign, running from 2023 to 2026 and focused on addressing child hunger and malnutrition.

The funding spans nutrition, food security, education, livelihoods, and social protection, reflecting the organisation’s emphasis on multi-sectoral approaches to hunger reduction.

Morley emphasised the human cost of delayed and insufficient action, particularly for children living in fragile and crisis-affected contexts.

“Children are saying ENOUGH! And so are we, as the devastating cycle of hunger and malnutrition continues to ravage children’s lives, robbing them of their God-given potential,” he said.

“This is destroying children’s futures in both humanitarian and development settings. We’re doing all we can, yet overall progress remains far too slow – and we must join forces now to meet the urgent 2030 SDG2 goal of ending hunger.”

“We believe there is ENOUGH in this world for every child, no matter where they live, or the crises they face, to have the nourishing food they need to thrive,” Morley added.

Despite heightened political attention to food systems, financing constraints remain a major barrier, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Agricultural funding currently averages about US$8 per rural person, while lending to low-income economies declined sharply from US$22 billion in 2017 to US$2 billion in 2021, limiting the scale and sustainability of hunger and nutrition interventions.

The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was established to align political commitment, technical expertise, and financial resources in support of Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2.

It welcomes voluntary commitments from governments, United Nations agencies, development banks, philanthropic organisations, and civil society groups, aiming to improve coordination across local, national, regional, and global efforts.

Through its ENOUGH campaign, World Vision plans to strengthen policy frameworks, expand child-focused nutrition programmes, and implement poverty graduation initiatives for ultra-poor households.

These initiatives integrate social protection, livelihoods training, financial inclusion, and social empowerment to build resilience against food insecurity.

Morley also highlighted the importance of knowledge-sharing and community engagement.

“We commit to using the Nutrition Dialogues, not only to align and integrate the recommendations from the N4G Summit into the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, but also to explore how the dialogues can connect global strategies to local needs,” he said.

The Global Nutrition Dialogues aim to elevate the voices of those most affected by malnutrition, particularly women and children, ensuring their perspectives inform decision-making at both global and community levels, as the alliance seeks to accelerate progress toward ending hunger and poverty.

About World Vision

World Vision is a global Christian humanitarian organisation dedicated to improving the lives of children, families, and communities worldwide.

Operating in over 100 countries, it addresses the root causes of poverty, hunger, and inequality through programs in nutrition, education, health, livelihoods, child protection, water and sanitation, and disaster response.

Its work is guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), and focuses on vulnerable populations regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

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