World Neighbors

World Neighbors focuses on training and educating communities to find lasting solutions to the challenges they face – hunger, poverty and disease – rather than giving them food, money or constructing buildings.

Our programs contribute to improving the social, economic and physical resources available to and controlled by a community. This makes our programs very efficient and creates lasting change rather than a short-term fix.

We invest in local leadership and organizations that continue and expand program activities after we end our support. The average time we stay in a community is eight to ten years. The goal is to achieve long-lasting improvements in people’s lives and the community, not quick fixes that depend on outside assistance.

Currently, around 660,000 people benefit from World Neighbors’ program work in 14 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. During our many years of experience, more than 28 million people in 45 countries have transformed their lives with the support of World Neighbors and our partners.