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World Vision welcomes 10m AUD Australian humanitarian funding for Ukrainian children

Sunday, March 20, 2022

World Vision CEO Daniel Wordsworth today welcomed $10m from the Australian Government in new humanitarian funding to support the critical protection needs of Ukraine’s children.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Health, Child literacy, Children's Rights, Conflict, DFAT, Humanitarian, World Vision

Attack on Ukraine hospital a horrifying act against children and the vulnerable

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Thursday, March 10: World Vision Australia condemns the attack on a children's hospital and maternity ward in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol as a horrifying act against children, the sick and those seeking refuge.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Deaths, Children's Rights, Humanitarian, World Vision

‘School readiness’ is a key to closing the early childhood education gap | World Vision

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

An enduring commitment to make sure First Nations kids are ‘school ready’ through quality early childhood education is one of the keys to closing the gap, World Vision’s acting head of First Nations Programs Grant Paulson said today.

Media Releases, Child literacy, Children's Rights, Indigenous, Literacy, World Vision, Young People

You must Know Your Country to Heal Country – more than half Australians agree

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

More than half of Australians (57 per cent) agree learning more about First Nations history, peoples and culture will help heal Country- the theme for NAIDOC week 2021, new research released today has shown.

Media Releases, Aboriginal, Child literacy, Children's Rights, Education, Indigenous, Young People

COVID-19 aid rethink welcome, but must go beyond our immediate region - CEO

Saturday, May 30, 2020

World Vision today welcomed the Australian Government’s plan Partnerships for Recovery which outlines how Australia will support its regional neighbours through COVID-19 but renewed its call that this global crisis requires a global response.

Media Releases, Refugees, More and better aid, Climate change, Water and sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, Asylum Seekers, Bangladesh, Child Health, Child Violence, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Economic Development, Epidemics, Human Rights, Humanitarian, International Development, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision

Calls for action on Australia’s ‘blind spots’ on UN Rights of the Child

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Human rights leaders, youth ambassadors and academics are calling for action today to improve child rights, marking 30 years since the since the formation of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Children's Rights

Idlib crisis: Pregnant women and babies at risk as they flee deadly violence

Monday, July 1, 2019

High numbers of pregnant women, vulnerable infants and young children are fleeing the bombardment of Idlib in north-western Syria, World Vision warns today.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Children's Rights, Syria

Parents inspire children to be compassionate this Christmas

Monday, December 17, 2018

Australian children are thinking outside their own worlds this Christmas and tying their messages of hope for refugee children onto a wall full of donated fluffy toys at World Vision Australia’s Lost Toy Store art installation.

Media Releases, Children's Rights, Claire Rogers, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision

Lost Toy installation bring world’s displaced children into Aussie kids’ Christmas whirlwind

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

A dilapidated soccer ball, a well-worn teddy and a toy truck fashioned from a bottle and thongs forms part of a World Vision Australia pop up art installation in Melbourne highlighting the plight of the world’s 30 million displaced children.

Media Releases, Children's Rights, Foreign Aid, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees

World Vision's newest Goodwill Ambassador Tom Phillips shines a light on the world's displaced children this Christmas

Friday, December 7, 2018

Collingwood Football Club player and World Vision Goodwill Ambassador, Tom Phillips will today meet students from St Bernard’s Primary School in Melbourne, to share with them his recent trip to Rwanda and show lost toys from around the world.

Media Releases, Children's Rights, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision, Young People

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