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Greater grant aid, not loans, needed for Pacific development

Monday, October 29, 2018

World Vision Australia welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s commitment to focus Australia’s development efforts on the Pacific, and return the aid portfolio to Cabinet.

Media Releases, Pacific

World Vision ready to respond to Typhoon Yutu threat

Monday, October 29, 2018

Thousands of survivors of Typhoon Mangkhut, which devastated the northern Philippines last month, are today bracing for yet another natural disaster.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific

Nauru refugee tipping point – politicians must act

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Politicians should heed the overwhelming public demand for an urgent resolution of the humanitarian crisis that has trapped refugee children on Nauru for more than five years, World Vision Australia says.

Media Releases, Children's Rights, Human Rights, World Vision

World Vision CMO Teresa Sperti named in Top 50

Friday, October 19, 2018

World Vision’s Chief Marketing Data and Product Officer, Teresa Sperti, has been named number 16 in CMO magazine’s top 50 most innovative marketing executives.

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Children at risk in post-tsunami chaos

Friday, October 5, 2018

Children caught up in the devastation from the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia, are at risk of serious trauma and vulnerable to exploitation, World Vision Australia chief advocate Tim Costello warned from the disaster zone.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Water & sanitation, Human trafficking, Child labour, Asia and the Pacific, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Indonesia, Tsunami

Tsunami update: World Vision response

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Concerns increase about growing number of children unaccompanied following the disaster.

Media Releases, Humanitarian, Indonesia, Tim Costello, Tsunami, World Vision

World Vision feeds children displaced in tsunami chaos

Monday, October 1, 2018

World Vision has started delivering aid, assessing damage and providing emergency meals to help some of the one million-plus children estimated to be among those who survived Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Salawesi, Indonesia.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Earthquake, Emergency, Humanitarian, Tim Costello, World Vision

World Vision responds to second Indonesian disaster within weeks

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Australian NGO World Vision and partner agencies are dealing with an escalating humanitarian crisis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, following an earthquake and tsunami.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Humanitarian, Indonesia, Tsunami, World Vision

Aussie 'forest-maker' wins prestigious international award

Monday, September 24, 2018

A humanitarian’s painstaking work to transform desert-like landscapes into thriving forests and farmland, has been hailed a game changer for combatting famine and deforestation.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific

Peak doctors' group backs call for #KidsOffNauru

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Australia's largest humanitarian organisation has welcomed the Australian Medical Association’s demand for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to urgently move to safety refugee children and their families trapped on Nauru.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Children's Rights, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Refugees

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