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Global challenges in 21st century make Australian Aid pivotal to protecting our national interests

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The global challenges of the 21st century mean Australian aid is pivotal to any effort to protect our economic and security interests, according to the country’s largest humanitarian and development agency, World Vision says.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Foreign Aid

Australia’s Aid Slide Must Be Reversed: World Vision

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

World Vision Australia has today called on the Australian Government to re-assert the role of international aid in its upcoming 10-year foreign policy strategy, as new aid data released overnight by the OECD shows Australia has slipped from 16th to 17th amongst the 29 wealthy OECD nations that provide aid.

Media Releases, Drought, Foreign Aid, Kenya

World Vision to Deliver Australian Famine Aid in South Sudan

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

World Vision has been awarded a key Australian Government grant to deliver humanitarian aid in famine-stricken areas of South Sudan – a country reeling from conflict and hunger, with 100,000 people already facing famine, one million people on the brink of famine, one million children estimated to be acutely malnourished, and 270,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

Media Releases, Famine, Foreign Aid, South Sudan

Australia Can Do More On Syria: Tim Costello

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

On the anniversary of six years of horrific war in Syria, World Vision Australia chief advocate Tim Costello has urged Australia to continue to agitate for peace and to take more Syrian refugees.

Media Releases, Syria, Tim Costello

Australian Children Fear What Syrian Children See

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

A new international survey from World Vision reveals the startling contrast between the fears of children engulfed in the Syrian crisis with those in Australia and safer countries – but also shows heartening evidence that children’s dreams for the future remain intact across the board.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Syrian Refugee Crisis, Refugees, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Deaths, Child Health, Child Slavery, Child Soldiers, Child Violence, Children's Rights, Emergencies, Emergency, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, Syria, Tim Costello

World Vision Welcomes Funding to Fight GBV

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

World Vision Australia welcomes the announcement of a Gender Action Platform (GAP) Grant from the federal government which will enable World Vision to further tackle gender based violence in the Pacific

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Gender Equality, International Women's Day, Julie Bishop, Women's Rights, World Vision

Facebook, Google join World Vision to combat Syrian refugee education crisis

Friday, March 3, 2017

Tech giants Facebook and Google have joined forces with World Vision, the largest global humanitarian agency, to thrash out digital solutions to the education crisis facing more than 6 million displaced Syrian children.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child literacy, Claire Rogers, Education, Google, innovation, Jordan, Literacy, Microsoft, Syria, World Vision

Thousands of children facing famine in South Sudan

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Aid is rapidly needed for hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who risk starvation in South Sudan following the declaration of famine, warns World Vision.

Media Releases, East Africa, Famine, South Sudan

World Vision scales up work as western Mosul offensive begins

Monday, February 20, 2017

World Vision is poised to support the children and families who are expected to flee western Mosul, as a military offensive to re-take the second half of the city gains pace.

Media Releases, Iraq, Refugees

Famine Fears as Africa Reels from Drought and Conflict

Monday, February 13, 2017

Humanitarian agencies, including World Vision, are alarmed by the prospect of famine once again sweeping through Africa with devastating consequences for children.

Media Releases, Drought, Famine, Somalia, South Sudan