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From book-binding to book reading, the story of a former child labourer

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Working at a local book-binders in Northern India, 12 year old Mohsin earned just 30 cents a day. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2, is aimed at helping free children like Mohsin who was once among the world’s estimated 168 million child labourers.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Slavery, Human Rights, Human trafficking, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Sexual Abuse

Building Resilience through Innovation, Learning and Inclusion at APAC Forum

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Building communities’ resilience through innovation, leaning and inclusion will be key to the approach of Australia’s international development sector going forward, according to World Vision’s new CEO Claire Rogers.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, ANCP, Australian Government, Claire Rogers, Disaster, Drought, Emergencies, Emergency, Environment, Famine, Farmers, Flood, Humanitarian, innovation, NGO, World Vision

Let’s Not Forget Our Sisters in the Asia-Pacific on White Ribbon Day

Thursday, November 24, 2016

World Vision’s new CEO, Claire Rogers, has called on Australians to remember their sisters in the Asia-Pacific region when campaigning for the elimination of violence against women.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, China, Claire Rogers, East Timor, Human trafficking, Laos, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Women's Rights

Children of Mosul learning to play again

Friday, November 4, 2016

International aid agency, World Vision, is teaching the children of Mosul how to learn and play again after two years of restricted movement under ISIL rule.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

World Vision spearheads efforts to protect children fleeing Mosul

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

World Vision has deployed a mobile child protection team on the outskirts of the embattled city of Mosul, spearheading efforts to care and protect some of the 5 million children in need of humanitarian assistance in Iraq.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Children ‘will need years of support’ after Mosul offensive

Monday, October 17, 2016

Children fleeing Mosul following an anticipated military offensive to re-take the city from ISIL will need years of specialist support to rebuild their lives, World Vision warns today.

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Game of Thrones star champions Syrian refugees

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham (Ser Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy phenomenon) has visited Syrian refugee camps with leading humanitarian agency World Vision – and emerged a passionate advocate for Syria’s refugees.

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World Vision welcomes funding for Afghanistan

Thursday, October 6, 2016

World Vision Australia welcomes the announcement by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop that the Australian Government will continue its commitment to aid in Afghanistan.

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World Vision begins aid relief after Haiti hurricane

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

After the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade pounded into Haiti, leaving a trail of destruction in the impoverished country, World Vision has begun distributing aid.

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Google Impact Challenge: innovation could protect millions

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

World Vision Australia is a finalist in the 2016 Google Impact Challenge, with an innovation in fire detection technology that could protect millions of people living in the world’s slums.

Media Releases, Transforming lives, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh, Google