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Kenya urged to reconsider closure of refugee camps

Thursday, May 12, 2016

World Vision has joined with a dozen aid agencies working with refugees in Kenya to urge Kenya’s Government to reconsider its threat to close refugee camps.

Media Releases, Africa, Kenya, Refugee Camp, Refugees

Tim Costello to take up new role as Chief Advocate for World Vision Australia

Monday, May 9, 2016

The Chairman of World Vision Australia, George Savvides, announced today that the aid agency’s long-serving chief executive Tim Costello will take up a new executive role as Chief Advocate for World Vision Australia later this year.

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World Vision appalled by air attack on refugees

Friday, May 6, 2016

World Vision Australia is appalled by the latest shocking air attack in Syria, with reports that at least 28 people have been killed in a strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Refugees, Syria, Tim Costello

Tim Costello Calls for an End to Aid Cuts Madness

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

World Vision Chief Executive, Tim Costello has called for an end to the ‘madness of endless aid cuts’ following the Turnbull Government’s decision to further slash the Australian aid budget to its lowest level ever in the nation’s history.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Budget Cuts, Foreign Aid, Tim Costello

Refugee detention unworthy of Australia: Tim Costello

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello has called on the Australian Government to immediately find a just and humane solution to the issue of refugees being held in indefinite detention on Nauru and Manus Island.

Media Releases, Refugees, Africa, Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Somalia, Tim Costello

World Vision condemns air strike on Aleppo hospital

Friday, April 29, 2016

World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello has condemned the bombing of an Aleppo hospital, describing it as a shattering blow to Syria’s fragile ceasefire.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Conflict, Syria, Tim Costello

Nepal one year on: Challenge and Recovery

Friday, April 22, 2016

Humanitarian agency World Vision has urged Australians not to forget the people of Nepal in the lead up to the one-year anniversary of the devastating April 25, 2015, earthquake in which more than 8000 people died.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Asia and the Pacific

World Vision responding to Ecuador quake

Monday, April 18, 2016

World Vision is responding to a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador that has killed more than 230 people, with reports of rescuers digging in the rubble with their bare hands to find survivors.

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New report reveals bitter truth about chocolate this Easter

Friday, March 18, 2016

The international chocolate industry is failing to uphold its pledge to end the worst forms of child labour and human trafficking behind our favourite treats, a new report by leading humanitarian agency World Vision, Stop the Traffik and Baptist World Aid reveals.

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New report reveals horrifying cost of war in Syria

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

EVEN if the war in Syria ended tomorrow, the economic cost would still be more than half a trillion dollars, according to a report by leading humanitarian agency World Vision and Europe’s largest independent economic consultancy, Frontier Economics. The report, “Cost of Conflict for Children – Five Years of the Syria Crisis”, puts the cost of Syria’s five-year war at US$275 billion. It says Syria has been subjected to a process of “reverse development” that will take at least a decade to undo.

Media Releases, Conflict, Report, Syria, Tim Costello

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