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Stigma impeding Ebola containment: World Vision

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

A day after World AIDS Day was marked, a similar stigma – once associated with the condition – is now hindering the containment of the Ebola virus in West Africa.

Media Releases, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Emergencies, Africa, AIDS, Ebola, Humanitarian, Sierra Leone

Desperate times for Syrian refugees as food aid suspended

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The funding of critical relief operations for millions of Syrian refugees is in jeopardy after the UN World Food Programme announced a forced suspension of food vouchers due to a funding crisis.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Syrian Refugee Crisis, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Budget Cuts, Disaster relief, Famine, Food Security, Syria, United Nations, World Vision

Australians can give the gift of letting kids be kids this Christmas

Monday, December 1, 2014

This Christmas, World Vision is encouraging Australians to help protect vulnerable children from poverty and exploitation so they can enjoy the freedom all children should enjoy – of just being kids.

Media Releases, Child labour, Human trafficking, Forced and early marriage, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Child Labour, Child Slavery, Forced Marriage, Humanitarian, India, Indonesia, Philanthropy, South Sudan, Syria

World Vision calls further cuts to foreign aid unthinkable

Monday, December 1, 2014

Amid speculation of further aid cuts, World Vision Australia is calling on the Government to maintain its current funding levels to the Australian aid program, citing potentially devastating consequences for current relief efforts.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Budget Cuts, Foreign Aid, Julie Bishop, Syria, Tony Abbott

US rock band THIRD DAY headlines at Make A Difference Tour

Monday, November 17, 2014

Rock band THIRD DAY will headline at World Vision Australia’s Make A Difference Tour with special guests NEEDTOBREATHE and Australia’s Levi McGrath from 11 February 2015.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Music, Third Day, Tim Costello

Meeting the G20’s growth target: not at the expense of children

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Achieving an extra 2% of global growth must not come at the expense of children and the poor, World Vision said today.

Media Releases, Poverty, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Foreign Aid, G20, Humanitarian, International Development, Tim Costello

G20 must deliver for the most vulnerable: Tim Costello

Sunday, November 9, 2014

World leaders must look beyond GDP growth numbers to the human impact of their economic reform commitments.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Child Labour, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, G20, Human Rights, International Development, Tim Costello

A year since Typhoon Haiyan: More than a million people assisted, a remarkable journey of resilience

Friday, November 7, 2014

November 8, 2014 marks one year since the world’s strongest typhoon slammed the Philippines with unimaginable force. Over the past 12 months, World Vision has assisted one million affected individuals, exceeding its planned reach of 750,000.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Typhoon Haiyan, Asia and the Pacific, Disaster relief, Philippines, Refugees, Typhoon Haiyan

World Vision welcomes $24 million funding for Ebola

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

World Vision welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment of up to $24 million in additional funding to respond to the deadly Ebola virus, announced by the Prime Minister and Minister for Health today.

Media Releases, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Emergencies, Africa, Australian Government, Disaster relief, Ebola, Epidemics, Sierra Leone, Tim Costello, West Africa

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