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Chocolate child-labour free for 10 cents per block: World Vision

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A $3 chocolate bar would only increase in cost by 10-17 cents if Australian chocolate manufacturers were to pass on the full cost of combating child labour in their supply chain, according to research from World Vision to coincide with the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

Media Releases, Child labour, Africa, Child Labour, Child Slavery, Chocolate, Cocoa Industry, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Tim Costello, West Africa

Partnership boosts early learning and care in Warlpiri communities

Thursday, November 27, 2008

A partnership between the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust (WETT), the Central Land Council (CLC) and World Vision Australia will boost the care and education of children in the Tanami region over the next three years.

Media Releases, Indigenous Australians, Asia and the Pacific, Aboriginal, Child literacy, Early Childhood Care and Development program, Indigenous, Northern Territory

Sense of urgency for toilets in Asia Pacific

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Each year approximately 3.5 million Australians travel to the Asia Pacific region on holiday and business and for many, searching for a clean, private and functioning toilet can be a challenge to say the least.

Media Releases, Poverty, Water & sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Cambodia, Flood, International Development, UNICEF, Vietnam, Water and Sanitation

World Vision calls for bipartisan agreement on climate change

Monday, November 3, 2008

World Vision has called on Australia’s political leaders to put aside party politics and come together on an effective climate change solution.

Media Releases, Climate change, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Climate Change, Great Barrier Reef, Kevin Rudd, Tim Costello

Haiti flooding: Rain from Hurricane Ike deepens misery left by Hanna, Gustav

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

As rains from Hurricane Ike continue to drench northern Haiti, international humanitarian agency World Vision continued its relief activities for communities still reeling from the effects of Hurricanes Hanna and Gustav. The agency’s staff also assisted people as they evacuated to higher and safer ground in northern Haiti on Saturday.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Water & sanitation, Latin America and Carribean, Disaster relief, Flood, Food Security, Haiti, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Hanna, Hurricane Ike

World Vision voices concerns for Indigenous artists

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

World Vision Australia has called for renewed measures to clean up the Indigenous art industry, ensuring the artists' rights are top of mind and a ‘best practice’ approach is adopted across the board.

Media Releases, Indigenous Australians, Asia and the Pacific, Aboriginal, Art, Australian Government, Indigenous

Thousands giving up for 40 hours

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

This month more than 250,000 young people will be doing something real about poverty as they take part in the World Vision 40 Hour Famine.

Media Releases, Famine, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, 40 Hour Famine, Child Labour, Children's Rights, Food Security, Philanthropy, Young People

Out with old, in with new, World Vision tells G8

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Old politics will not end global poverty, address climate change and feed the world's poor. Instead we need a new politics and leadership, said World Vision at the G8 in Japan this week.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Foreign Aid, G8, Japan, World Food Crises

Five World Vision workers get into Myanmar

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Five World Vision aid workers, two from Australia, arrived in Myanmar overnight to help scale up emergency work and support victims of the cyclone that tore the nation apart on 2 May.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Asia and the Pacific, Cyclone, Disaster relief, Myanmar, United Nations

World Vision: more ambitious approach to aid required

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

International aid agency World Vision has described the Federal Government’s aid budget as ‘safe’, but said a more ambitious approach would be needed to make serious inroads into alleviating global poverty.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Foreign Aid, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations

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