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First Nations students unable to continue education online during pandemic

Thursday, March 18, 2021

First Nations households are suffering a yawning “Digital Divide” with the rest of Australia, with a new report released on Closing the Gap Day showing one in four First Nations households has no internet access, limiting learning opportunities for Indigenous students.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific

Support package for PNG ‘the right thing to do’: World Vision CEO

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

World Vision Australia (WVA) has welcomed the Government’s assistance package to Papua New Guinea in the face of an increasingly dire COVID-19 outbreak across the country.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific

World Vision welcomes extra AUD100 million vaccination commitment as COVID concerns in PNG mount

Sunday, March 14, 2021

World Vision Australia has welcomed the Government’s $100 million investment to help on-the-ground vaccination in south-East Asia and Pacific

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific

UN chief warns millions may die of hunger: Why Australia must step up to help

Friday, March 12, 2021

Fresh warnings of hunger emergencies in multiple countries highlights the urgency for Australia to show leadership supporting the millions of people on the brink of famine according to World Vision Australia. The United Nations secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned overnight that three dozen countries are one step away from a declaration of famine, amid reports that pockets of Yemen have also stepped back to the edge of famine.

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

Millions of children at risk of death from famine and disease as COVID-19 wipes out 20 years of progress

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

COVID-19 could reverse 20 years of progress in reducing hunger and improving the health of millions of children worldwide, according to international aid agency World Vision.

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

Decade of Syria war costs 1.55 trillion: World Vision report

Friday, March 5, 2021

The economic cost of 10 years of war in Syria after is estimated to be more than $AU1.55 trillion, according to a report by World Vision and Frontier Economics

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

World faces worst hunger crisis in decades; 19 million on the brink of famine, World Vision report finds

Saturday, February 13, 2021

The world is facing a famine so devastating it could tip 10 million children into starvation – many of whom are already enduring a “living hell” in refugee camps, World Vision Australia has warned. More than 19 million people worldwide are at risk of famine from a deadly mix of COVID-19, conflict and natural disasters, a new report by the international organisation has found. The grim prediction equates to a 50 per cent rise in people at risk of starvation, compared with 2019, and constitutes the worst hunger crisis in decades, according to World Vision’s Double Hardship report.

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

Six months after Beirut blast, more than half a million children at risk of child marriage, forced labour and mental health issues

Thursday, February 4, 2021

More than 540,000 children in Lebanon are at risk of being forced into early marriage and child labour, as they and their families do it tougher than ever six months on from the mammoth blast that rocked the capital Beirut.

Media Releases, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Battle to end violence against children in Australia’s neighbourhood critically underfunded

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The battle to end violence against children is critically underfunded in Australia’s region, despite one billion children globally experiencing violence, costing economies up to $AU9.15 trillion a year

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific

Why faith leaders are crucial to global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out

Friday, January 8, 2021

Faith leaders and community health workers must play a massive role in the global roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine, a World Vision survey has revealed.

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