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Australia’s Aid Slide Must Be Reversed: World Vision

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

World Vision Australia has today called on the Australian Government to re-assert the role of international aid in its upcoming 10-year foreign policy strategy, as new aid data released overnight by the OECD shows Australia has slipped from 16th to 17th amongst the 29 wealthy OECD nations that provide aid.

Media Releases, Drought, Foreign Aid, Kenya

After The Last Famine In Africa The World Said 'Never Again'. Yet Here We Are, Again.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Here we go again: another African crisis with 20 million people on the point of starvation -- hunger from South Sudan and Somalia, to Nigeria and Yemen.

Opinion Pieces, Drought, East Africa, Famine, Kenya, Tim Costello

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

Photo exhibition at Federation Square illustrates why ‘Motherhood Matters’

Friday, May 2, 2014

This Mother’s Day, World Vision is inviting Victorians to take a journey along the road to safe motherhood in sub-Saharan Africa by attending Motherhood Matters, a stunning exhibition of photographs that showcases the experience of mothers in rural African communities.

Media Releases, Poverty, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, East Africa, Exhibition, Kenya, Maternal Health, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

South Sudan ceasefire, opportunity to assist most vulnerable: World Vision

Friday, January 24, 2014

The ceasefire announced between South Sudan’s government and opposition forces is a significant breakthrough in bringing an end to the violence and an important step in ensuring safe access for humanitarian workers to deliver aid.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Anthea Spinks, Conflict, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda

Beating famine through land management

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello will hold high-level talks in Nairobi, Kenya this week as the food crisis in West Africa continues to intensify.

Media Releases, Famine, Africa, Famine, Foreign Aid, Kenya, Nutrition, Tim Costello, United Nations, USAID, West Africa Food Crises

Last chance to double donation to East Africa crisis

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Australians have one week left to double their donations through the Federal Government’s dollar-for-dollar initiative for those suffering from the drought and famine in East Africa.

Media Releases, Famine, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Philanthropy, Somalia, Tanzania

Community stands strong as drought ravages the Horn of Africa

Thursday, August 11, 2011

As thousands of people flee drought and hunger in the Horn of Africa, one community in the north-east of Kenya has resisted the worst impacts of the food crisis thanks to a long-term agricultural training and irrigation program.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Famine, International Development, Kenya, Tim Costello

Australia’s youth preparing to fight global hunger

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

With less than one month to go before the 40 Hour Famine, more than 300,000 young people around the country are planning fundraising activities to fight world hunger and poverty.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, 40 Hour Famine, East Timor, Ethiopia, Famine, Foreign Aid, Kenya, Nepal, Philanthropy, Tanzania, Tim Costello, Young People

East Africa's worst drought in decades hits vulnerable children

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Increasingly severe malnutrition rates in the East African nations of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Tanzania have led Christian humanitarian and development agency World Vision to significantly scale up its response to the unfolding crisis.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Ethiopia, Famine, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Tim Costello