World Vision Media Features

Obama�s food security pledge at G8 a laudable step; now must meet goals, aid agency says

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:03 PST

China flooding update from World Vision

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:03 PST

G8's killer failure on Africa - millions of children at risk

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:03 PST

G8 must not be allowed to get away with �Italian Job� at L�Aquila summit, warns aid agency

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:03 PST

Statement on the second anniversary of the Gaza blockade

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:30 PST

A group of nine major international aid agencies ActionAid, CAFOD/Caritas, Care, Concern Worldwide, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision said today that their aid effort of reaching over 1 million victims of the fighting in Swat valley of Pakistan was under threat due to a lack of funds. The agencies face a shortfall in excess of �26m ($42m). ing days as their assets are sold to help those in need.

Procter & Gamble and World Vision team-up to respond to Pakistan humanitarian crisis with clean drinking water

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00 PST

As the World Health Organization today raised the pandemic alert for Influenza A(H1N1) to its highest level, humanitarian specialists are calling on governments and health authorities globally to strengthen poor communities� access to primary health care and protect the most at risk.

Children at risk in disasters still being ignored, says report

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00 PST

Child Labor

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:33 PST

Child labor is any work done by children that is exploitative�that is, work that takes advantage of them, is hazardous, keeps them from getting an education, or is harmful to their health and development (physical, mental, spiritual, social). In many cases, child laborers are coerced into pornography or prostitution.

Pakistan aid effort in jeopardy due to lack of funds and UN blockage

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:30 PST

Sri Lanka: Impending monsoon season, poor camp sanitation put thousands at risk of disease, warns World Vision

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00 PST

Impending monsoon rains and inadequate sanitation in displacement camps will put tens of thousands of people at risk from disease in northern Sri Lanka within the next two weeks, aid agency World Vision warned today.

As flu pandemic declared, leaders must focus on poor countries to avert �bleaker picture�

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00 PST

World Vision statement regarding alleged fraud in Liberia

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00 PST

In January 2005, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the Community Resettlement and Rehabilitation Project (CRRP) in Liberia

Thousands still stranded after Cyclone Aila

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00 PST

Three days after Cyclone Aila swept through Bangladesh, relief organization World Vision says thousands of families remain marooned, sleeping outside and unable to return to their homes. The organization is also concerned about the threat of waterborne illnesses which can easily spread in areas with stagnant water or in dense populations without proper sanitation.

Refugees and internally displaced people

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:53 PST

World Vision, other international aid agencies, local partners and the governments all must work to assist those displaced individuals in places like the DRC, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Pakistan's host families on brink of their own displacement, World Vision warns

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:30 PST

Poor communities in Pakistan's northwest are hosting up to two million people uprooted by recent violence in the region. Aid agency World Vision warns these communities � already among the poorest in the world � may join those displaced in the coming days as their assets are sold to help those in need.