Category - world Vision

Development agency puts change projects at the heart of eco-renewal

staff writers — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:54:34 +0100

Big change is required, but it can start in small but significant ways. That was the message that development agency World Vision issued for World Environment Day 2009, highlighting one project that symobolises part of the way forward.

World Vision concerned about growth of child labour in the downturn

agency reporter — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:01:18 +0100

Aid and development agency World Vision has warned that the continuing global financial crisis and the damage it is causing local economies is forcing more and more children around the world into the worst forms of child labour.

G20 must not pursue ‘piecemeal’ financial regulation says charity

agency reporter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:34:50 +0000

A charity is urging G20 leaders to ensure that issues that matter to the world’s poorest countries are not sidelined when they meet in London next week.

A Mother's Day tale from Democratic Republic of Congo

agency reporter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:36:13 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Esther* is a new mother – her daughter, Emma, is one week old. Esther and Emma live in a makeshift camp for people uprooted by the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. For women and girls living here, motherhood often results not from the wish to build a family, nor from intimacy, but from rape.

24 hour famine begins to help sex workers in India

staff writers — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:30:21 +0000

Charity World Vision launches its 24 hour famine today, aimed at raising funds to help children and others in the commercial sex trade.

World Vision distributes aid in Gaza, fears for children

agency reporter — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:14:11 +0000

More than 9,000 people will benefit from World Vision relief trucked into Gaza over the weekend, the aid agency’s first to get into the territory since the recent conflict began.

Abuse and exploitation of boys still 'largely ignored' says charity

agency reporter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:36:03 +0000

The world is still “largely silent and unresponsive” to the needs of boys as both victims and survivors of sexual abuse, according to humanitarian agency, World Vision.

Ideas for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

staff writers — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:21 +0100

Land degradation intensifies agricultural economic losses, disorganizes local and regional food markets, and causes social and political instability. To combat it there is an increasing push towards sustainable agriculture - the ability of a farm to produce food indefinitely, without causing irreversible damage to ecosystem health. And now there are lots of creative ways you can help support this work from giving a can of worms to a Bolivian farmer through to helping create a farming conservation plot in Zimbabwe.

Evangelicals urged to continue support for relief work in China and Myanmar

agency reporter — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:19:43 +0100

Evangelical Christians have been urged to keep up their efforts to support relief work in the areas of China and Myanmar ravaged by recent natural disasters. The comments came yesterday from the Director of the Evangelical Alliance.

World Vision prioritises needs of children following China quake

agency reporter — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:11:34 +0100

Christian development agency World Vision says that it is prioritising children in the aftermath of the earthquake in China. More than 4.8 million people were made homeless after the earthquake destroyed homes and flattened schools.