Shelter is the priority for people now in Haiti
2013
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More than a thousand people including scores of children have sought refuge in World Vision’s emergency shelters, as stormy weather from Tropical Cyclone Mahasen strike the Bangladesh coastline. [read more]
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The damaging impact of tax havens on poor countries was thrown into sharp relief by new figures published today ahead of the G7 Finance Ministers’ Meeting showing that Cayman Islanders are on paper 320,000 times wealthier than Nicaraguans. [read more]
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World Vision UK’s reaction to the 2013 Queen’s Speech which has just been delivered, setting out the UK Government’s legislative plans for the next year. [read more]
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Efforts to tackle sexual violence have been highlighted at a major international conference on Somalia’s future. [read more]
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Aid agency World Vision UK is voicing concerns over reports that a government commitment to meet a 43-year old promise on foreign aid may not be enshrined in law. [read more]
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The single most important thing governments can do to end global hunger is to support the millions of poor women farming tiny plots of land in developing countries, a new report by a group of international charities says today. [read more]
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Ya’an, China - World Vision is distributing much needed relief supplies to the thousands of homeless after a deadly earthquake rocked Sichuan Province on April 20. [read more]
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A 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck in Iran, near the border of Pakistan, is the largest in the country for 40 years. [read more]
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Foreign ministers from the G8 countries are being urged to address the ‘forgotten’ child victims of rape and sexual violence in conflict, as they gather for a summit in London today. [read more]
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Aid agency World Vision is today voicing concerns that the risk of girls as young as 12 being married could increase, as parents who flee Syria struggle to protect their children amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. [read more]
2012
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In Bekaa valley, 11-year-old Taghrid lives with 16 other people in a cold, ramshackle, tent-like construction. [read more]
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World Vision teams in the Philippines are helping determine the extent of the damage caused by Typhoon Bopha’s furious winds, flashfloods and landslides. [read more]
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As signs appear that M23 forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from two towns captured from government troops, World Vision is calling for international support to make sure the conflict does not spur a vast humanitarian crisis. [read more]
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World Vision is working in Gaza to help children distressed by the recent military operation. [read more]
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"I am sad to leave a sad and frightened city. I am sad to leave behind thousands of people that World Vision supports." [read more]
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Hundreds of thousands of children caught up in erupting violence in eastern DRC are at risk of being forcibly recruited into armed groups, said World Vision. [read more]
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Fresh fighting as rebel forces advance from the north towards Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, has prompted 70,000 civilians to move from one camp to another camp located south of Goma. [read more]
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Emily Cooper, a nutrition expert for World Vision UK, recently visited South Sudan where she had a chance to talk to women whose children are experiencing these serious health problems first hand. [read more]
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Withdrawing UK aid prematurely puts India’s development progress at risk, warns World Vision [read more]
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Relief supplies arrive as second South Bronx site opens [read more]
2011
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Six months on from Pakistan’s devastating floods, high rates of malnutrition pose an ongoing danger to the country’s children, says World Vision... [read more]
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As the numbers affected by Sri Lanka’s floods rise to more than one million, World Vision is distributing emergency relief to thousands of people in the worst-hit areas... [read more]
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As the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake approaches, World Vision calls for an "unflagging commitment” to the people of Haiti as the nation continues to rebuild... [read more]
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This Sunday, 9 January, millions of Sudanese will go to the polls to determine the future of Africa’s largest country. [read more]