Shelter is the priority for people now in Haiti
2013
- World Vision UK has released a new, independently-verified report demonstrating the impact of its work. [read more]
- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hyde Park for Saturday's Big IF London rally. [read more]
- Major progress in tackling child malnutrition in some of the world’s toughest countries could be thrown into jeopardy because military and security funding is taking precedence over basic child nutrition, the IF Coalition warns today. [read more]
- Preparing thoroughly for disasters – such as providing cyclone shelters and warning systems – must be at the heart of future aid work, World Vision has said at an international conference on the issue. [read more]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Efforts to tackle sexual violence have been highlighted at a major international conference on Somalia’s future. [read more]
- 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]
- 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]
2012
- World Vision has highlighted the need for education & protection of children affected by armed conflict at a conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury. [read more]
- World Vision UK warmly welcomes the Prime Minister's decision to appoint Justine Greening to the Department for International Development. [read more]
- World Vision has sent an emergency task force to coastal areas of the Philippines which are being evacuated following tsunami warnings, triggered by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake beneath the ocean. [read more]
- World Vision is prepared as a tropical storm hits Haiti [read more]
- World Vision despatched aid workers to Manila, Malabon, Cavite, Zambales & other areas affected by the Philippine floods. More from UK charity news. [read more]
- A new report by World Vision & Save the Children shows that millions now live in permanent food crisis. Long-term action is needed. [read more]
- Lopez Lomong escaped rebels who kidnapped him aged 6 in South Sudan & is now competing in the Olympics, Read his story here. [read more]
- High proportions of the refugees entering Uganda & countries surrounding the DRC are under 15, fleeing forced recruitment into the armed forces. [read more]
- International children’s charity World Vision UK welcomes Friday’s appointment (13th July 2012) of Ms. Leila Zerrougui as the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. [read more]
- The UK government is campaigning against forced marriage of children. The summer holidays is a peak time for children to be taken abroad to marry. [read more]
2011
- read how World Vision is helping 10,000 families (50,000 people) out of the 22,223 families severely affected by the floods in the hardest hit cities [read more]
- Families devastated by Typhoon Washi in the Philippines are facing a growing struggle to find clean water for their children. [read more]
- December 18, 2011, Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippines--As search and rescue efforts shift to relief assistance for the survivors of Mindanao's devastating flooding, World Vision's relief manager in Mindanao, John Salva, said today that water, ready-to-eat food and hygiene kits remain the most urgent needs for affected families. [read more]
- Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippines--World Vision aid workers assisting survivors in the flooded communities of Southern Philippines described a scene of widespread devastation and grief today, after nearly 200 have been left dead and more missing after Tropical Storm Washi's landfall. [read more]
- At one time Sierra Leone had the worst rate of maternal mortality in the world. [read more]
- Representatives from more than 90 countries are gathering to discuss Afghanistan’s future. The Bonn Conference, which begins next week, is a real chance to put concrete steps forward in how to secure long-term peace and development in Afghanistan, as international troops prepare to withdraw by 2014. [read more]
- The World Aids Day 2011 global theme is “Getting to Zero — Zero New Infections; Zero Discrimination; and Zero AIDS-related Deaths.” [read more]
- The Chancellor’s Autumn Satement is a further acknowledgement of the critical role aid plays in improving the lives of the world’s poor. [read more]
- Voting is under way across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the country’s second elections since independence in 1960. [read more]
- As international leaders gather in Cannes for the first day of the G20, key staff from World Vision – which is based in 17 of the G20 countries - challenge the French President over his actions to help malnourished children in the developing world. [read more]