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Education for Rohingya refugees must be top priority, say World Vision, Oxfam and Save the Children

Education and income-generating opportunities must be made top priorities for the nearly 1 million Rohingya still languishing in the world’s largest refugee camp.
said three leading NGOs at the launch of a new UN

Slashing the aid budget would be a damning legacy for Britain

Slashing the aid budget, as a new report from the Henry Jackson Society suggests, would have a shattering effect on the world’s most vulnerable children and their families.
and the overall aid budget to be cut from

Red Hand Day: World Vision youth campaigners urge UK Government to act

On 12th February – Red Hand Day, the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers – five young people from the UK who were involved in the project will meet their MPs in Parliament.
and on the second day they said we were going into battle.

World Vision joins 13 aid agencies to urge global leaders: 'The people of Yemen cannot wait'

14 aid agencies have joined together to raise awareness of the terrible suffering of the people of Yemen.
hunger since the war escalated in 2015. Aid workers in Yemen have spoken to parents who … most Yemeni people do not feel this hope. Aid and commercial goods are not yet flowing in

Christian and Muslim NGOs call for prayer for world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ in Yemen

Leaders of faith-based international development agencies have united to call on churches and mosques to pray for the desperate humanitarian situation in Yemen this week.

70,000 Syrian refugees suffer as storms batter Lebanon

Freezing temperatures, rain and snow have exacerbated already dire conditions in Lebanon’s refugee camps, leaving an estimated 70,000 Syrians at risk.

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Call on the UK Government to keep its promise to end violence against children
of our humanitarian aid. It takes a world … the proportion of bilateral humanitarian aid that is spent on this. That’s … of you who care deeply about UK Aid and making sure it reaches the world’s most

Indonesia Christmas Tsunami: World Vision UK launches appeal

Aid agency World Vision UK has launched an appeal to raise funds following Indonesia’s deadly tsunami, which has killed at least 281 people.
Aid agency World Vision UK has launched an

Indonesia Christmas Tsunami: World Vision deploys emergency response team

Aid agency World Vision has rushed an emergency crew to the area hit by Indonesia’s deadly tsunami, which has killed at least 222 people.
Aid agency World Vision has rushed an emergency

Ending child labour - for good

The £12.5 million announced by the UK Government today for ending the worst forms of child labour is really good news for some of the world’s most vulnerable children.
care passionately about British humanitarian aid and making sure boys and girls at risk of

World Vision leads new programme to eradicate child slavery in East Africa

A four-year programme to eradicate child slavery in three African countries launches today, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (December 2).
The UK aid backed programme is set to change the lives … Congo. It is funded by a substantial new UK aid package from the Department for … and headed by international aid agency World Vision UK. The project will

Typhoon Mangkhut

Typhoon Mangkhut (known locally as Ompong), one of the strongest storms of 2018, made landfall in the Philippines early on Saturday 15 September devastating Northern Luzon. The typhoon claimed dozens of lives and destroyed farmlands, seriously affecting people’s livelihoods.
Trinidad were trained on psychological first aid. Two Child Friendly Spaces have been set up … children have attended psychological first aid sessions to help them to recover from the

What children and young people think about child soldiers

World Vision UK wants to give young people who are not directly affected by armed conflict a space to express themselves and stand with the most disadvantaged children.
who said that reading Mary’s story from DRC brought … he said that together we are creating a global

Actor Jerome Flynn among thousands urging UK government to help ‘forgotten’ children

World Vision UK is calling for a fourfold increase in the proportion of UK humanitarian aid spending to protect children from violence.
in the proportion of UK humanitarian aid spending to protect children from violence. … a leading aid donor … spends a relatively small amount of its aid budget to protect them. Some countries where

World Vision UK launches campaign to end violence against children

World Vision UK has launched a campaign to end violence against the world’s most vulnerable children, It Takes A World.
spend 10 per cent of its annual humanitarian aid budget on violence prevention and recovery … aid spend. They show that most of the world’s … dangerous states receive no UK humanitarian aid to combat the physical abuse and sexual

No Peace Without Children

The future of children in the Central African Republic, from which I have just returned, is uncertain at best. They are forgotten casualties of a forgotten armed conflict.
at least 10 percent of the UK humanitarian aid budget to be spent on ending violence

Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami

An earthquake with magnitude of 7.4 struck Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on 28 September 2018. The quake triggered a tsunami with waves up to six metres high in Dongala, Palu and Mamuju.
by the earthquake. Protect people. Guide aid workers and emergency responders in the … Zulfikar said while playing in the Child Friendly Space.

Indonesia tsunami: The children who have lost everything

Ten-year-old Olivia lost everything she owned during the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami - including her favourite toy.
the little girl said sadly. … the 10 year old said. It wasn’t until the following morning … Olivia said excitedly. Although Olivia has lost all

Indonesia tsunami: Aid worker's diary of desperation and hope

"Living in a disaster-prone country like Indonesia, I’m not a stranger to scenes of grief, but the devastation brought by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Palu was unbearable to fathom."
Visi Indonesia is trying our best to deliver aid quickly despite many challenges. With all … are trying their best to provide immediate aid in Palu. We’re also thankful for the

World Vision joins DEC appeal to raise urgent funds for Indonesia tsunami survivors

The members of the DEC (Disaster Emergency Committee) launched the joint fundraising appeal today to raise vital funds for the survivors of the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami.
leading aid agencies. The members of the DEC … Efforts are being accelerated to deliver aid and supplies to the … with the Indonesian authorities to get aid to those who urgently need it. They are