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Statement: Super Cyclone Amphan puts millions at greater risk of coronavirus

Cyclone Amphan is creating crisis on top of a crisis – making it even more difficult to contain COVID-19 at a critical time in the response by both India and Bangladesh, World Vision warns.

Protect children from coronavirus

access to even the most basic healthcare. Refugees have escaped unimaginable

Coronavirus: World Vision launches £64m global response

International aid agency World Vision has launched a £64m aid plan to help millions of the world’s most vulnerable people defeat coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Plans for a unique humanitarian response

Isabel Gomes, World Vision's Global Director of Humanitarian Operations, shares how World Vision is responding to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: The expert view on… Refugees

World Vision's Humanitarian Health, Nutrition and WASH Director examines the impact coronavirus could have on the global refugee population.
please spare a prayer for the millions of refugees and internally displaced people whose … all countries have free health services for refugees. Eighty percent of the displaced worldwide

Coronavirus: World must unite to focus on the most vulnerable as pandemic declared

A united global effort is needed to help prevent COVID-19 from having a massive destructive impact on the lives of child refugees, migrants and the very poor, warns aid agency, World Vision, as a pandemic is declared.
Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh. Coronavirus could

New analysis reveals scale of destruction and displacement in Idlib

New satellite imagery and analysis by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children and World Vision show how children are experiencing unbearable suffering.

Transforming children’s lives in Mosul, Iraq

Iraq is one of the world’s most fragile contexts, creating an environment which is dangerous for children and leaves families displaced in camps. Find out how World Vision supports children like Raja.

Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn

As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire.
Turkey has generously hosted millions of refugees from Syria over the … take on the responsibility of accepting more refugees alone. NRC calls on the international

Christmas Charities - How can I help charities this Christmas?

Christmas is a time for charity and generosity, and you can help those struggling this festive season. Find out how to help give children a Christmas this year.
Mosquito nets to protect refugees from deadly disease Clean water for an … income A business starter package to help refugees start a new life Empowerment classes for

World Vision welcomes repatriation of British orphans in Syria

World Vision welcomes reports of the repatriation from Syria of three orphaned British children. Innocent victims of war should not be punished for the actions of their parents.

World Vision joins 14 aid agencies warning of humanitarian crisis in North-East Syria

Civilians in north-east Syria are at risk and humanitarian aid could be cut off following the launch of a new military operation in the area, leading aid agencies are warning.
there must be no forcible returns of refugees living in Turkey to Syria. Anyone returned

61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar, call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns

World Vision is one of 61 local, national and international NGOs working in Myanmar and Bangladesh calling for Rohingya refugees to have a role in decision-making about their own lives, including conditions for their return to Myanmar.
for safety and dignity in Bangladesh as refugees. In a joint statement released … recognised in Rakhine State and for Rohingya refugees to have a role in

World Humanitarian Day: Karate champion empowers Syrian refugee girls in Jordan

This World Humanitarian Day, we honour the women who work on the front line of their own communities in some of the most difficult places. This is Qamar Al-Kurdi's story.
refugees. She is a karate teacher with World

Ebola death in Goma sparks fears of greater spread

The fight against Ebola has intensified after the first Ebola death in the major city of Goma in the DRC, World Vision warns today.
are people who move in the border and refugees who are fleeing violence in DRC. We must be

World Vision delivers aid to Rohingya refugees during monsoon

World Vision is delivering life-sustaining aid to hundreds of thousands of children and their families as monsoon rains lash the world’s largest refugee camp.
home to a megacity of one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Meteorologists forecast … more landslides and flooding in the camps. Refugees living in makeshift shelters perched on

Statement: Demolition of Syrian refugee homes in Lebanon

Statement by World Vision and other NGOs following the demolition of refugees' homes in Arsal.
following the demolition of refugees homes in … refugees of their already very basic shelter and … to continue to show compassion to refugees who depend on Lebanon for their safety and

Demolitions in Lebanon: at least 15,000 Syrian refugee children will be made homeless

At least 15,000 Syrian children face homelessness as their homes in Arsal, Lebanon, are scheduled for demolition.
built by Syrian refugees using materials other than timber and … in informal camps must be deconstructed. Refugees in Arsal have until June 9 to bring their

Children fear they can’t go back to school after Cyclone Fani devastation

Children fear they might not be able to go back to school after the devastation of Cyclone Fani in India and Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugees living in temporary shelters. Fred

World Vision UK launches Cyclone Fani appeal

World Vision UK has launched an emergency appeal to fund the humanitarian response to Cyclone Fani.
Rohingya refugees living in temporary shelters in the world’s