Across five continents and in over 60 countries, World Vision carries out development work to address the causes and consequences of global poverty.
In this section, you can discover the issues that contribute to poverty worldwide, and the actions World Vision takes to tackle them.
Our issues are:
- Transforming Lives and Child Sponsorship
Our Child Sponsorship efforts change lives for children, their families and their entire community. - Climate Change
Climate change leads directly to poverty for the world's most disadvantaged communities. - Emergencies
See how our rapid emergency response saves lives and protects the vulnerable. - Food & Nutrition
World Vision helps create sustainable farming practices and educates communities about nutrition issues. - Human Trafficking & Slavery
Protecting at-risk individuals is just one way to end the terrible crimes of trafficking and slavery. - Improving Incomes
Assisting people and communities to generate and sustain incomes is essential to poverty alleviation. - Indigenous Australia
World Vision works in partnership with local communities to create a better future. - Maternal and Child Health
Maternal & child health must be given higher priority if the world is to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. - Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Lack of fresh water leads to disease and malnutrition, but there are solutions.