Press releases

• Budget: Delay in aid target disappointing

  Tuesday, 8 May 2012

  It is disappointing the Gillard Government has moved to delay its commitment to boost aid spending to 0.5% of gross national income, a move that will mean $2.9 billion less for the world’s poorest over four years.

  The increase in aid spending of $300 million in the 12/13 Budget to $5.2 billion is welcomed, especially amid a tight Budget in ...

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• Beating famine through land management

  Tuesday, 10 April 2012

  Tim Costello travels to Kenya for high-level talks to tackle hunger

  World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello will hold high-level talks in Nairobi, Kenya this week as the food crisis in West Africa continues to intensify.

  Mr Costello will attend the Beating Famine conference, a joint initiative by World Vision and the World Agroforestry Center aimed at combating hunger ...

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• Logie Nominee Rebecca Gibney urges Australians to support West Africa Food Crisis Appeal

  Thursday, 5 April 2012

  World Vision Ambassador and Silver Logie Nominee Rebecca Gibney has today released a video statement urging Australians to support the response to an escalating food crisis in West Africa.

  Recorded during a break in filming on the set of ‘Packed to the Rafters’, Ms Gibney calls on Australians to donate to World Vision’s West Africa Food Crisis Appeal. She also ...

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• Gillard must keep promise to world's poorest

  Thursday, 5 April 2012

  Make Poverty History coalition release

  Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Australia was last night ranked 13th in aid by the OECD, highlighting the need for Julia Gillard to keep her promise to increase the amount of Australian aid given to poor people around the world.

  By keeping her promise to lift aid in this year’s ...

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• Exploitation of children reveals the dark side of Easter

  Wednesday, 4 April 2012

  This Easter, families trying to find ethically sourced Easter eggs will face a near impossible task.

  Insufficient action by Australia’s mainstream chocolate industry means young children continue to be needlessly exploited in the cocoa fields of West Africa.

  Since 2008 World Vision Australia has called on chocolate companies to play their part in combating forced and child labour in West ...

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• Australian mum blogger travels to West Africa to witness escalating food crisis

  Wednesday, 4 April 2012

  A multi-national group of mum bloggers, including one Australian, have begun a four-day visit to Niger to bring attention to an escalating food crisis in the region.

  The group consisting of mothers from three countries – Australia, South Korea and Germany - will visit World Vision projects in the drought-affected regions of Niger and report through their blogs on the ...

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• Global funds to deliver a clean energy future in Ethiopia

  Wednesday, 4 April 2012

  The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) are excited to announce three new sustainable energy projects in Ethiopia, Cambodia and Tanzania.

  World Vision has been awarded over $144,000 for a project in Ethiopia, which will develop local cooperatives in two low-income rural districts to finance the distribution of energy-efficient stoves and ...

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• World Vision welcomes another step forward in aid transparency and effectiveness

  Friday, 30 March 2012

  World Vision Australia welcomes the completion of the assessment of multilateral aid programs – an important hurdle recommended by the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness review to ensure Australia’s investment in development is effective.

  The report released by AusAID today delivers another important step towards greater transparency and evaluation of Australia’s contribution to the global effort to end world poverty. ...

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• Niger communities pushed to the brink as food crisis intensifies

  Monday, 26 March 2012

  The food crisis in West Africa is pushing communities to the brink as families ration scarce resources of food and sell animals at plummeting prices.

  A study conducted in two regions of Niger by the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) and a coalition of aid groups (including World Vision) has found between 70 and 90 per cent of people believe their ...

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• Industry gives poor communities in Burundi a sporting chance

  Friday, 23 March 2012

  World Vision welcomes a donation of $20,000 by leading print and distribution company, PMP Limited.
  
  The generous donation will support a World Vision Australia water and sanitation program in Burundi which will specifically help rebuild water infrastructure that was destroyed during the 1990s civil war. As a result of poor water supplies and sanitation, Burundi has one of the world’s ...

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