Press releases

• ACT joins the vision in 2011

  Thursday, 27 January 2011

  The ACT has topped the list as Australia’s biggest giver amongst all the states and territories with 2.5 per cent of the population sponsoring a child through World Vision Australia.

  The findings are part of a national call to action urging Australians to sponsor a child in need in 2011. There are nearly 350,000 children sponsored by World Vision Australia ...

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• Panel Members farewell Simon McKeon with significant World Vision donation.

  Tuesday, 18 January 2011

  On 31 August 2010, Simon McKeon retired from his position as President of the Australian Government Takeovers Panel.

  As a well known philanthropist and the 2011 Victorian Australian of the Year, Mr McKeon has been given a very different type of farewell gift that reflects his personal passion and generosity.
  Takeover Panel members, the executive and alumni all made donations ...

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• Emergency button remains on in Haiti: World Vision

  Monday, 10 January 2011

  The earthquake that flattened the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, one year ago on January 12, 2010, has left a poor nation stuck in “emergency response”, humanitarian agency World Vision Australia said today.
  
  World Vision thanked Australian donors who responded with generosity to the quake, providing more than $10 million to the relief and reconstruction efforts.
  
  “A year ago, about a ...

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• Thousands of displaced people in Sudan need urgent assistance: World Vision

  Friday, 7 January 2011

  In the lead up to the long‐awaited referendum in Sudan, World Vision Australia today called on the international community to provide urgent assistance to ensure the safety and wellbeing of thousands of Sudanese civilians who have been displaced due to violence or who have moved south to vote.

  On Sunday 9 January, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in ...

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