Press releases

• Australia’s youth preparing to fight global hunger

  Tuesday, 26 July 2011

  With less than one month to go before the 40 Hour Famine, more than 300,000 young people around the country are planning fundraising activities to fight world hunger and poverty.

   

  Over the weekend of 19 - 21 August, young people are giving up something important to them for 40 hours such as food, technology, and transport, to get a ...

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• East Africa's worst drought in decades hits vulnerable children

  Tuesday, 19 July 2011

  Increasingly severe malnutrition rates in the East African nations of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Tanzania have led Christian humanitarian and development agency World Vision to significantly scale up its response to the unfolding crisis.
      
  Up to a third of children in some communities are reportedly affected by malnutrition, or double the rate at which a humanitarian emergency ...

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• Security, safe water and school top of children’s hopes for South Sudan

  Thursday, 14 July 2011

  South Sudan's children retain their hopes despite very real challenges as their nation prepares to become the world’s newest country tomorrow, Saturday, 9 July.
  
  When World Vision interviewed children across three of South Sudan’s 10 states to find out which issues matter most to them as independence approaches, it was evident that children were keen to move beyond the problems ...

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• World Vision welcomes aid review's focus on saving lives

  Wednesday, 6 July 2011

  Changes announced by the federal government to ensure Australia's aid program saved more lives through proven programs were welcomed by the nation's biggest development agency,World Vision Australia.
  
  Foreign minister Kevin Rudd today said the Federal Government would accept 38 out of the 39 recommendations from the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, including a continued focus on the Asia-Pacific region, measures ...

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