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Monsoon Landslides Wreak Havoc for Cox's Bazar Refugees

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The catastrophe World Vision and other aid agencies have long warned about is unfolding in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as heavy rains lash the world’s largest, most densely populated refugee camp.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Humanitarian, Myanmar, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, Typhoon

The Spirit of Christmas

Friday, December 22, 2017

An unprecedented number of children are vulnerable this Christmas, with the world facing four enormous, ongoing and mostly ignored crises causing record numbers of people to be displaced, World Vision Australia chief advocate, Reverend Tim Costello said today.

Media Releases, Africa, Myanmar, Refugee Crisis, Syria

World Vision Cautiously Welcomes Rohingya Pact

Friday, November 24, 2017

World Vision cautiously welcomes an initial agreement for the possible repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State.

Media Releases, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Refugee Crisis

It Takes A World To End Violence Against Children

Monday, November 20, 2017

On Universal Children’s Day, World Vision Australia chief executive Claire Rogers has called on Australians to take action to prevent violence against children, including horrific levels of violence witnessed and suffered by children in Myanmar.

Media Releases, Bangladesh, Children's Rights, Myanmar

Turnbull Government Must Not Abandon Manus Refugees

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Australian Government has a moral responsibility to bring those being detained on Manus Island to Australia immediately, World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello said today.

Media Releases, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Refugees

Help Us Close The Gates of Hell - Tim Costello

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Refugee conditions in Bangladesh are like looking at “the gates of hell” World Vision Chief Advocate Tim Costello said this morning.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh, Children's Rights, Myanmar, Refugee Crisis, Refugees

World Vision Ready to Respond to Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh

Monday, September 18, 2017

COX’S BAZAR, 17 SEPTEMBER 2017 - World Vision is conducting an urgent needs assessment among refugees on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where almost 400,000 people have fled since fighting erupted in Myanmar in late August. The UN has estimated that half the refugees who have fled into Bangladesh are children.

Media Releases, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Refugees

World Vision Ready to Respond to Rakhine State Violence

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

BANGKOK (6 SEPTEMBER 2017) - Nearly two weeks since attacks and counter-attacks unfolded in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State, home to most the country’s Muslim minority population, aid groups remain blocked from the conflict zone due to on-going insecurity.

Media Releases, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Let’s Not Forget Our Sisters in the Asia-Pacific on White Ribbon Day

Thursday, November 24, 2016

World Vision’s new CEO, Claire Rogers, has called on Australians to remember their sisters in the Asia-Pacific region when campaigning for the elimination of violence against women.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, China, Claire Rogers, East Timor, Human trafficking, Laos, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Women's Rights

World Vision scales up response in Myanmar

Friday, August 14, 2015

As World Vision celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 40 Hour Famine, the humanitarian agency is scaling up its response to flooding in Myanmar amid fears of looming food shortages.

Media Releases, Anthea Spinks, Flood, Myanmar

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