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Australian NGOs to Review Sexual Misconduct Safeguards

Friday, May 25, 2018

World Vision Australia welcomes the independent review aimed at improving the Australian humanitarian sector's processes in the prevention of sexual misconduct.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Children's Rights, Claire Rogers, Human Rights, Humanitarian, NGO, Women's Rights, World Vision, Young People

Call for Government to rule out further aid cuts

Thursday, March 29, 2018

World Vision Australia is calling on the Federal Government to rule out further cuts to an already depleted aid budget.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Claire Rogers, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian, International Development, NGO, Refugees, Tim Costello, World Vision

Building Resilience through Innovation, Learning and Inclusion at APAC Forum

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Building communities’ resilience through innovation, leaning and inclusion will be key to the approach of Australia’s international development sector going forward, according to World Vision’s new CEO Claire Rogers.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, ANCP, Australian Government, Claire Rogers, Disaster, Drought, Emergencies, Emergency, Environment, Famine, Farmers, Flood, Humanitarian, innovation, NGO, World Vision

$625m aid cuts will hit those most in need

Sunday, January 19, 2014

The Federal Government’s $625 million aid cuts – including to funds promised to Australian development NGOs – will hit the very programs aimed at helping those most in need, World Vision Australia’s chief executive, Tim Costello, said today.

Media Releases, Poverty, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, ANCP, Australian Government, Budget Cuts, DFAT, Foreign Aid, International Development, NGO, Tim Costello, Tony Abbott

New plans give hope to Syrian children

Friday, June 7, 2013

Two new plans to address humanitarian needs arising from the ongoing violence in Syria will be launched in Geneva, Switzerland, today.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Conflict, Disaster relief, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian, NGO, Syria, United Nations

Kenya to be first country to sign new charter to end extreme hunger

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Kenya will be the first country to sign a ground-breaking charter that would make deadly food crises like the one gripping East Africa a thing of the past.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Famine, Foreign Aid, NGO, Oxfam, Save the Children, United Nations

Put people before politics to save lives in Somalia, urge agencies

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Lives must be put before politics in famine-affected Somalia, a group of 20 aid agencies said today in an open letter.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Conflict, Disaster relief, Foreign Aid, NGO, Oxfam, Save the Children, Somalia

New psychological first aid guide to strengthen humanitarian relief

Friday, August 19, 2011

Today, on World Humanitarian Day, the World Health Organization (WHO), the War Trauma Foundation (WTF) and World Vision International (WVI) will release a new tool for aid workers called the Psychological First Aid Guide for Fieldworkers.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Humanitarian, NGO, Psychological Aid, WHO, World Humanitarian Day

Not-for-Profit sector welcomes Labor’s commitment to sector reforms

Monday, August 9, 2010

The Not-for-profit (NFP) sector welcomed Labor’s announcement today that it would establish an Office for the Not-For-Profit Sector and, if elected, would implement other recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s report released in February.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Foreign Aid, NGO, Oxfam, Tim Costello, World Vision

World Vision Australia commended for transparent reporting

Friday, May 7, 2010

The nation’s largest aid agency, World Vision Australia, was last night commended for the openness of its reporting and was announced the winner of the 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers Transparency Awards.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, NGO, Report, Tim Costello, World Vision