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World Vision Joins Global Day of Prayer to End Famine in East Africa

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Australians are being called to join a global day of prayer aimed at mobilising millions of Christians’ support for international efforts to prevent the mass starvation of children and their communities in Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and Nigeria.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Water & sanitation, Poverty, Climate change, Famine, Africa, Famine, Somalia, South Sudan

Famine Fears as Africa Reels from Drought and Conflict

Monday, February 13, 2017

Humanitarian agencies, including World Vision, are alarmed by the prospect of famine once again sweeping through Africa with devastating consequences for children.

Media Releases, Drought, Famine, Somalia, South Sudan

World Vision welcomes new aid for Africa

Friday, July 22, 2016

World Vision Australia welcomes the federal government’s commitment of $17.5 million to support people suffering from severe hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan, Somalia and the Lake Chad basin.

Media Releases, Food Security, Somalia, South Sudan

Refugee detention unworthy of Australia: Tim Costello

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello has called on the Australian Government to immediately find a just and humane solution to the issue of refugees being held in indefinite detention on Nauru and Manus Island.

Media Releases, Refugees, Africa, Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Somalia, Tim Costello

World Vision welcomes aid for Africa

Thursday, February 11, 2016

World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of $15 million for humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia and Somalia, where millions of people are suffering food shortages, but warned that more is needed.

Media Releases, Australian Government, Drought, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tim Costello

Last chance to double donation to East Africa crisis

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Australians have one week left to double their donations through the Federal Government’s dollar-for-dollar initiative for those suffering from the drought and famine in East Africa.

Media Releases, Famine, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Philanthropy, Somalia, Tanzania

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

World Vision prepares to expand relief operations into west Somalia

Monday, August 8, 2011

More than 140,000 Somali refugees and internally displaced people situated in transit camps along the border in west Somalia are in need of urgent assistance, World Vision said today.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Disaster relief, East Africa, Famine, Somalia, Tim Costello

East Africa's worst drought in decades hits vulnerable children

Tuesday, July 19, 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.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Africa, Disaster relief, Drought, East Africa, Ethiopia, Famine, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Tim Costello

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