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You must Know Your Country to Heal Country – more than half Australians agree

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

More than half of Australians (57 per cent) agree learning more about First Nations history, peoples and culture will help heal Country- the theme for NAIDOC week 2021, new research released today has shown.

Media Releases, Aboriginal, Child literacy, Children's Rights, Education, Indigenous, Young People

Australian Principals support First Nations campaign to combat ‘knowledge gap’

Friday, June 25, 2021

Australian principals are throwing their support behind a new campaign for a First Nations Cultural Educator in every primary school.

Media Releases, Aboriginal, Education, Indigenous, World Vision, Young People

Australians support First Nations cultural educators in every primary school, poll confirms

Thursday, June 17, 2021

The best way to promote a shared understanding of First Nations culture in Australia is through education, a recent poll has found. Seven in 10 Australians surveyed also agree education is the key to “reducing racism”.

Media Releases, Aboriginal, Education, Indigenous, World Vision, Young People

World Vision's newest Goodwill Ambassador Tom Phillips shines a light on the world's displaced children this Christmas

Friday, December 7, 2018

Collingwood Football Club player and World Vision Goodwill Ambassador, Tom Phillips will today meet students from St Bernard’s Primary School in Melbourne, to share with them his recent trip to Rwanda and show lost toys from around the world.

Media Releases, Children's Rights, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision, Young People

World Vision Backs UNICEF Call for a national children's agenda

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Australia’s leading humanitarian agency World Vision has backed a call for a national policy and implementation agenda for Australia’s children and young people.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Child Health, Child literacy, Claire Rogers, Human Rights, UNICEF, World Vision, Young People

Australian youths once more show determination in the face of the global refugee crisis

Friday, August 17, 2018

World Vision returns this year with the iconic 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge (17-19 August) to support refugees worldwide and raise awareness of the global refugee crisis.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, 40 Hour Famine, 40HF, Children's Rights, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision, Young People

Young Australians fear they could become a refugee

Monday, July 30, 2018

Half of young Australians have wondered about the possibility of becoming a refugee. A new national survey from World Vision also reveals a startling one in five believe it is a definite possibility and it could happen to anyone.

Media Releases, 40 Hour Famine, 40HF, Claire Rogers, Humanitarian, Young People

Why We Need a National Action Plan on Global Development Goals

Friday, June 15, 2018

World Vision Australia CEO Claire Rogers welcomed today’s report card on how Australia is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. But she called for the government to commit to a national action plan so all people – especially children - could live in a fairer and safer world by 2030.

Media Releases, Australian Government, Claire Rogers, Humanitarian, International Development, World Vision, Young People

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

Young Aussies give up and go without to bring hunger down

Friday, August 15, 2014

More than 300,000 Aussie teens will give up something that matters to them this weekend as World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine takes place around the country.

Media Releases, Famine, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, 40 Hour Famine, Disaster relief, East Timor, Ethiopia, Famine, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tim Costello, World Vision, Young People