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COVID-19 aid rethink welcome, but must go beyond our immediate region - CEO

Saturday, May 30, 2020

World Vision today welcomed the Australian Government’s plan Partnerships for Recovery which outlines how Australia will support its regional neighbours through COVID-19 but renewed its call that this global crisis requires a global response.

Media Releases, Refugees, More and better aid, Climate change, Water and sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, Asylum Seekers, Bangladesh, Child Health, Child Violence, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Economic Development, Epidemics, Human Rights, Humanitarian, International Development, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision

Fragile Pacific countries need grant-based aid, not more debt

Thursday, November 8, 2018

World Vision Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to put its Pacific island neighbours at the centre of Australia’s foreign policy and aid.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Claire Rogers, Economic Development, World Vision

A Visionary Budget Would Invest in Aid

Friday, May 5, 2017

World Vision is calling for Australian aid to be prioritised in next week’s Federal Budget, as a reflection of Australia’s priorities and values.

Media Releases, Africa, Budget Cuts, Drought, East Africa, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, South Sudan, Tim Costello, World Vision

G20 must deliver for the most vulnerable: Tim Costello

Sunday, November 9, 2014

World leaders must look beyond GDP growth numbers to the human impact of their economic reform commitments.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Child Labour, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, G20, Human Rights, International Development, Tim Costello

PNG needs some of our Anzac spirit

Saturday, April 6, 2013

As we approach Anzac Day, Australians are prompted to reflect on our national character. Drawing on events far from our shores close to a century ago, we lay claim to a particular combination of traits: mateship, pulling together, and brave sacrifice.

Opinion Pieces, Poverty, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Australian Government, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, International Development, Philanthropy, PNG, Tim Costello

Hugh Jackman helps launch new economic development program for world’s poor

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Australia’s largest aid agency today launched a new fundraising program for economic development projects, which provides poor communities with business skills training and opportunities to help them improve their incomes and build a better future.

Media Releases, Poverty, Cambodia, East Africa, Economic Development, Ethiopia, Hugh Jackman, Humanitarian, Tim Costello

World Vision welcomes microfinance for Peru

Friday, September 25, 2009

World Vision has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of $2 million of microfinance for women in Peru, which is expected to reach 100,000 people.

Transforming lives, Poverty, Latin America and Carribean, CrediVision, Economic Development, International Development, Microfinance, Peru

Unblocking the path to home ownership in Mapoon - World Vision's new plan

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

World Vision’s new home ownership project in Far North Queensland’s Mapoon community will help people overcome the barriers to buying their own homes.

Indigenous Australians, Asia and the Pacific, Aboriginal, Economic Development, Indigenous, Tim Costello