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World Vision Statement on End of Ceasefire

World Vision is deeply concerned that the resumption of conflict in Gaza and Israel will cause even greater suffering for children.
humanitarian aid is allowed to flow and critical … current conflict must abide by International Humanitarian Law

World Humanitarian Day: Remembering Lives Given To Bring Others Hope

Johan Eldebo has visited many of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. In today's blog he shares why marking World Humanitarian Day means so much to him and to the people to whom each and every humanitarian worker brings hope in all that they do.
Today is World Humanitarian … who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and … Senior Humanitarian Policy … aid or joining armed militias. With many humanitarian crises intertwined with conflicts

Disasters Emergency Committee appeal raises more than £7m for Gaza

The DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal has reached a total of more than £7m just four days since it was launched.
agencies will be able to scale up their humanitarian response for hundreds of thousands of people … so our member agencies can deliver the huge humanitarian relief effort needed to help meet the basic

UK Aid Agencies Help Hundreds of Thousands in Gaza

Despite renewed violence in Gaza this morning, we continue to find ways to provide whatever help they can.
a huge humanitarian relief effort in Gaza. Even those agencies … is a vital moment for Gaza. There is a major humanitarian crisis and the need in Gaza is huge.

Gaza: Children are paying the price for adults’ mistakes

As the Gaza conflict continues, World Vision urges for a lasting ceasefire and a durable and just peace.
ceasefire so that we can attend to the humanitarian crisis on the … in accordance with international humanitarian

Mud, Mosquitoes and Malakal's Children of War

World Vision UK CEO, Justin Byworth, has recently returned from a trip to see the dramatic, life-threatening impact that the conflict in South Sudan is having on more than half of its population. A few weeks ago he visited Malakal, a sleepy provincial town that has been almost obliterated, where he listened to survivor’s stories.
alongside 250 or so UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers. It’s a place of mud and

Joint statement on impact of Gaza conflict on children

Statement delivered to the Human Rights Council, Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, on behalf of Defence for Children International, World Vision, Terre Des Hommes, War Child and Kinder USA.
have been in accordance with international humanitarian law. The violence has left the Palestinian … which has led to a humanitarian crisis for the 1.7 million Palestinians that

A Glimpse Into Syrian Children's Reality

PhotoVoice partnered with World Vision to run a participatory photography project in Zarqa, Jordan where Syrian children can share their experiences and perspectives on violence in conflict back home.
that children living in countries facing humanitarian crises are the most vulnerable. Two months

Girl Summit 2014: World Vision leads drive to end FGM and child marriage

Speaking at UK's first Girl Summit, WVUK CEO Justin Byworth shares solutions to end FGM & Early Marriage.
and forced marriage during and shortly after humanitarian disasters was also vital to protect

World Vision urges ceasefire as strike kills child in aid project

Reports of children involved in World Vision programmes being killed as violence continues are horrifying, says World Vision. Violence in Israel and Gaza has claimed the life of at least one child from World Vision’s programs in the region, the humanitarian organisation said today, as it renewed calls for a ceasefire between both parties.
the humanitarian organisation said … said the humanitarian organisation is urging both sides to bring

Aid agencies hail unprecedented UN vote as potential lifeline for Syrians

A UN Security Council resolution passed today, which directly authorizes the delivery of aid to Syrians across borders and conflict lines, is a diplomatic breakthrough that must translate into real change on the ground, according to a coalition of 34 non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
and the humanitarian situation worsening by the … closely with the UN to ensure that existing humanitarian operations are

Unmanned Drones Used by UN Peacekeepers in the DRC

Unmanned drones being used by the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO in the DRC are blurring the lines between help and harm, and it could affect aid agencies, says a new paper released today.
should not be used at the same time for any humanitarian … The humanitarian situation for children across eastern DRC … must be in line with humanitarian

Aid effort to avert South Sudan famine in jeopardy

Today marks the 3-year anniversary of South Sudan's independence. The country is on the brink of famine. Urgent funding is needed.
just as the South Sudan humanitarian crisis edges closer to the risk of famine. … funds. South Sudan is the most pressing humanitarian crisis in Africa.

Failure of South Sudan Peace Talks Raises Risk of Famine

With more than 1.3 million people displaced and half of them are children, the situation in South Sudan is getting worse every day. The postponement of the peace talk means higher risk of famine, higher risk of children being used as child soldiers, and higher price tag to deal with this disaster.
international donor community to ensure full humanitarian access for the provision of essential

Life Begins Again At Asraq For Syrian Refugees

Tomorrow is World Refugee Day and here we share a blog from one of our Canadian colleagues currently seconded to our Jordanian office, who shares the hope that Syrian refugees still cling to even as they settle into their new surroundings at the newly-opened Azraq refugee camp.
Commission on Human Rights and its partner humanitarian agencies like World Vision to ensure that

First Steps In Ethiopia

The Antsokia Valley in Ethiopia was one of the worst-affected areas of the 1984 famine. Today it's green, beautiful and lush with crops. World Vision never would have started our work in Ethiopia, however, were it not for this one man.
Head of Humanitarian Emergencies for World Vision

Urgent help needed for South Sudan to avert catastrophe

The dire conditions of hungry children in South Sudan will get unimaginably worse unless urgent measures are taken to reverse a rapidly deteriorating situation, a new report warns today. Governments meet in Oslo tomorrow to discuss pledging funds to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.
for funds to be pledged to avert a humanitarian … making humanitarian organisations like World Vision dependent on … humanitarian organisations and parties to the conflict

Azraq refugee camp opens amidst growing humanitarian needs of Syrian crisis

A new refugee camp has opened in Jordan, designed to provide 100,000 people with long-term care and shelter. Over the last year World Vision has worked alongside the United Nations and other aid agencies to develop a purpose built camp that can offer immediate, but also lasting, refuge.

World Vision warns of worst threat of starvation since 1980's hanging over South Sudan

Without urgent funding in the next few weeks, seven million children and families will be at risk of starvation.
a World Vision senior humanitarian policy advisor. He … agencies and the UN have been scaling up the humanitarian response in South Sudan for

UK Government unveils life-saving funding for 'under the radar' crises

International Development Secretary Justine Greening will today announce the UK Department for International Development (DFID) support for two key Start Network programmes: the Start Fund and Start Build.
crises. The Start Fund complements existing humanitarian financing … Head of Humanitarian … society in order to meet the increasing humanitarian challenges of the 21st century. Civil