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UK government first in G8 to hit overseas aid target

World Vision applauds the UK government for honouring the commitment first made more than 40 years ago to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on overseas aid.
community faces instability and humanitarian

World Vision urges more funding for South Sudan as UN warns of insufficient aid

The UN has raised fresh concerns about the lack of humanitarian funding being given to projects in South Sudan.
has raised fresh concerns about the lack of humanitarian funding being given to projects in South … areas within camps. Humanitarian agencies have so far managed to provide

A Thank You From A Family Four Hours Away

World Vision UK's Head of Public Affairs, Gavin, shares simple message from the crowded camps of Syrian refugees in Jordan: they are truly grateful for your support.
how close the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War is. Four

World Vision UK Responds to World Vision US Employment Policy Decision

World Vision UK Responds to World Vision US Employment Policy Decision
partnership comes together with a core humanitarian mission to serve the world’s poorest

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conflicts and resulting humanitarian crises have hampered the

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kidnapping. We are actively engaged in humanitarian and emergency response … humanitarian

World Vision helps fight TB in Somaliland

World Vision has partnered with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Somaliland government, and other agencies to establish the first specialised treatment centre for multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
while the European Commission Humanitarian Organisation ECHO provides logistics. Notes

No Fairy Tale: Can the Children of Syria Ever Find a Happy Ending?

Lara Ghaoui from World Vision Lebanon has been present since the outbreak of fighting in Syria 3 years ago. She shares all that she's seen along the way and asks 'When will this end?'
I could not but remind myself that humanitarians hold people’s fates in our

Three Years On: Is There Any Hope for the Children of Syria?

World Vision communicator Meg Sattler reflects on three years of conflict and an overwhelming feeling that nobody cares. But we know that people do, and she tells us "A global effort for peace is not impossible."
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World Vision welcomes Asda and P&G’s Safe Drinking Water Programme

Global humanitarian charity World Vision today welcomes British supermarket Asda and consumer goods company P&G’s effort to bring 75 million days’ worth of clean drinking water to communities in the developing world.
see how clean water improves lives Global humanitarian charity World Vision today welcomes British

Eyewitnesses describe ‘Pandemonium’ as violence breaks out in Malakal

Last week’s fighting around Malakal, in the Upper Nile State, displaced thousands and left many dead. Eyewitnesses report that hundreds of decomposing corpses still lay strewn all over the town.
Skayem says. Initial relief efforts by humanitarian agencies to reach … 50 million to help respond to the growing humanitarian … an appeal for USD 1.3 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

Public urged to voice their outrage and demand action to prevent a lost generation in Syria

Children cannot afford another year of bloodshed, suffering and missed education, warn aid agencies
involved in the fighting must fully respect humanitarian … An end to blocking of humanitarian assistance. Humanitarian organizations must … An end to attacks on humanitarian workers and facilities

Children bear brunt of South Sudan conflict as fighting flares

South Sudan’s brutal conflict is exacting a severe toll on children in the country, with more than half of those displaced being adolescents.
is a big setback to humanitarian

Tacloban Rises

Our CEO, Justin, writes movingly of the deep devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan and reflects on the legendary resilience of the Filipino people who, despite everything, are getting on with their lives and rebuilding what they lost.
not seen in over 25 years in humanitarian work. But in the Philippines at least

How World Vision Works In Emergencies

Three months on, our Head of Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Bulpitt, helps to explain some of the areas of work that are most important, but rarely talked about, following a disaster of the magnitude of Typhoon Haiyan.
Head of Humanitarian … last decade as a viable way of delivering humanitarian assistance in specific situations. World

Syrian children’s futures depend on Geneva II peace agreement

World Vision has joined the call for all parties to the Syria conflict to negotiate a peace agreement at Geneva II to end the bloodshed, protect children and allow humanitarian aid to be provided to those desperately in need in the war-torn country.
protect children and allow humanitarian aid to be provided to those desperately in … humanitarian crisis is a political one. … committing to ensuring humanitarian aid reaches all those in need shouldn’t

Sowing The Seeds Of A Solution: Why Progress To Peace In Syria Is Essential

With the Geneva peace talks searching for a peaceful solution to the Syria conflict this week, Johan Eldebo outlines his experience of just why sowing the seeds of a solution is so vital for the children of Syria.
Senior Humanitarian Policy … in humanitarian assistance to the Syria crisis. This is a … the largest humanitarian appeal in history … 1. Humanitarian assistance works and we must ensure funding

South Sudan Crisis Update

As the conflict continues, we remember the children and their families affected by this situation.
7 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection in South Sudan … Sudan. The total number of people in need of humanitarian support and protection has now reached over

Syria crisis response must be 'unprecedented', says World Vision UK at donor conference

Representatives of the world’s most powerful nations are meeting in Kuwait City today to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Syria and surrounding countries brought about by the long-running conflict.
one of the largest agencies providing humanitarian … scale of the humanitarian crisis for the Syrian people demands an … humanitarian consequences of continued fighting could not