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Reaction: Anti-corruption summit pays little attention to concerns of civil society
International children’s charity World Vision UK has welcomed the anti-corruption summit’s commitments but questioned its focus.
Anti-Corruption summit should go beyond lip service and provide room for civil society to function in the most affected countries
International children’s charity World Vision UK has urged global leaders meeting in London for the 2016 anti-corruption summit to provide room for civilians and aid agencies to function freely in countries most affected by graft and violence.
fundraising activities and mobilisation abilities. Other
Food and Farming: Ugandan style
Read about World Vision ambassador, Robin Hart's week in Uganda, visiting her sponsored child as part of a group visit. Here she talks about her experiences farming in the UK compared to what she learnt in Uganda.
his family had received from the additional fundraising his
Prestigious award for interactive fundraising experience
World Vision has received a coveted award for its groundbreaking interactive charity experience at UK shopping centres, with judges hailing the display as a “wonderful, emotive creation making a real difference to people’s lives”.
Waiting to start a new life
Syrian refugee and father, Fahad, discusses the treacherous couple of years he and his family have endured since fleeing their home. Sleeping at a roadside with his wife and 5 children, all Fahad wishes for is safety and a place for his family to call home.
war. Set up your own Barefoot and Coatless fundraising page and ask your friends and family to join …
Overcoming obstacles: a unique visit to Albania
Sue Lavender, a World Vision UK child sponsor, talks about overcoming the challenges associated with being deaf and blind, and going on a fantastic adventure to visit her sponsored child, Olsi and his family in Albania.
were for the future. Their latest project is fundraising to set up a cinema so they can help teach
World Vision has seen the fundraising future and it is The Story Shop: Charity launches innovative experience to engage shoppers
World Vision is blazing a trail with the launch of an innovative, fully interactive experience to engage shoppers.
The Story Shop is already in operation at Westfield Shepherd's Bush and launched this week at the shopping mall's Stratford site.
At first glance, The Story Shop appears to be a vintage specialist store with wooden cabinets displaying curios from around the globe. However, the ground-breaking project uses the latest digital technology to ensure visitors can interact with about 100 individual stories from across the world and have an opportunity to sponsor a child or make a one-off donation.
response to the changing nature of media and fundraising.
Why we're diving for World Vision
As part of Remember A Charity In Your Will week, four plucky ladies from our Supporter Care team will be jumping out of a plane to keep company with Brian Phillips - one of our Ambassadors, who will be writing his will mid-air. Our brave women are themselves raising money for children in South Sudan, and as the jump approaches next week, we find out what's motivating them to take the plunge.
sandwiches or bacon butties as part of our fundraising efforts for South …
The joy of being a sponsor
Buddha Gurung travels to Albania to meet the little girl, Liza, who he sponsors with World Vision UK
quite interesting to know about their own fundraising efforts. It was with great amazement that I
A day with Linda Barker
World Vision's Charlotte Tipping was recently invited to Linda Barkers' Floral Friday fundraising party in a small village in Yorkshire. With poetry writing, crafting and baking on offer for all ages, Charlotte was touched by how deeply Linda understood the work that needed to be done to help children like Lee-ap.
their education. World Vision is fundraising for agricultural projects like the one that
Letting hope bloom at Hampton Court
Award-winning John Warland is hoping that his rice-garden at Hampton Court this week, will inspire people to get suitably floriferous for July 10th and continue to support hope blooming for children across the globe. He gives us a behind the scenes look at how his latest garden was created.
one of the links below World Vision is fundraising for agricultural projects through our new
Too scared to stay at home
World Vision Ambassador Linda Barker recently visited Cambodia to meet Lee-Ap - a courageous thirteen-year-old girl, who, due to circumstances, acts as a parent to her three siblings.
complete their education. World Vision is fundraising for agricultural projects like the one that
A plant for all time
If you had to pick a plant of the century or millennia, what would yours be? What’s the hero plant to which mankind owes an eternal debt of gratitude? John Warland reveals the inspiration behind his award-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
our summer fundraising event to support projects like those
Lee-Ap's Story
This spring, World Vision’s Siân Merrylees travelled to Cambodia with Celebrity Ambassador Linda Barker. Just a few hours drive from the tourist sites of Siem Reap, Siân and Linda were struck by young children they met who were living with often ailing grandparents, while their parents worked far from home, often across the border in Thailand. One girl they met – 13-year-old Lee-Ap - particularly stole their hearts.
complete their education. World Vision is fundraising for agricultural projects like the one that
The privilege of sharing the start of an adventure
While visiting Zambia, our HR Coordinator, Gill, also met the farmers who will be taking advantage of the orange maize seeds you've given their community to help them Grow Hope.
I will be throwing myself in to some fundraising in Milton
DEC Launches Nepal Earthquake Appeal
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In 2016, with God’s guidance, your unwavering support and the dedication of our people, brought real change in the lives of an unprecedented 4.4 million children.
working with. We're registered with the Fundraising Regulator and members of the Direct …
Living through trauma: Asil's story
15-year-old Asil grew up in a small town in Syria with his father and younger siblings. One day, however, the family’s quiet life had been swallowed by the rolling conflict that had been taking place in Syria since March 2011. As bombs began to fly, Asil and his family made the first of what would become many moves in search of a safe place to shelter.
care and remedial education. All the fundraising in the world would not be able to give Asil
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sharing their fundraising triumphs and experiences of visiting their
Sara's Story
Sara grew up safe and secure in a middle class family in Damascus. As the fighting escalated, Sara and her family experienced the worst of human nature as homes were bombed, women kidnapped, and the air of her once quiet neighbourhood became filled with the sounds of guns and people dying. And then the violence finally reached her family.
educations and achieve their dreams. All the fundraising in the world would not be able to give Sara