World Vision New Zealand - Latest News [Page 13]
Ships Battle Clogged Sea Routes To Bring Aid
Monday, 6 December 2004, 5:40 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision New Zealand today (6 Dec) committed NZ$41,000 from funds donated for general emergency relief, to assist victims of severe flooding in the Philippines More >>
Donations for the Philippine floods
Friday, 3 December 2004, 5:30 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision has begun distribution of relief goods to victims of four typhoons that have lashed the Philippine coastline, but the hardest hit remain inaccessible. More >>
World Vision Readies Aid For Volcano Victims
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:07 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision is readying to mount a relief operation to assist thousands impacted by a series of eruptions on the volcanic island of Manam, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. More >>
World Vision halts Iraq operations
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 4:23 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision has suspended aid operations in Iraq indefinitely following months of violence culminating in the abduction and apparent murder of CARE aid worker Margaret Hassan. More >>
Concert For Suffering Children To Be Held In Wgtn
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:33 am | World Vision New Zealand
Two leading Kiwi Christian bands will be holding a 'cheap as chips' concert in Wellington on Friday 26 November, to spread the message of hope for children suffering because of the impact of HIV/AIDS. More >>
Kiwi aid worker heads for scene of genocide
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 11:01 am | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision New Zealand aid worker James Addis will fly to Chad this Sunday to join relief efforts for refugees fleeing mayhem in Sudan. More >>
Beslan Eyewitness: This was Russia's September 11
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 10:14 am | World Vision New Zealand
NAZRAN, Russian Federation - Russian medical centres were overcome with the wounded and dying in the hours after Friday's violent conclusion to the hostage drama at a school in Beslan. The attack, by terrorists believed linked to some Chechen separatists, ... More >>
World Vision Offers Help In Russian Hostage Drama
Monday, 6 September 2004, 4:49 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Relief needs are expected to be "enormous" in the wake of the hostage drama at a Russian school in Beslan, which ended Saturday with hundreds wounded. As many as 200 people are feared dead. World Vision, which has an office 20 kilometres ... More >>
Staffing, logistics and access remain challenging
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 4:30 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Nearly two months after receiving government permission to operate in Sudan, World Vision is poised to become fully operational in South Darfur, working in and around the provincial capital of Nyala where at least a quarter of a million of internally ... More >>
Militia Terror Attacks Continue Say Aid Workers
Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:10 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision relief workers report increasing numbers of refugees pouring into already swollen camps as militia terror attacks continue in Darfur, western Sudan. More >>
Bangladesh: With The Floods Come Disease
Friday, 30 July 2004, 11:32 am | World Vision New Zealand
With half of Dhaka now under water, five million people fleeing the city's inundated areas, and two thirds of Bangladesh affected by serious flooding, aid workers are now worried about accompanying diseases. More >>
NZ agency gives $70,000 for flood relief
Monday, 26 July 2004, 2:58 pm | World Vision New Zealand
With more than half of Bangladesh now under water, World Vision New Zealand has committed over $70,000 to assisting New Zealand-funded projects in the north of Bangladesh, where thousands of families have lost their homes. More >>
Bangladesh floods: NZ-funded projects danger
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 11:53 am | World Vision New Zealand
Floodwaters have entered the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka, as well as the country's central districts, and at least five million people have been affected, with floods covering half the country. More >>
SUDAN: World Vision flies in supplies to Darfur
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 3:56 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision airlifted the first batch of mosquito nets into southern Darfur this week but relief workers warn more assistance is urgently needed. More >>
NZ a "Woeful" Last on World AIDS Spending List
Friday, 9 July 2004, 10:08 am | World Vision New Zealand
Aid Agency World Vision expressed its disappointment today at New Zealand's poor showing in a recent survey of spending on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. More >>
World Vision plans emergency airlift to Darfur
Monday, 5 July 2004, 8:04 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision plans to airlift emergency supplies directly into war-ravaged Darfur after the Sudanese government pledged to ease access for humanitarian agencies. More >>
Flooding in Bangladesh concerns Aid agency
Friday, 2 July 2004, 3:26 pm | World Vision New Zealand
With severe flooding in Bangladesh over the last two weeks, World Vision's CEO Helen Green, who recently visited Bangladesh, is concerned about the welfare of children in World Vision's projects in eastern and northern Bangladesh. More >>
World Vision Team Finds Great Needs In Darfur
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 11:58 am | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision has carried out a preliminary assessment of Darfur, western Sudan, to address the humanitarian needs of thousands of displaced people in the region. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Designer aligns with 2004 Wine Awards
Monday, 28 June 2004, 4:24 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Top Hawke’s Bay Designer aligns with 2004 Hawke’s Bay A & P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards More >>
Top Kiwi Mediator Heads For World Hotspots
Monday, 28 June 2004, 4:23 pm | World Vision New Zealand
One of New Zealand's top mediators will take his skills to some of the world's major hotspots with aid agency World Vision. More >>