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World leaders must commit to averting humanitarian crisis
Monday, 13 September 2021, 3:27 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Decisions made by world leaders in Geneva overnight tonight will impact the future for Afghan children forever, that is according to international aid agency World Vision, as governments meet in the early hours of tomorrow morning (NZT) discuss ... More >>
Covid-19 Surge Plunges Myanmar Into Humanitarian Catastrophe
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 12:20 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Six months since the Myanmar military’s seizure of power, aid agencies are warning of a spiralling humanitarian catastrophe, triggered by skyrocketing Covid-19 cases and widespread violence. Covid-19 cases in Myanmar have doubled in the past two months. ... More >>
New Zealand Landmarks To Light Up Orange In Support Of The World Vision 40 Hour Famine
Monday, 21 June 2021, 10:06 am | World Vision New Zealand
New Zealand will be bathed in a sea of orange this weekend as landmarks across the country light up in support of the World Vision 40 Hour Famine. From the Sky Tower and Eden Park in Auckland to Christchurch Airport, Wellington’s Cuba Mall Bucket ... More >>
COVID-19 Cases Doubled Last Month In NW Syria Second Wave
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 9:42 am | World Vision New Zealand
COVID-19 cases doubled last month in Northwest Syria, and international aid agency World Vision warns that many lives could be at risk if vaccination rates in the region don’t massively increase. Only about 54,000 doses of vaccine have been administered ... More >>
Communities See Child Marriage Double During COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday, 24 May 2021, 10:52 am | World Vision New Zealand
A new report, ‘Breaking the Chain’, published today by World Vision reveals that child marriage more than doubled in several communities from March-December 2019 to the same period in 2020. This follows the aid agency’s predictions that deepening ... More >>
Major Business Support For Modern Slavery Legislation Leads To Sign On Extension
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 9:14 am | World Vision New Zealand
Due to ongoing demand from businesses, the deadline to sign an Open Letter calling for moves towards a Modern Slavery Act, has been extended. 85 New Zealand companies had signed when the letter was presented to the Minister for Workplace Relations ... More >>
World Vision & Trade Aid Welcome Government Action Towards A Modern Slavery Act
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 3:14 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Trade Aid and World Vision welcome the Government’s plan of action to Combatting Modern Forms of Slavery, released today. Now is the time for the Government to take action towards implementing modern slavery legislation. In November 2020, World Vision ... More >>
World Vision Responding As New Ebola Outbreak Grows
Monday, 15 February 2021, 2:12 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision is ramping up its response, following the news of three Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo in one week. The cases are in Butembo, which was an epicentre of the outbreak that was declared over in June last year. “World ... More >>
Aid Agencies Call On New Government To Fulfil 50-year Promise Of More Aid
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 11:58 am | World Vision New Zealand
More than a dozen New Zealand aid agencies have signed an open letter to the incoming government, asking them to deliver on promises of increasing overseas aid levels. The letter marks the 50-year anniversary of New Zealand pledging to reach the target ... More >>
COVID-19 Surge In Northwest Syria As Cases Multiply By 14 In One Month
Monday, 5 October 2020, 11:08 am | World Vision New Zealand
The increase in COVID-19 cases in Northwest Syria has reached alarming levels, with almost 100 new cases being reported every day. Millions of people remain displaced in the area[1] and they are particularly at risk. World Vision warns that unless ... More >>
Children Hit By Cyclone Amphan Even More Vulnerable To COVID-19
Monday, 25 May 2020, 10:38 am | World Vision New Zealand
Children in India and Bangladesh are even more vulnerable to COVID-19 after Cyclone Amphan destroyed the homes and livelihoods of thousands of families. The most powerful cyclone to strike the two countries in 20 years, Amphan claimed more than 100 lives ... More >>
Millions More Face Child Labour, Early Marriage Because Of COVID-19
Monday, 18 May 2020, 11:25 am | World Vision New Zealand
Aftershocks – A Perfect Storm, released today by World Vision, reveals that up to 85 million more children could experience physical, sexual and emotional violence in the next three months as vital isolation measures force them to stay home. The ... More >>
COVID-19 could reverse 30 years' poverty reduction progress
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 2:11 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision today warned that unless the international community immediately prioritises the world’s most vulnerable in the fight against COVID-19, 30 years of progress against poverty will be reversed. Children will bear the brunt of this and child ... More >>
With COVID-19 Caring For Our Global Neighbours Is More Important Than Ever
Monday, 4 May 2020, 4:13 pm | World Vision New Zealand
New Zealand’s progress controlling Covid-19 has started to attract international attention. So as infections track down and we scale back our lockdown levels, let's take a moment to poke our heads out of our New Zealand bubble and look at what international ... More >>
Syrian refugees’ homes demolished in Lebanese camps
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 11:08 am | World Vision New Zealand
Syrian refugee families who have already lost almost everything have had their homes destroyed in dawn raids by Lebanon’s military. More >>
UN Children's Rights Convention is a broken promise
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 10:06 am | World Vision New Zealand
Thirty years after global leaders signed up to protect the rights of children around the world, child focused organisations say not enough has been done and millions of children are still not getting their basic needs met. More >>
World Vision calls for scrapping of refugee restrictions
Monday, 27 May 2019, 12:57 pm | World Vision New Zealand
As the deadline nears for a review of the refugee quota and quota restrictions, World Vision New Zealand is calling on the Government to change the rules, so refugees from the world’s most vulnerable places will be welcome here. More >>
Julian Dennison announced as new 40 Hour Famine Ambassador
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 10:19 am | World Vision New Zealand
One of New Zealand’s most loved young actors, Julian Dennison, has teamed up with World Vision New Zealand as the 2019 40 Hour Famine Ambassador. More >>
Australia takes step in right direction
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 11:27 am | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision New Zealand welcomes news that all refugee children have been taken off Nauru, however the case is not closed as many still face an uncertain future with no permanent settlement solution. More >>
World Vision announces new board chairperson
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 9:26 am | World Vision New Zealand
Fepulea’i Margie Apa has been announced as the new chairperson of the World Vision New Zealand board. She joined the WVNZ Board in 2011 and has been the deputy chair since 2016. More >>