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40 Hour Famine events in Wellington
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 11:24 am | World Vision New Zealand
Tawa College Water Polo Battle; 24-Hour Theatre Sports Improv-a-Thon Wellington Girls College Netball-a-Thon; Wellington East Girls' Mural More >>
World Vision NZ sending aid to the Philippines
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 5:14 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Responding to pleas coming out of the Philippines, World Vision New Zealand has committed US$25,000 (NZ$36,500) to help with the relief effort. World Vision New Zealand's new CEO Lisa Cescon says thanks to the generosity of New Zealanders, the largest ... More >>
World Vision despatches relief assessment team
Monday, 4 December 2006, 3:46 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision Philippines has dispatched a relief assessment team aboard a military Hercules C-130 into a province hit by 265km per hour winds and where villages were thumped by super-typhoon Durian. More >>
World Vision flies relief team into Philippines
Monday, 4 December 2006, 3:10 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision Philippines has dispatched a relief assessment team aboard a military Hercules C-130 into a province hit by 265km per hour winds and where villages were thumped by super-typhoon Durian. More >>
"Cricket villages" opening in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 10:51 am | World Vision New Zealand
On Friday November 10, two "cricket villages" will be officially opened in Sri Lanka's Matara Province, a coastal area at the southern tip of the country, which was devastated by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. More >>
Award winning journalist comes to Wellington
Monday, 6 November 2006, 9:54 am | World Vision New Zealand
Award-winning Ugandan journalist Geoffrey Kalebbo comes to Wellington this week with a question. "I have always wondered what drives you (New Zealand donors) to do what you do for our people." More >>
World Vision Volunteers Praised.
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:40 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision has just done an audit of their volunteers nationwide 841 volunteers work for the aid and development agency on a regular basis, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages every year. 228 of these are in the Wellington region. More >>
First Relief Convoy arrives in Sth Lebanon
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 3:15 pm | World Vision New Zealand
With security conditions stabilising in southern Lebanon, World Vision's first relief convoy arrived in Marjeyoun a few days ago. The convoy consisted of three World Vision trucks, four locally hired six-wheel trucks and two oil tankers sandwiched between ... More >>
Kiwi aid worker helps with resettlement in Lebanon
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 11:21 am | World Vision New Zealand
New Zealander Judy Moore is one of three members of World Vision's Global Rapid Response Team working in southern Lebanon. She has just carried out a rapid needs assessment in ten villages within the southern Lebanon district of Marjeyoun, which are being ... More >>
Kiwi arrives in Lebanon
Friday, 11 August 2006, 4:56 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Kiwi Judy Moore is one of five members of World Vision's Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) who arrived in Beirut on board a French naval vessel yesterday. The team has been waiting for weeks in Cyprus to get safe passage into Lebanon. Judy Moore will ... More >>
New Zealand aid worker heads to Lebanon
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 4:43 pm | World Vision New Zealand
As Israel steps up its ground offensive in southern Lebanon, New Zealander Judy Moore is waiting in Cyprus, with other World Vision relief staff for humanitarian access to open up to southern Lebanon. More >>
World Vision launches appeal for Mid East Crisis
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:51 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision New Zealand is committing NZ$50,000 to the crisis in the Middle East and is launching an appeal to its supporters in an effort to raise $500,000 for its relief efforts in the stricken area. More >>
Snowboarding champion riding for children in Mongo
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 5:09 pm | World Vision New Zealand
A taste of Mongolia, doorags, and a New Zealand pro-snowboarder riding for underprivileged children: An unusual combination but one you will find on the slopes at this year's Burton NZ Open, August 3-5, at Snow Park NZ in Wanaka. More >>
Three top Famine scholars win trip to Vanuatu
Friday, 7 July 2006, 1:07 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Three New Zealand high school students, last night at an Awards Dinner in Wellington, won Sanitarium-funded travelling scholarships to visit Vanuatu with World Vision, after an intensive week in the capital this week. More >>
Famine scholars hit Wellington
Monday, 3 July 2006, 3:44 pm | World Vision New Zealand
It's a week of ministers, meetings and maraes for this year's top World Vision 40 Hour Famine scholars, who started the week sleeping at the Orongomai Marae last night. More >>
Timor Leste Update
Friday, 9 June 2006, 3:56 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Immediate concerns for World Vision in Timor Leste are food distribution and the spread of disease with respiratory infections, fever and diarrhoea among the most pressing health threats. World Vision has partnered with WFP and is delivering up ... More >>
Growing concerns for children's health in E Timor
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 9:43 am | World Vision New Zealand
Even with 2000 peace-keeping personnel in East Timor, there are still sporadic clashes and arson attacks among rival gangs. As the crisis continues, aid agencies are concerned about the health of people living in the overcrowded camps. The major health issue ... More >>
World Vision sends in aid to Yogyakarta
Sunday, 28 May 2006, 10:31 pm | World Vision New Zealand
With the death toll rising rapidly, more than 2,200 people have now been confirmed killed and another 3,000 injured by the 6.2 richter quake that struck the central region of the Indonesian island of Java. More >>
40 Hour Famine students get chance of lifetime
Monday, 22 May 2006, 5:05 pm | World Vision New Zealand
World Vision has just announced 21 senior scholarship school winners and 21 intermediate school scholarship winners for this year's 40 Hour Famine. This selection will eventually see three senior students given the chance of a lifetime by winning a Sanitarium-funded ... More >>
Wellington to join global walk
Monday, 15 May 2006, 4:27 pm | World Vision New Zealand
Wellingtonians have the chance to march against world hunger on Sunday 21 May, joining a global walk aiming to raise US$5m for the United Nation's World Food Programme global school feeding programme. More >>
