Building a better world for children

  • In June this year comedian Rhys Darby, singer Boh Runga, Olympic rowers Mahe Drysdale and Juliette Haigh, broadcaster Kerre Woodham, and World Vision CEO Chris Clarke will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest peak – to raise money for World Vision’s newest initiative for microfinance, World Vision Micro.
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  • Over 500,000 refugee children are in urgent need
  • Sponsoring a child is the most powerful way you can fight poverty
2012-2013 FAST FACTS
  • $2.3 MILLION

    dollars raised by kiwis doing the 40 Hour Famine

  • 79.3 CENTS

    in every dollar allocated to our work overseas

  • 68,491

    children sponsored in 13 countries by generous kiwis

  • 2.5 MILLION

    people given food and water in West Africa during the food crisis

  • 96%

    of families in Samrong Tong, Cambodia, now with access to clean water

  • $1.2 MILLION

    raised through Smiles gifts

  • 31 countries

    supported by kiwis through World Vision

  • 15 KM

    of pipeline laid in Tanzania to supply water to 8,883 people

  • 15 LITRES

    Average milk production per cow per day in Tanzania, up from 1.5 litres in 2008