Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Relief and Rehabilitation". Looks at two of the most important aspects of World Vision's work: emergency relief and rehabilitation. Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Development". Development is the core focus of World Vision's work. This topic sheet describes how World Vision partners with poor communities through Area Development Programmes. Website www.dev-zone.org Dev-zone, the development resource centre in New Zealand, offers many useful resources and links. Website www.nzaid.govt.nz The site for the New Zealand government's overseas aid and development programme.
Topic Sheet "Child Labour" Looks at issues of children working, and exploitative child labour. Examines causes and what is being done to help. Website www.globalmarch.org Global March Against Child Labour
Topic Sheet "Children's Rights" The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its impact, and how World Vision is involved. Topic Sheet "Trash or Treasure" Overview of different forms of child exploitation: child labour, children of war, street children, begging, bonded labour. Website www.crin.org Child Rights Information network.
Topic Sheet "Child Trafficking" What child traficking is, what causes it, where it's happening, how it affects children and how to prevent it. Topic Sheet "The Global SexTrade" The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its impact, and how World Vision is involved. Website www.ecpat.net The ECPAT website (End Child Prostitution,
Website www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html The Central Intelligence Agency of America has a factbook containing maps and facts on countries around the world. ![]()
Topic Sheet "Debt: Who pays the Price?" The human cost of the debt owed by governments in developing countries to Western banks.How the crisis came about, how it is being tackled and what World Vision is doing about it. Website www.debtlinks.org Website www.debtaction.org.nz Website www.jubilee2000uk.org
Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Development". Development is the core focus of World Vision's work. This topic sheet describes how World Vision partners with poor communities through Area Development Programmes. Topic Sheet "Choosing Where We Work" Explains how World Vision decides where to start new projects. Topic Sheet "Sustainable Technology" About the kind of technology that is appropriate for developing communities - technology that they can afford to maintain, replace and run,and that is environmentally friendly. Website www.dev-zone.org Dev-zone, the development resource centre in New Zealand offers many useful resources and links. Website www.nzaid.govt.nz The site for the New Zealand government's overseas aid and development programme.
Topic Sheet "Immunisation" World Vision immunisation programmes against the six killer diseases: measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, TB, diphtheria. Website www.who.int The World Health Organisation Site. Website www.unicef.org The United Nations Children's Fund.
Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Relief and Rehabilitation". Looks at what World Vision does in emergency situations, and the rehabilitation work that sometimes follows. Website ReliefWeb News and information on disasters and other humanitarian emergencies.
Topic Sheet "Water" Topic Sheet "Poverty and the Environment" Introduces the ways that poor people are affected by environmental damage, and may in turn have to exploit their environment in order to survive. Includes examples of efforts to restore or improve the environment. Website www.wri.org World Resources Institute. ![]()
Website www.famine.org.nz
Topic Sheet "Food for the World" Food security: food production, food aid, food distribution and food shortages. What World Vision is doing to contribute to food security. Website www.fao.org The Food and Agriculture Organisation. The Global Information and Early Warning System section (GIEWS) highlights which countries are facing food shortages.
Topic Sheet "Nurturing Girls" Gender and development. The problems faced by female children in the developing world. How development projects that focus on the education and health of girls can affect whole communities. Top ![]()
Topic Sheet "HIV and AIDS" Looking at the problem of HIV Aids globally, who is affected, where and why, the impact and effects of the epidemic, and what responses are helpful Website www.unaids.org The United Nations HIV and AIDS site Website www.who.int The World Health Organisation
Topic Sheet "The Global Sex Trade" Human trafficking for commercial exploitation is one of the greatest human rights abuses of this century. Website www.prb.org The Population Reference Bureau (Washington DC) includes the latest world population data sheet.
Topic Sheet "The World's Hungry Children" Statistics on hunger and malnutrition, including statistics on infant mortality. Looks at causes, what Governments are doing, what World Vision is doing.
Topic Sheet "Immunisation" World Vision immunisation programmes against the six killer diseases: measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, TB and diphtheria. ![]()
Topic Sheet "Children of War" The effects of war on children: landmines, amputees, child-headed households, psychological strain, shell shock, child soldiers, refugees, and what World Vision is doing to help. Topic Sheet "Landmines" Focus on the dangers of landmines, history of the problem, and what can be done about it. Website www.icbl.org The site of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Website www.minesactioncanada.com Includes updates of countries signing the landmines ban treaty.
Topic Sheet "Population and Poverty". Overpopulation is not to blame for world poverty. Looks at the reasons for large families, population growth rates, and World Vision's position on family planning. Website www.prb.org The
Population Reference Bureau (Washington DC) includes the latest world
population data sheet.
Website www.worldbank.org The World Bank offers data and statistics on poverty. Topic Sheet " Poverty" What poverty is, the causes of poverty, and some of the things that are being done about it. Topic Sheet "Population and Poverty". Overpopulation is not to blame for world poverty. Looks at the reasons for large families, population growth rates, and World Vision's position on family planning. Topic Sheet "Poverty and the Environment" Introduces the ways that poor people are affected by environmental damage, and may in turn have to exploit their environment in order to survive. Includes examples of efforts to restore or improve the environment. Website www.undp.org The United Nations Development Programme site includes the annual Human Development Report, a useful source of statistics.
Topic Sheet "Refugees and displaced people" Who are refugees, where they are from, who helps them. The phases of a refugee's experience and refugee relief operations. Website www.unhcr.ch The United Nations agency for refugees site.
Topic Sheet "Sustainable Technology" About the kind of technology that is appropriate for developing communities - technology that they can afford to maintain, replace and run, and that is environmentally friendly.
Topic Sheet "Trade: a way out of poverty?" How world trade agreements affect developing countries. Website www.wto.org The World Trade Organization is the global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
Topic sheet "Children of War" How war affects children.
Topic Sheet "Water" Discusses access to water and related health issues, and efforts to encourage wise water use.
Topic Sheet "Nurturing Girls" Gender and development. The problems faced by female children in the developing world. How development projects that focus on the education and health of girls can affect whole communities. Website www.un.org/womenwatch The United Nations Internet gateway on the advancement and empowerment of women.
Topic Sheet "About World Vision" How World Vision began, the kind of work we do, the countries we are working in, and answers to some commonly asked questions. Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Relief and Rehabilitation". Looks at two of the most important aspects of World Vision's work: emergency relief and rehabilitation. Topic Sheet "How World Vision Works: Development". Development is the core focus of World Vision's work. This topic sheet describes how World Vision partners with poor communities through Area Development Programme Topic Sheet "Choosing Where We Work" Explains how World Vision decides where tostart new projects. Website www.wvi.org The World Vision International site. |
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