FAQs

We determine the locations of our long-term projects based on the United Nations measurements of poverty. Therefore, our focus is in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, according to need. We also respond to emergencies depending on the size and scale of a disaster and whether a local government can respond adequately.

World Vision has over 30 years of experience in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. We work in partnership with local partners and governments to foster accountability and to ensure long term sustainable development. We use a long-term (10-15 years) integrated, community-driven development program model that includes strategies on health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

World Vision New Zealand is committed to ensuring the highest proportion of its funds gets to those in need and we work to keep the cost of administration and marketing to a minimum. Last year, 82% of the money received by World Vision has gone to fund our development work overseas. If you want a breakdown of where World Vision New Zealand’s money goes, read our Annual Report.

We are fortunate to get generous advertising rates from television, radio, print, billboard and online media which helps our marketing budget immensely. Most of our administration and marketing costs go towards enabling more financial support so that we can reach even more people in need.

In response to the growing crisis in East Africa, the New Zealand Government has partnered with World Vision to provide essential aid in South Sudan.
 
The partnership between World Vision and the New Zealand Government will provide food security and increased water and sanitation for nearly 20,000 internally displaced people and host community members in two UN Protection of Civilians sites in Melut, Upper Nile.
 
The project will provide 1,000 households with vegetable kits, 20 farmers groups with water pumps for vegetable production, and train 1,000 people in improved agricultural practises and post-harvest management. World Vision will train 60 people in nursery establishment (tree nurseries) and management including the distribution of 2,000 tree seedlings. Two new water points will be constructed and 100 shared household latrines will be built. The project will reach 14,000 people with hygiene promotion messaging, training hygiene promoters, and setting up school hygiene clubs.

This project will help the community respond to the current food crisis, and build long-term resilience through enhanced farming capabilities.