World Vision transforms lives

Everything we do is focused on one goal: the sustained well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable.

We do all that we can to save children’s lives and ensure they have a future. With decades of experience, we employ proven, effective development and relief practices to empower communities to become self-sufficient and bring real, lasting change.

We are committed to being there for children when and where they need us most.

Creating futures for children living in extreme poverty.

World Vision’s unique, integrated model of development focuses on providing long-term solutions to help families lift themselves out of poverty through child sponsorship.

By partnering closely with local community groups, churches, families, and children themselves, we address the root causes of poverty that directly impact children. This approach strengthens the good work they’re already doing and ensures that the ownership of their children’s futures remains in their hands.

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Helping children survive, recover and build a future.

We work to protect and help vulnerable children in the world's most dangerous places when threats like disasters or conflict affect their lives and safety; by providing access to food, water, education, healthcare and protection from abuse and exploitation.

Working in these volatile and changing places torn apart by conflict and violence is very difficult. When a crisis strikes the children are the most at risk, their life can change forever in an instant.

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When disaster strikes we respond with life-saving aid.

Because of our global reach, we are prepared to respond rapidly to any disaster anywhere in the world.

Large-scale disasters often leave hundreds of thousands of people homeless and vulnerable. We make sure survivors have their urgent needs met by providing safe water, hygiene kits, tarpaulins, blankets and establishing Child Friendly Spaces.

We stay for the long-term supporting survivors to transition from emergency relief to recovery and rebuilding.

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Building a better world for children.

We want all children, everywhere, to live in safety and dignity.

World Vision advocates at the local, national, and global level seeking to mobilise and harness voices across the world to battle inequality and call for justice.

Part of our advocacy work in New Zealand involves the creation and distribution of education resources for primary and secondary schools, so they can learn about global issues and injustices.

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Together we’ve impacted the lives of over 200 million vulnerable children by tackling the root causes of poverty.

Child Protection

Child Protection

Keeping children safe from violence and exploitation like child marriage.

We believe every child deserves to be protected from violence, live a full life, and have the chance to become who God created them to be. We work alongside communities to protect children vulnerable to abuse or exploitation like child marriage, child labour and trafficking.

World Vision engages all those who have a responsibility to protect children. Together we are mobilising communities, strengthening families and empowering children with the skills and knowledge to protect themselves.

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Clean Water

Clean Water

Clean water means life.

For children living in poverty, clean water can mean freedom – freedom from waterborne disease and long daily treks to collect water for their family. Clean water and basic sanitation allow children the chance to stay in school and families to support themselves by growing crops to earn an income.

World Vision is the largest non-government provider of safe water in the developing world. We reach one person with clean water every 10 seconds - that's over two million people a year! Our goal is to have clean water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere we work, by 2030.

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Education

Education

Education has the power to transform a child's future.

We believe every child deserves a chance to go to school. Every year, we provide safe learning spaces and help millions of the most vulnerable children get lasting, quality education so they can reach their full potential and contribute to their families and communities.

World Vision is bringing quality education to children in the world's poorest, most dangerous and hard-to-reach places so that they can write their own futures. We're improving basic literacy, numeracy and providing essential life skills.

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Nutritious Food

Nutritious Food

Every 60 seconds, a hungry child is fed.

Hunger and food security is a critical part of World Vision's ongoing work. Every year, we provide more than nine million people with life-saving food assistance, including five million children. When emergencies strike, we provide immediate, emergency needs, and we stay for the long-term to help communities recover.

We work to provide nutrition and long-term agricultural improvements to increase food security. We work together with families, teaching them how to improve nutrition and dietary diversity, ensuring children grow up healthy and nourished.

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Family Income

Family Income

Breaking the poverty cycle with economic empowerment.

To end poverty, we have to make sure economic growth is inclusive of all people, so everyone has the chance to earn an income and provide for their family. Together, we are strengthening families' capacity to provide for their children.

Our world-class income-generating programmes lift millions of people out of poverty every year. With a strong and stable income, families not only have better nutrition, healthcare and a chance at education, but they can plan and invest in their futures.

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Healthcare

Healthcare

Empowering families with access to healthcare.

We ensure the most vulnerable have access to healthcare services to help children and their families live long and healthy lives. We're working with communities to bring healthcare services closer; training local volunteers and partnering with local health centres.

World Vision works with communities to improve their health and reduce child deaths. Every day, our health teams are saving lives in hard-to-reach communities around the world. We provide proven, cost-effective health and nutrition interventions to improve the lives of children.

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Emergency Relief

Emergency Relief

Responding with life-saving speed when disaster strikes.

World Vision works in the hard places, responding with life-saving speed when disaster strikes. Together with partners in the field, we bring immediate disaster relief and supplies; ensuring child protection and safety is the number one priority.

Once initial emergency aid needs are met, we work with the affected communities to support their long-term recovery so people can rebuild their lives. We also work with communities to help them prepare for disasters through our disaster preparedness programmes.

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Advocacy

Advocacy

Giving a voice to the world's most vulnerable.

We believe in the power of a person's voice. Its ability to do the impossible, battle inequality and call for justice. World Vision's advocacy work ensures that community transformation is sustainable and scalable. We want all children, everywhere, to live in safety and dignity.

World Vision advocates at the local, national, regional and global levels. Working alongside communities, our advocacy challenges the policies, systems, structures, practices and attitudes that make it difficult for vulnerable children and their families to experience life in all its fullness.

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Our goal is to have clean water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere we work, by 2030. World Vision is the largest non-government provider of safe water in the developing world.