| Patricio Cuevas wins the 2008 World Vision Award for Innovation in Advocacy |
| By WVI Policy & Advocacy........1 Aug 2008 |
| The World Vision Award for Innovation in Advocacy recognises the hard work and commitment of World Vision staff engaged in advocacy. Congratulations to the 2008 winner - Patricio Cuevas, World Vision Lebanon.... |
| WV launches the Protect Children from Violence Month campaign |
| By WVI........1 Aug 2008 |
| World Vision, as part of its mandate to speak on behalf of children who experience violence, has launched the Protect Children from Violence Month campaign for 2008.... |
| The 2008 World Vision Award for Innovation in Advocacy |
| By Policy & Advocacy........15 Jul 2008 |
| Recognising diligent champions for social justice within the World Vision Partnership... |
| New Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| By WVI Policy & Advocacy........7 May 2008 |
| The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took effect on May 3.... |
| Happy 18th Birthday, CRC! |
| By Philippa Lei........20 Nov 2007 |
| The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force on 20 November 1989. World Vision is calling upon States Parties to mark the CRC's 18th anniversary with a "birthday present" – a new Optional Protocol for a complaints mechanism. If you live in any country other than the USA... |
| Pan-African Parliament Seminar on Orphans and Vulnerable Children |
| By World Vision International........18 Oct 2007 |
| The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) seminar on Ophrans and Vulnerable Children aimed to strengthen the oversight role of the PAP with regards to OVC, the Millennium Development Goals and the ratification of African Union Charters.... |
| Jamming to STOP AIDS: music and arts bring focus on children hit by virus |
| By Kit Shangpliang........18 Sep 2007 |
| In northeast India’s Shillong, the hills are alive with the sound of music, this time not just for fun but also for a cause to spread awareness on HIV and AIDS in the midst of two thousand people.... |
| Getting "vaccinated" against child battering |
| By Renato Hernandez ........18 Sep 2007 |
| For the sixth consecutive year, World Vision is setting up the “In my opinion” campaign, which raises awareness and promotes violence-free family relationships.... |
| Children trust official pledges to end trafficking |
| By James East........11 Sep 2007 |
| Government promises are easy to make but often go unfulfilled. But when children meet senior government officials - such as in a recent forum on trafficking - those end-of-conference pledges should have extra weight.... |
| Child sex tourism - co-operative preventions |
| By Ying Bun........28 Aug 2007 |
| All government ranking officials, expatriate tourists and child sex traffickers must work hand-in-hand to combat the child sex tourism in Cambodia. However, there are more crises to heighten the issue.... |
| Remote villages learn about child rights |
| By Anthony Kofi Odoom........21 Aug 2007 |
| Many children in Ghana face severe abuse: some have been sexually abused, trafficked to lands alien to them and are made to labour in conditions that can best be described as inhuman. As one response, 37 primary school children have just attended a World Vision workshop, educating them on their bas... |
| Children speak out on human trafficking |
| By Wah Eh Htoo........14 Aug 2007 |
| Children from poor and venerable communities and former trafficked victims have recently gathered at Yangon, sharing their views about the danger of human trafficking and how to prevent it. About 30 children, from three of World Vision's Area Development Programs, plus former street children and tr... |
| Vocational skills training assists children at risk |
| By Teresa Lee........14 Aug 2007 |
| Since May 2007, 49 students have been involved in a vocational skills training designed to help reintegrate socially vulnerable youth back into their communities.... |
| World Vision influences legislation to improve education for children with disabilities |
| By Gayane Ayvazyan........14 Aug 2007 |
| Recommendations by World Vision Armenia effectively influenced national legislation to improve integration of children with special needs into mainstream education.... |
| Children in Nthabiseng discuss child protection strategies |
| By Makopano Letsatsi........8 Aug 2007 |
| Nthabiseng Area Development Program (ADP), 150 kilometers north of the capital Maseru, convened a children’s dialogue held at Mopeli on July 30, 2007. The theme of the children’s dialogue was ‘Protect children from any form of abuse’.... |
| Regional report on child well-being plots brighter future for the most vulnerable |
| By Wendy Chin........8 Aug 2007 |
| A recently released report by World Vision on children in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region (MEER) builds on lasts year’s findings to plot a brighter future for the region’s most vulnerable, particularly children.... |
| Children advocate for eradication of HIV and AIDS and child abuse |
| By Makopano Letsatsi........31 Jul 2007 |
| Children from all nine Area Development Programs of World Vision Lesotho gathered in the capital, Maseru recently to say enough is enough regarding HIV and AIDS and child abuse.... |
| Sponsored children celebrate higher education success |
| By World Vision Taiwan Communications........31 Jul 2007 |
| Some 45 sponsored children will become freshmen in colleges or high schools in the coming semester, achieving the dream of higher education success.... |
| Children in North Western Lesotho disseminate life-skills messages to their peers |
| By Makopano Letsatsi ........24 Jul 2007 |
| Young people in north western Lesotho learned life-skills including self-awareness and assertiveness in order to make informed choices and avoid peer pressure. Some 300 children of the Kota Area Development Program in Leribe district, 100km north of the capital Maseru, gathered recently to discuss ... |
| Child sexual abuse rampant: World Vision survey |
| By Margaret Alerotek........24 Jul 2007 |
| Rampant child sexual abuse was revealed when World Vision disseminated findings about HIV and AIDS core models to Uganda stakeholders including ministerial departments and non-government organisations.... |
| Promoting child rights in Aceh, Indonesia |
| By Enda Balina........24 Jul 2007 |
| Child rights promotion was the focus of a variety of events involving more than 800 children and young people across Aceh, Indonesia last week.... |
| New child rights and gender laws strengthen World Vision advocacy work |
| By Octavia Peters & Claudius Davies........10 Jul 2007 |
| The Sierra Leone parliament passed into law four bills aimed at addressing the welfare of women and children. The Child Rights Bill and three Gender Bills aim to promote the rights of children and women in all aspects of life, and will strengthen World Vision’s advocacy work The laws came into for... |
| New school to decrease school dropout rate in central Bangladesh |
| By Raphael Palma........10 Jul 2007 |
| A newly constructed school building should reduce school dropout rates in central Bangladesh. An additional 120 students in the Savar area will now be able to attend school. Private donors via World Vision Germany have funded the extension to the Mohammed Ali High School in the Area Development Pro... |
| Former Cambodian child-sex survivor encourages ASEAN officials to take action against child-sex tourism |
| By Chamnap Nay........10 Jul 2007 |
| A former child-sex survivor implored ASEAN officials attending an annual meeting to prevent sexual exploitation of children in the region. During the Annual ASEAN Regional Taskforce meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam last week, a 20-year-old girl told her story to participants at the Child Wise organised ev... |
| Young people voice concerns and propose solutions at national congress |
| By Marcia Morales........10 Jul 2007 |
| More than 100 children and teenagers, as well as 150 representatives from government institutions, religious leaders, farmers, mothers and some community leaders from 25 municipalities of Nicaragua discussed problems faced by rural children and teenagers at a national forum.... |
| Child Trafficking Survivors Learn Their Rights |
| By Chamnap Nay........12 Jun 2007 |
| Fifty-seven former trafficked girls in World Vision Cambodia’s Trauma Recovery Center celebrated their rights on International Children’s day last week at a restaurant along Mekong Riverside in the capital, Phnom Penh.... |
| HIV&AIDS exhibit raises awareness amongst Korean youth |
| By Heisun Cha........12 Jun 2007 |
| World Vision Korea hosted ‘One Life Experience’, a walk-through exhibition, to raise HIV and AIDS awareness in Seoul. The exhibition was conducted from June 1-3 at the third Korea National Youth Exposition in a popular area in the booming southern part of the city.... |
| ‘Education Not Segregation’ for children with special needs |
| By World Vision Azerbaijan........12 Jun 2007 |
| More than 200 children with special needs and their parents enjoyed a Child Protection Day celebration to mark International Children’s Day at the end of May in the Azeri capital Baku. Organised in partnership by World Vision, the Azeri Ministry of Education and International Medical Corps, the da... |
| Creating safe places for children and youth |
| By Emilio Farga ........12 Jun 2007 |
| More than 100 children can play and do homework safely in two newly established safe rooms in one of World Vision’s Area Development Programs in Chile.... |
| Palestinian schoolgirls enjoy a day of ‘normal’ childhood |
| By Wadi Razzouk........12 Jun 2007 |
| A pilot psychosocial project in the village of Beit Rima near Ramallah is giving 205 Palestinian schoolgirls the opportunity to enjoy their childhood in the midst of increased insecurity among Palestinian children.... |