HOLIDAYING IN MWINILUNGA
Apologies for not posting sooner. I had 142 emails to attend to as soon as World Vision gave the go ahead for me to use their internet service. If you don’t mind, I’ll copy my Facebook posts for the moment, until I can find a...Read more...
Food bars to boost famine fundraiser
Cookie Time's One Square Meal will be the last boost of energy for more than 100,000 young Kiwis taking part in next month's 40 Hour Famine. The Christchurch cookie company signed up with World Vision, which organises the 40...Read more...
Over 140,000 USD for Minh Long ADP funded by WVV
WVV staffs guided mothers to prepare a nutritional meal for their families In the fiscal year 2013, World Vision Vietnam (WVV) has just accepted to support 142,100 USD for the Area Development Program (ADP) in Minh Long...Read more...
Internship and NGO Jobs in Kenya - World Vision
World Vision International – Somalia Program wishes to invite applications from highly competent dynamic, self-driven and result oriented individual to fill the above mentioned position. To learn and grow in World Vision...Read more...
Calvary Chapel Breached
Near the summit at Masada, one can see the place where the Romans breached the defenses of the 1,000 Jewish men, women, and children who’d fled after the destruction of Jerusalem some two years earlier. It is on the western...Read more...
10 Mother's Day photos to melt your heart
Vision of Hope: Mother & Child This beautiful and inspiring collection of images and stories by Ken Duncan and friends celebrates the universal bond between mother and child. Proceeds go towards supporting World Vision's work...Read more...
Is child sponsorship ethical?
By Emily Buchanan BBC world affairs correspondent World Vision sponsored children Ulemelero and Davis, both 10, with their sponsors' letters in Malawi Continue reading the main story More than nine million children around the...Read more...
Calvary Chapel Breached
By Jim Fletcher Prophecy Matters Used with permission. Near the summit at Masada, one can see the place where the Romans breached the defenses of the 1,000 Jewish men, women, and children who’d fled after the destruction of...Read more...
Bonthe District Council supports NPSE pupils in Sierra Leone
The Bonthe District Council in collaboration with World Vision – Sierra Leone on Saturday 1st May, 2013 provided food and transportation support to all NPSE Pupils taking their exam in that part of the country. (Photo: NPSE...Read more...
Re: The Lake Front Real Estate of current and recently former SEC Coaches
Duncan MacNaughton, chief merchandising officer for Wal-Mart U.S., and his wife, Cynthia, are the new owners of the lakefront property in eastern Benton County. Petrino and his wife, Becky, bought the 2,532-SF home and 2.91...Read more...
Slater Young getting accustomed to fame
Hotshot engineer ng Cebu na big winner ng Pinoy Big Brother. Pinasok ang showbiz. Ambassador ngayon ng advocacy groups na "World Vision" at "Habitat For Humanity." At ngayon ay napapanood Continue....Read more...
Runner's world view
It’s the largest and oldest ultramarathon in the world — and one of the most famous. Scott Olthoff of Urbana will run the Comrades Marathon on June 2 in South Africa. Although it’s called a “marathon,” the race is more than...Read more...
Christine Bersola-Babao, Miriam Quiambao, Cristalle Henares, and Anne Curtis need your help!
Four World Vision ambassadors – Christine Bersola-Babao, Miriam Quiambao, Cristalle Henares, and Anne Curtis – are part of a race. But it’s not the physical, athletic kind of race. It’s a race to raise funds – a program called...Read more...
International Corporate Philanthropy and Social Enterprise: An Interview with Scott Jackson,...
Introduction: Scott Jackson is the newly appointed President and CEO of Global Impact , one of the world’s top nonprofits supporting international charities and aid work. He is a recognized expert in global philanthropy,...Read more...
Washington’s “Civil Society”: CIA Financing of Chechen and Caucasus Regional Terrorists
Through a myriad of «civil society» organizations, the United States has been financing Chechen groups inside the autonomous republic, in Russia, and abroad. However, large portions of U.S. assistance money has «bled» over to...Read more...
AusAID ‘money laundering scam’ update
The term foreign aid has been defined as “poor people in rich countries giving money to rich people in poor countries." That’s only part of the story. The rest of the story is that foreign aid, by and large, is a ‘legal’ money...Read more...
Govt deficit smaller than forecast even as quake costs rise
The government kept a smaller operating deficit than forecast in the first nine months of the financial year, even as the cost of the Canterbury earthquakes grew an expected $192 million. The operating balance before gains and...Read more...
Kiwi celebrities take on Mt Kilimanjaro for charity
Published: 10:03AM Monday May 06, 2013 Source: ONE News A group of Kiwi celebrities is getting ready to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro for World Vision in mid-June to raise money and awareness of microfinancing. World Vision CEO...Read more...
New tourism funding good for Coromandel - MP
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Canadian charities spend thousands hosting MPs on foreign trips
Canadian charities spend thousands hosting MPs on foreign trips OTTAWA — Canadian charities that raise money to feed malnourished children and develop sanitation projects in the developing world have spent more than $40,000...Read more...
Dunne $1.5b is ballpark figure for IRD upgrade - some parts could cost more some less
I'm hoping to talk to Revenue Minister Peter Dunne about IRD's $1.5 billion software upgrade early next week. Meantime, we have his session on TVNZ's Q+A this weekend. Mr Dunne follows a similar line to Friday, when ...Read more...
Children learn about hunger through fasting, community services
When C.J. Rushannon woke up Saturday morning, he was hungry. But he was in a situation which prevented him from having that bowl of Fruity Pebbles he depended on before heading out the door. A volunteer for a program to educate...Read more...
NZ celebrities to climb Kilimanjaro
NZ celebrities to climb Kilimanjaro Kiwi celebrities are going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money and awareness for a World Vision New Zealand project that provides finance to small ventures in Africa....Read more...
Rena disaster Plastic nurdles still litter Bay of Plenty coast
How much longer the 24 hour-a-day operations removing plastic nurdles off Bay of Plenty beaches will go on isn't known. Severe weather in the Bay of Plenty three weekends ago saw hundreds of thousands of the small plastic beads...Read more...
Tyde Moore now selling latest single, 'Because You First Loved Me' for charity
Tyde Moore has teamed up with ReverbNation through their “Music For Good” program to sell their latest single, “Because You First Loved Me (feat. Lori Hall)” for charity. %50 of sales made through the artist&rsquo...Read more...
Team World Vision walks the talk at Toronto Marathon
Running for change. (L to R) Sponsored children Sima, Humu and Hena are just three of the happy kids worldwide who benefit from funds raised through World Vision. (CNW Group/World Vision Canada) Running for change. (L to R)...Read more...
World Vision sets up programme for people to speak out in Malawi
World Vision International (WVI) has established Community Voice and Action (CVA) programme in southern Malawi’s district of Neno to accord communities an opportunity to speak out and demand quality services from various duty...Read more...
'K-LOVE Fan Awards': First-Ever Christian Award Show, Vote Throughout May, Awards: June 1,...
K-Love, Christian radio network, is hosting the first ever fan-voted award show in Christian music history, the "K-Love Fan Awards," in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Ryman Auditorium.Read more...
BJL wins Grand Prix with Manchester Art Gallery at Roses Creative Awards 2013
BJL's campaign for Manchester Art Gallery including imagery from famous classic paintings, has won the top prize at this year's Roses Creative Awards. The Manchester Art Gallery 'Become Part' campaign picked up the Grand Prix...Read more...
VisionFund Visit (Day 3 El Salvador) — Santa Ana, El Salvador
Today we got to sleep in for a little bit longer than the past two days. We ate breakfast and then left the hotel at 7:30 and then headed towards El Salvador's World Vision headquarters. We met up with Funsalde, the El Salvador...Read more...
