30-432: Worldvision may refer to: World Vision , an international Christian relief and development organization Worldvision Enterprises , a television program and home video distributor Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Worldvision . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-501: A Child -type fundraising have reported feeling misled by the group's use of such funding for community rather than individual-specific projects. In a 2008 report on famine in Ethiopia , reporter Andrew Geoghegan, from Australian TV programme Foreign Correspondent , visited his 14-year-old sponsor child. The girl has "been part of a World Vision program all her life" yet says (in translated subtitle) "Until recently, I didn't know I had
90-501: A federation of interdependent national offices governed by a commitment to common standards and values on fundamental issues. World Vision International provides the global oversight and sets global standards, and is the operating entity in some countries. In other countries, World Vision operates through a locally incorporated NGO, with a local board of directors. Most of the workforce in each country are citizens of that given territory. World Vision International’s board of directors oversees
120-614: A national telecast featuring Billy or Franklin Graham, translated into their language. BGEA claims that the project helped more than 9.8 million people "make decisions for Christ." Billy Graham and his ministry were also instrumental in founding Christianity Today Magazine , the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, and the Internet Evangelism Coalition. BGEA's Charlotte headquarters
150-499: A problem with evidence. The charity stood by Halabi, stating that he was a humanitarian. 34°8′32.1″N 118°1′2.0″W / 34.142250°N 118.017222°W / 34.142250; -118.017222 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ( BGEA ) is a non-profit Christian outreach organization that promotes multimedia evangelism , conducts evangelistic crusades , and engages in disaster response . The BGEA operates
180-421: A range of Christian denominations . Its staff includes followers of Protestantism , Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy . Around the world its staff includes followers of different religions or none. Some staff participate in religious services provided by WVI. They stress that one can be a Christian in any culture. However, World Vision also respects other religions that it encounters, stating that "to promote
210-475: A report "showing 255 bodies and ankle-deep body fluids left in a school basement by an Israeli bomb." In the September 1982 issue of World Vision Magazine President Stanley Mooneyham was quoted describing Israeli actions with the behavior of Hitler's army, "reminiscent of Warsaw ". In the same month Mooneyham was forced to resign when, according to former World Vision employee Ken Waters, his leadership style
240-654: A second office following in 1954 in Korea. During the early years, the charity operated as a missionary service organization meeting emergency needs in crisis areas in East Asia . World Vision operated as a missionary service organisation meeting emergency needs of children in crisis areas in East Asia following the Korean War. In 1967, the Mission Advanced Research and Communication Center (MARC)
270-429: A secular approach to life would be an insult to them". Richard Stearns , president of World Vision US, stated that World Vision has a strict policy against proselytizing , which he describes as "using any kind of coercion or inducement to listen to a religious message before helping someone". The World Vision Partnership and all of its national members are committed to the concept of transformational development, which
300-431: A sponsor." And when asked about her knowledge of World Vision sponsorship says, "Last time they gave me this jacket and a pen." Geoghegan was disconcerted to find that despite being "told by World Vision that [the girl] was learning English at school, and was improving ... she speaks no English at all". In response, World Vision stated that "it unapologetically takes a community-based approach to development", in which
330-472: Is an ecumenical Christian humanitarian aid , development , and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea . In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision's objectives. It is active in over 100 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of USD $ 3.14 billion. The charity
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#1732794562679360-630: Is cast in a biblical framework and which is seen as a witness to the love of God for all humanity. Activities include: emergency relief, education, health care, economic development, advocacy, water/sanitation, food distribution and promotion of justice. The organization has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and partnerships with UN agencies like UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR and ILO. It also addresses factors that perpetuate poverty by what it describes as promoting justice. It supports community awareness of
390-789: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) . World Vision partners include governments , civil society organisations, faith communities, faith-based organisations, businesses, academia, and others. The organization has thousands of partners located around the world. Some of those who work with World Vision globally include the European Union , Unicef, Global Partnership to End Violence, Joining Forces , World Bank , World Health Organization , World Food Programme, Inter Agency Standing Committee, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Joining Forces for Last Mile Nutrition. World Vision's staff comes from
420-523: The BGEA launched the Billy Graham Channel on SiriusXM to broadcast Graham's sermons. Franklin Graham serves as president and CEO. Several times a year, he and his son, Will Graham , preach at evangelistic crusades modeled after those Billy Graham was known for holding. The BGEA's internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, was launched in 2011. The outreach is aimed at sharing
450-778: The Billy Graham Training Center in Asheville, North Carolina , and the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina . The organization was founded in 1950 by Billy Graham in Minneapolis, Minnesota ; it later moved to Charlotte, North Carolina . The organization broadcast the Hour of Decision radio show for more than sixty years. In August 2018, six months after Graham's death,
480-664: The Christian gospel with people around the world through websites in multiple languages. More than 50 million people have visited the websites since 2011, according to the BGEA. The organization produces a television special each month, which is broadcast on TV stations across the United States and posted online. The organization also publishes Decision magazine monthly. The BGEA began an international evangelism project in 2002 called My Hope, in which Christians invite friends, neighbors, and relatives to their homes to watch
510-538: The World Vision partnership. The full board meets twice a year to appoint senior officers, approve strategic plans and budgets, and determine international policy. The current chairperson of the international board is Ivan Satyavrata. The international president is Andrew Morley . From 2021 onwards, Morley served as Chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) , and is a member of
540-411: The aim of promoting long term improvement and self-reliance in the communities. The organization also began installing water pumps for clean water, which caused infant mortality rates to drop. Volunteers now use the fresh water to teach gardening and irrigation and promote good health. In order to restructure, the organization World Vision International was founded in 1977 by Walter Stanley Mooneyham
570-716: The collective ability to address unjust practices and begin working for change. It claims to speak out on issues such as child labor , debt relief for poor nations, and the use of children as combatants in armed conflict. World Vision International has endorsed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child . It claims to foster opportunities to help reduce conflict levels and to contribute to
600-406: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Worldvision&oldid=958961086 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages World Vision International World Vision International
630-428: The money is not directly provided to the family of the sponsored child. The organization argued that the "direct benefit" approach would result in jealousy among other community members without children and would not work. Foreign Correspondent replied to World Vision concerning child sponsorship, showing contradictions between the organization's literature that creates the impression that donated money goes directly to
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#1732794562679660-679: The organization claims to uphold the dignity of children and families in presenting explanations of the causes and consequences of poverty, neglect, abuse and war. World Vision operates in Rwanda since 1994, following the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi . In 2023, through 24 programs it helps 1.9 Million people all over the country. Between 2010 and 2017, World Vision Rwanda was averaging nearly US$ 35 million budget annually, said George Gitau , former country director. In 2015, World Vision took part in operations to bring earthquake relief to Nepal. It
690-611: The pandemic. They also joined the United Nations peacekeeping efforts to help those affected by civil war. World Vision also started to openly promote the international ban on land mines. In 1994 World Vision US moved to Washington State. In 2004, the political weekly Tehelka newspaper in India criticised World Vision India for its involvement with AD2000 . In 2022, WVI operated in more than 100 countries and had over 33,000 employees. The World Vision Partnership operates as
720-516: The peaceful resolution of hostilities and reconciliation of disputes. World Vision encourages public awareness about the needs of others, the causes of poverty, and the nature of compassionate response. These efforts include collaboration with media and community participation in fundraising. In areas of the world that are considered too dangerous for news organizations to send their crews, World Vision's own videographers supply newscasters with footage of events from these areas. In its communications,
750-501: The sponsor child and evidence of cases where supposedly sponsored children received little if any benefit. In 1982, after World Vision publicly criticized Israel's actions in Palestinian refugee camps near Sidon and Tyre, it came under attack from conservative evangelicals and the government of Israel. In spite of this pressure, World Vision president Mooneyham presented to the eight hundred thousand readers of World Vision Magazine
780-879: The then president of World Vision. In 1979, World Vision also co-founded the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association . During the 1990s, World Vision International began focusing on the needs of children who had been orphaned in Uganda, Romania, and Somalia in response to AIDS , neglect, and civil war, respectively. World Vision began working with communities, health providers, faith-based organisations and people living with HIV and AIDS to encourage an end to stigmatisation, better understanding of HIV prevention and community care for those living with AIDS, and orphans left behind by
810-513: Was also involved in running a child sponsorship program bringing aid to needy children in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. After his resignation from the post of president, its founder Robert Pierce criticized the organization for its professionalization at the expense of its evangelical faith and founded Samaritan's Purse in 1970. Some donors to World Vision's Sponsor
840-499: Was criticized; he was replaced as President by Ted Engstrom . On June 15, 2016, Mohammad El Halabi , manager of World Vision in Gaza , was arrested at the Erez border crossing and charged by Israeli prosecutors with channeling funds to Hamas . Halabi's lawyer said his client had nothing to do with Hamas and that the fact that the investigation had lasted 55 days proved that there was
870-481: Was founded by Ed Dayton as a division of World Vision. It became the organizational backbone of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization , collected and published data about "unreached people" and also published the "Mission Handbook: North American Protestant Ministries Overseas". During the 1970s, World Vision began training families in the agricultural skills necessary to build small farms, with
900-602: Was founded in 1950 as World Vision Inc. by Robert Pierce , Kyung-Chik Han and Frank Phillips. It was founded after Pierce was invited to Korea by Han to speak at Young Nak Church , followed by another speech in Seoul . After the breakout of the Korean War weeks later, Pierce and Han continued to collaborate on relief efforts in the region. The first World Vision office opened later that year in Portland, Oregon , with
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