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World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. Our work extends to over 100 million people in nearly 100 countries.
Inspired by our Christian values, we are dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people, aiming to share and demonstrate the love and compassion that Jesus Christ extended to all people, especially to children, and particularly to those living in poverty or suffering from oppression and injustice.
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World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God. Our mission is pursued through integrated, holistic commitment to promote:
Transformational Development
Community-based and sustainable focused especially on the needs of children and their families.
Emergency Relief
Assisting children and families afflicted by conflict or disaster.
Promotion of Justice
Seeking to change unjust structures affecting the poor.
Strategic Initiatives
Serving the church in the fulfillment of its mission - to love, to give, to serve, etc.
Public Awareness
Leads to informed understanding, giving, involvement, and prayer.
Witness to Jesus Christ
By life, deed, word and sign that encourages people to respond to the Gospel.
The World Vision Partnership shares a common understanding bound together by six core values. These core values are the fundamental and guiding principles that determine World Vision's actions. The core values are our aim, a challenge that we seek to live and work to.
We are Christian
We acknowledge one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In Jesus the love, mercy and grace of God are made known to us and all people.
We seek to follow Jesus — in his identification with the poor, the powerless, the afflicted, the oppressed, and the marginalised; in his special concern for children; in his respect for the dignity bestowed equally on women and men; in his challenge to unjust attitudes and systems; in his call to share resources with each other; in his love for all people without discrimination or conditions; in his offer of new life through faith in him.
We hear his call to servanthood, and to humility.
We maintain our Christian identity while being sensitive to the diverse contexts in which we express that identity.
We are committed to the poor
We are called to serve the neediest people of the earth; to relieve their suffering and to promote the transformation of their wellbeing. We stand in solidarity in a common search for justice. We seek to understand the situation of the poor and work alongside them.
We seek to facilitate an engagement between the poor and the affluent that opens both to transformation. We respect the poor as active participants, not passive recipients, in this relationship. They are people from whom others may learn and receive, as well as give. The need for transformation is common to all. Together we share a quest for justice, peace, reconciliation, and healing in a broken world.
We value people
We regard all people as created and loved by God. We give priority to people before money, structure, systems, and other institutional machinery. We act in ways that respect dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person — the poor, the donors, our staff and their families, boards, and volunteers. We celebrate the richness of diversity in human personality, culture and contribution.
We practice a participative, open, enabling style in working relationships. We encourage the professional, personal, and spiritual development of our staff.
We are stewards
The resources at our disposal are not our own. They are a trust from God through donors on behalf of the poor. We speak and act honestly. We are open and factual in our dealings with donors, project communities, governments and the public at large.
We demand of ourselves high standards of professional competence and financial accountability.
We are stewards of God's creation. We care for the earth and act in ways that will restore and protect the environment. We ensure that our development activities are ecologically sound.
We are partners
We are partners with the poor and with donors in a shared ministry. We are members of an international World Vision Partnership that transcends legal, structural, and cultural boundaries.
We pursue relationships with all churches and desire mutual participation in ministry. We maintain a cooperative stance and a spirit of openness towards other humanitarian organizations.
We are responsive
We are responsive to life-threatening emergencies where our involvement is needed and appropriate. We are willing to take intelligent risks and act quickly.
We do this from a foundation of experience and sensitivity to what the situation requires. We also recognise that even in the midst of crisis the destitute have a contribution to make.
We are responsive in a different sense where deep-seated and often complex economic and social deprivation calls for sustainable, long-term development.
World Vision is a global Partnership based on a federal model, with country offices in both the developed and developing world. The model acknowledges the ability of the developed world to raise large funds, the power of international cooperation, and the grassroots ability of the developing world to come up with solutions to combat poverty. Many countries have their own boards.
World Vision also follows the International Code of Conduct for disaster relief organisations and provides assistance based on need and regardless of race, religion, gender or ethnicity.
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness;
Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. |
