Australian youth concerned over climate change and natural disasters – but don’t feel prepared or that government listens to them
Some two-thirds of young people in Australia believe the country is not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions – but almost 90 per cent don’t feel like or don’t know if government leaders listen to them, according to the findings of a new survey. YOUNGER VOICES Alex Matters, 19, is from South Australia, but […]
World Vision Australia urges governments to put children at the centre of coronavirus-related decision-making
Governments around the world must ensure that children are at the centre of any moves to address coronavirus and its aftermath, according to Mercy Jumo, World Vision Australia’s senior policy advisor on child rights. In an interview with Sight, Jumo said evidence from a range of sources – including a World Vision report as well as reports […]
Confronting challenging times: How Australian Christian agencies are reinventing their work through the COVID-19 upheaval
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on how Australian Christian agencies are adapting during the coronavirus pandemic…
ESSAY: HOW ‘CHOSEN’ IS EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTING CHILDREN AS THEY LOOK TO A FUTURE FREE FROM POVERTY
Ahead of an Australian tour this year, GARETH GILKESON, drummer with Irish band Rend Collective, writes about a visit to Honduras with World Vision last year where he experienced a “choosing party” as children selected their sponsors under the organisation’s new model of child sponsorship known as ‘Chosen’…
REACHING OUT TO A “BROKEN WORLD”: REV NODDY SHARMA’S PASSION FOR THE CHURCH AND ITS MISSION
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Rev Noddy Sharma, World Vision Australia’s new head of church engagement, about the nexus between the church and the organisation, his own journey of faith, and World Vision’s new model for child sponsorship – Chosen…
BOOKS: A DEEPER LOOK AT THE LIFE OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST WELL-KNOWN CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS
DAVID ADAMS reads Tim Costello’s new memoir…
Miss World contestants call for “world peace” – but this time it’s in support of World Vision Australia’s ‘Peace on Earth Pledge’
Three Australian Miss World contestants – Esma Voloder, Taylah Cannon and Jenayah Elliott – have joined in calling for world peace, but not as part of the competition. Instead, they were in Canberra for World Vision Australia on Thursday to voice their support for the organisation’s Peace on Earth Pledge in which signatories agree to […]
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: SURVEY FINDINGS POINT TO ROLE DIGITAL TECH IS PLAYING IN THE LIVES OF 18 TO 35S
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Barna president David Kinnaman during his brief visit, hosted by World Vision Australia, to Melbourne last week to talk about the organisation’s landmark research into the “connected generation”…
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: FOR ANXIOUS YOUNG ADULTS, RELIGION CAN BE A WELLNESS TOOL, SAYS STUDY
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, explores the preliminary findings of a new global study of young people’s attitudes while Sight’s DAVID ADAMS speaks to World Vision Australia’s Jill Roche about some of the early results…
Refugee stories hit Australian billboards for World Vision’s “Big Impact” campaign
Eleven-year-old Yasmin’s life changed completely when her family was forced to flee their home in Syria and start a new life in a refugee settlement. Her new life certainly isn’t easy but, thanks to the aid of World Vision, she not only receives nutritious food (this through a partnership with the UN World Food Programme) […]