|
Who is World Vision?
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. World Vision serves the world’s poor – regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
As one of the largest Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) in the world, World Vision served 100 million people in nearly 100 countries, including 2.4 million children through sponsorship, in fiscal 2004. The organization raised $1.55 billion (US) in cash and goods for its work to combat poverty and employed 20,000 staff members.
|
|
World Vision staffer, Thomas Kasuba, provides school supplies to AIDS orphans in Zambia. |
Focus: World Vision’s objective is sustainable poverty alleviation through community capacity building. They achieve this goal by focusing on holistic development, including food security; water security; primary education; primary health and economic development.
Strength in numbers: World Vision has the experience and capacity to affect significant impact on the poor on behalf of its donors. The following statistics represent results of some of its efforts during fiscal 2004:
· 240,000 Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC) in 15 countries were sponsored
· 810,000 mothers were trained in better health and nutrition
· 15,100 pallets of first-quality gift-in-kind (valued at $215 million) from over 400 corporations received in the United States
· $85 million (US) in Microenterprise Development (MED) loan capital disbursed
- 577,000 jobs created or sustained
- 97% loan repayment rate
- $376 (US) average loan size
· 2 million children received educational assistance to prepare them for a better future
· 4,000 schools were built or refurbished providing children a safe place to learn
· 1.9 million people gained access to clean water
· 10.9 million people affected by humanitarian disasters received assistance (pre tsunami)
· 80 humanitarian disasters responded to with emergency relief
· 13% overhead (administrative and fundraising) rate in WV United States, 16% globally
Geographic Diversity: World Vision has programming in all major regions of the world. The following list of regions indicates the current operating funding for programs in a given region, followed by the percentage of the total operating budget.
Africa
Asia
Latin America and Caribbean
Middle East & Europe
North America & Oceania
Other International Programs
Funds committed for future programs | $545.4 million (42.8%)
$202 million (15.9%)
$139.3 million (10.9%)
$125.7 million (9.9%)
$48.2 million (3.8%)
$142 million (11.2%)
$69.5 million (5.5%) |
Leveraged Private and Public AIDS Funding: World Vision’s diverse resource base allows it to leverage private and public funds. Of the 2.4 million sponsored children, over 300,000 live in countries heavily affected by AIDS. Gifts from private donors, including child sponsors, allow World Vision to take advantage of almost $150 million in HIV/AIDS-related public grants acquired in fiscal years 2003 and 2004. The following is a list of HIV/AIDS grants funded in that period:
Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria
US Government
World Bank
European Union
Canadian Government
Japanese Government
Total | $67,748,896
$68,328,552
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$822,051
$147,899,499 |
Contact
Kimberly Tegarden
National Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
World Vision U.S.
(800) 532-8922
|
|
