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2.2 World Vision International
World Vision International is a Christian relief and development organization working for the well-being of all people, especially children. Through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice, World Vision helps communities help themselves.
Established in 1950 to care for orphans in Asia, World Vision has grown to embrace the larger issues of community development and advocacy for the poor in its mission to help children and their families build sustainable futures.
Working on six continents, World Vision is one of the largest Christian relief and development organizations in the world.
The heart of World Vision's work is in helping communities build stronger and healthier relationships. The absence of such relationships impoverishes communities.
World Vision focuses on children because they are the best indicator of a community's social health. When children are fed, sheltered, schooled, protected, valued, and loved a community thrives.
2.3 Key events in World Vision History (1950 to 2012)
1950 World Vision incorporates September 22
1953 Child Sponsorship and Christian Leadership ministries start
1957 First issue of World Vision magazine
World Vision working in 7 countries – 13,215 sponsored children
1961 Korean Children’s Choir first tour
1963 Ted Engstrom appointed executive vice president
1966 MARC Division established
1967 Bob Pierce resigns
1969 Stan Mooneyham appointed president
World Vision working in 21 countries – 32,000 sponsored children
1970 Mooneyham leads a relief convoy into Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1972 Relief work started in Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, First TV Special, ‘Children of Zero’ released
1973 Love Loaf program starts
1974 Cambodia hospital opens
1975 Closure of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam programmes; Operation Baby-lift
1978 Declaration of Internationalization signed by Partnership. Operation Seas weep
World Vision working in 40 countries – 193,000 sponsored children
1982 Mooneyham resigns; Engstrom appointed interim president
1984 Rev. Tom Houston becomes president. Catastrophic famine in Ethiopia affects other nations
1986 Large-scale development programmes introduced
1987 World Vision International office established in Geneva
1988 Houston resigns; Graeme Irvine becomes president
1989 Core Values adopted
World Vision working in 82 countries – 883,583 sponsored children
1990 Area development programme is model for World Vision work
1992 New mission statement adopted
1994 World Vision responds to Rwanda catastrophe
1995 Covenant of Partnership ratified by all member entities; Dean Hirsch appointed President
1998 Hurricane Mitch response in Central America
1999 Emergency response to refugees in Kosovo, East Timor, Angola
World Vision working in 90 countries – 1,500,000 sponsored children
2000 Ethiopia and Kenya droughts; HIV/AIDS HOPE Initiative launched
2001 India and El Salvador earthquake relief; World Vision co-sponsors Global Movement for Children
2002 UN Special General Assembly on Children
2003 New Vision statement adopted
2003 Vision Fund created for expanding small loans to the poor
2004 Big Goals process begins
World Vision working in 99 countries – 2,300,000 sponsored children
2005 Asia Tsunami response
Our Future project began
2006 Global income over US$2 billion
2008 Italy office opens
Myanmar Cyclone & China Earthquake relief responses
WV surpasses 40,000 employees worldwide
2009 Kevin Jenkins appointed President
Child Health Now initiative launched
2010 Executive office moved to London
Haiti earthquake response
Child well-being aspirations and outcomes established
Triennial Council held in Malaysia
Asia region split into East Asia and South Asia Pacific
2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami response
Global income over US$2.5 billion
2012 3.3 million children sponsored
WV surpassed 45,000 employees worldwide
Sponsorship Transformation Programme launches
VisionFund surpasses 800,000 active clients
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