World Vision International

World Vision International ; (WVI)
legal form	Incorporated
founding	1950
founder	Robert Pierce
Seat	800 West Chestnut Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016-3198, USA
motto	Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; ; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so (free translation: Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness, ; our prayer for every heart, the will to act accordingly. )
purpose	International aid organization
method	1. Development cooperation, 2. Disaster relief, 3. Legal work
Chair	Kevin Jenkins
sales	USD / $ 2.1 billion (2017)
Employees	44,500
Website	www.wvi.org

World Vision International is an international evangelical aid organization . It is one of the world's largest development aid organizations and the largest Christian non-governmental organization .

The focus of the organization are the development cooperation in the humanitarian aid and in development policy advocacy and education. World Vision International supports the Christian mission and is dedicated to social improvement. In 2008 donations totaled around 2.6 billion US dollars. The best-known financing instrument is child sponsorship .

World Vision International is based in the United States . The organization is subdivided into 48 centrally controlled national country offices of different strengths that operate the World Vision projects. World Vision has advisory status with UNESCO and partnerships with UN organizations such as UNICEF , WHO , UNHCR and ILO . In the United States, there is common collaboration with government development aid programs.

Christian model

Evaluation in the specialist literature

According to Steve Brouwer, Paul Gifford, and Susan D. Rose, World Vision International is an evangelical aid organization focused on the delivery of medical supplies and food to the poor, often in collaboration with US government development aid programs. The organization is more committed to long-term social improvement than other evangelistic organizations; an “aggressive Christianization” of the world by means of “charismatic theology” is nevertheless a priority ( “primacy of aggressively Christianizing the world with its charismatic theology” ). For this she gives both logistical and financial support. World Vision International contributed to the spread of evangelicalism in the second half of the 20th century. In the 1980s, World Vision International led by Ted Engstrom mixed development aid with USAID and missionary activities.

Heinrich Schäfer attributes the organization to the faith missions. Despite its own conservative background, World Vision was one of the first Christian aid organizations to support the new Latin American theologians in their demands for greater social responsibility.

World Vision International reserves five percent of its income for religious activities in countries where mission is allowed.

Self-presentation

In the Declaration of Internationalization of 1978, the expanded international board of World Vision defined the theological framework within which the organization had to work with a "Statement of Faith" according to the version of the American National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) at the time. This determination was reaffirmed in 1995 with the Covenant of Partnership , which must be signed by every national office and which requires recognition of this Statement of Faith.

World Vision has agreed basic values for global work, which should shape the actions of all employees worldwide. According to its own statement, this Christian model contains six central cornerstones to which the organization and its sub-organizations feel committed. The guiding principles are intended to support the central goal of World Vision to help children around the world have a better life. These cornerstones are: Christian, committed to the poor, treating people with appreciation, careful handling of finances, reliable partnership, global responsibility. For World Vision International, living out the Christian faith means “identifying with the poor, the disadvantaged, the suffering, the powerless, the persecuted, especially with children and need”.

The development aid organization emphasizes its Christian identity in its mission statement, but at the same time says that it attaches great importance to being sensitive to the cultural context of the countries in which its employees work. According to its own information, World Vision International works with local organizations with a Christian, secular and non-religious orientation when it comes to local aid campaigns. In Afghanistan, for example, Muslim personnel are also used; World Vision's activities there are no different from other, non-Christian aid organizations. For World Vision International, economic development in the Third World and the spread of Christian values form a unit.

history

It was founded in 1950 on the initiative of the evangelist and pastor of the Church of the Nazarene , Robert Pierce . He held a leading position for Youth for Christ in China and later in Korea, where he became aware of social and physical needs. He was also an accredited war correspondent during the Korean War . The name "World Vision" is derived from the "World Vision Rallies" organized by Youth for Christ.

According to David Stoll , Youth for Christ had the hope of strengthening the resistance against communist development in China by promoting the Christian faith. After his return to the USA, Pierce encouraged friends to support Korean orphans with a monthly contribution under the impression of his war experiences. Korea was the first country to receive aid projects. As with Youth for Christ, for World Vision, originally founded to support mission organizations, an essential aspect of Christian proselytizing was to counter communism. The films, in particular, which World Vision used as the main marketing tool until the late 1960s, were full of Cold War rhetoric and anti-communist content. For example, in films such as "The red plague" (1957) and "Cry in the Night" (1958) it is claimed that the fight against communism depends largely on missionaries in the third world, as in contrast to "false religions" such as Buddhism , Hinduism and Shintoism , only true Christianity is immune to communism, which is represented as "godless religion spawned in hell". These films also contributed significantly to the establishment of the evangelical "social action" film, were shown by World Vision mainly in front of an evangelical church audience and also contributed to the politicization of this originally non-political group.

Over time, national “support offices” emerged: the first in Korea (1954), then in Canada (1957) and Australia (1966). From 1962 on, in addition to working with children, there was also humanitarian and disaster relief (World Vision Relief Organization).

In the following decade, World Vision grew and began other projects under the direction of Pierce. After disputes in the board of directors due to financial problems and disagreements about the further course of World Vision, Pierce, who also suffered from health problems, resigned in 1967. In these disputes, the then Executive Vice-President Ted Engstrom played a central role, who was responsible for reorganizing the administration and finances and applying more business principles to management. Bob Pierce's successor was Walter Stanley ("Stan") Mooneyham (president from 1969 to 1982), who was previously Billy Graham's press officer and in 1974 organizer of the first congress for world evangelization , the start of the Lausanne movement that promotes Christian missions worldwide.

World Vision International was from 1966 the name under which World Vision Inc. appeared in business. After registration in 1977, this designation was used for the umbrella organizations, although it was still registered with World Vision Inc. until 2004, as they largely took over the international management function previously exercised by World Vision Inc. The founding organization World Vision Inc., now mainly active as a support organization in the USA, was called World Vision US from then on .

Mooneyham continued the process of change at World Vision. After World Vision in the mid-1970s, caused by the advancement of communism in Indochina, lost one of its main areas of operation and plunged into a crisis, the organization reacted by focusing on aid projects in Latin America and Africa. In 1976 the country branch Austria was created , in 1978 World Vision Germany . In the same year, World Vision International and the US agency of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization sponsored the North American Conference on Evangelism among Muslims from October 15-21, 1978 in Glen Eyrie, Colorado Springs. From 1982 to 1984 Ted W. Engstrom headed World Vision International, where he had been Vice President for 19 years, and from 1980 to 1987 he headed World Vision USA . Engstrom was replaced as President by Tom Houston, who held the office until 1988. Houston's successor was Graeme Irvine.

Under Mooneyham, the massive support for evangelism declined, as financial support from the US Agency for International Development could only be applied for if the US guidelines for aid organizations were complied with. At the same time, television advertisements were used to promote a broader donor base that went beyond evangelical churches and private documentary screenings. Under Mooneyham, the much-criticized practice of favoring individual children also changed. World Vision went more and more to promoting entire places or regions and promoting this with the individual sponsored child.

In 1995 there was a turning point: the previously centrally managed organization took on a federal structure in cooperation with its sub-organizations in other countries. This can be seen, among other things, in the multinational composition of the International Board and the International Council . The central management gave way to an equal partnership. Since then, the national offices have been hierarchically equal to those of World Vision USA, they are considered to be independent and responsible for project selection, implementation, monitoring and evaluation towards themselves and the donors. In doing so, they should adhere to internationally recognized rules and standards in the field of development cooperation and the respective legal provisions. In 1998 World Vision International discovered a misappropriation of donations at World Vision Austria and withdrew the right to call itself World Vision from this country office . A successor association was created , which is now an Austrian member of World Vision International.

In September 2009, the Canadian Kevin Jenkins, previously a board member of World Vision Canada and chairman of the Canadian section of the Colorado Springs- based evangelical youth organization Young Life, replaced President Dean R. Hirsch (since 1996); the headquarters of World Vision International was relocated to London.

According to its own statements, a US organization has increasingly developed into an international organization through the establishment of further national offices. From what was initially a Christian conservative organization, an organization that is open to all major Christian currents in terms of self-portrayal has now developed.

In 2016, Mohammed el-Halabi, head of World Vision Gaza, was arrested in Israel and charged with giving aid of up to 45 million euros (6.4 million euros annually, about 60 percent of World Vision Gaza's annual budget) to the Hamas is said to have passed on the terrorist organization ruling in the Gaza Strip , which invested the money in military projects such as building underground tunnels and buying weapons. As a result, Australia and Germany , among others, suspended aid payments. Worldvision describes the allegations as implausible, since el-Halabi was only authorized to sign up to $ 15,000 and since he was only given overall responsibility for the activities in the Gaza Strip in 2014.

organization

World Vision has 48 national country offices. The projects are implemented in the countries of assignment via the country offices and their employees.

organization structure

The structure of today's World Vision is a kind of federation in which all independently registered national offices formally have about the same influence on decisions of the umbrella organization World Vision International, but conversely the central umbrella organization exercises different degrees of control over the national offices. Specifically, there are three categories of national offices:

dependent national branches under strong management control from headquarters,
independently registered national offices, which have undertaken to obtain the approval of the headquarters for critical internal decisions,
independently registered national units, which have extensive autonomy in internal decisions, but which are expected to coordinate with the headquarters voluntarily.

In all independently registered national offices, the President of World Vision International is either represented by a representative he has delegated to the respective supervisory body or is himself a member of more important national offices.

All national offices have to comply with the “Covenant of Partnership”, the internationally recognized rules and standards in the field of development cooperation and the respective legal provisions (see World Vision Germany ). The Covenant of Partnership regulates z. B. that guidelines and decisions of the World Vision International Board are to be accepted by the national organizations. In addition, no office or program may be set up outside the national borders of the respective country organization without the consent of WVI, and donations that the respective national country organization uses outside its own national borders must usually be sent via WVI. The covenant allows WVI to review and evaluate the finances of national organizations.

World Vision International works together with the national offices in 98 countries. World Vision employs 40,000 people, the majority of whom are involved in local projects and are made up of specialists from the respective country. A relatively high percentage of the staff are non-Christians. While the local management z. Partly in the hands of non-Christians, the higher management consists exclusively of Christians according to the principles of World Visions. According to its own statements, the aid organization is building its working relationships on site on “participation, partnership, honesty and the promotion of both the individual and the community”.

As one of the world's largest non-governmental organizations, donations in monetary and non-monetary form totaled around 2.6 billion US dollars in the 2008 financial year. She sees “careful handling of finances” as a self-commitment. In most of the countries in which there are donation seals for organizations with children's partnerships (e.g. in Germany and Austria), the member organizations have such seals, but not in Switzerland.

National Organizations

World Vision Germany

World Vision Germany (WVD) was founded in 1979 and is today one of the independently registered national offices of World Vision. The association bears the donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI).

Since 2005, the WVD in Germany has been increasingly involved in development-related educational work, with educational support, educational research and poverty reduction. Examples are the child study ( Klaus Hurrelmann on behalf of the World Vision Institute for Research and Development), the German Children's Prize and the German Institute for Combating Poverty. In addition to long-term development cooperation and humanitarian aid, WVD has been trying since 2006 from its capital city office to increasingly win over political decision-makers for the fight against poverty and fairer structures.

World Vision (United States)

World Vision Inc., also known as World Vision United States, was the first World Vision organization (see under history ). However, it has passed its brand on to World Vision International.

World Vision Inc. has changed its external image so that it no longer sees itself as a classic missionary organization, but as a Christian aid organization for development cooperation and humanitarian emergency aid. His primary goal in secondary literature is no longer Christianization, but the fight against the causes of poverty (helping people to help themselves).

The organization is recognized as a religious organization and is therefore allowed to restrict job advertisements to Christians.

In the United States, there is common collaboration with government development aid programs. The United States handles some of its development and refugee aid, such as parts of USAID , through World Vision Inc., which some consider to be the executive body of the United States of America. The activities during the Vietnam War in particular received critical comments. In Ecuador she was accused of distributing the aid exclusively through Protestant leaders. After the tsunami of December 26, 2004, a large number of donations were received very early on and it was criticized that the donations were distributed too slowly.

World Vision Austria

World Vision has been active in Austria since 1976 . After an audit by World Vision International, the name rights were withdrawn from the first association active in Austria, "World Vision Austria - Christian Relief Organization ", because the management had diverted donations which, among other things, went to the conservative Pan-European Union and the election campaign of the ÖVP candidate for the European Parliament, Karl Habsburg , flowed. The successor organization World Vision Austria - Society for Development Aid and International Understanding (World VisionÖ) has been active since 1998 and has been a new partner of World Vision International since 1999. In the new association, particular attention is paid to the responsible handling of donations and public traceability, and value is placed on the fact that there is no connection to the predecessor.

On November 14, 2001, World Vision Austria was one of the first 44 organizations to receive the Austrian seal of approval for donations , and it oversees and supervised development projects in Chile , Ghana , India , Indonesia , Malawi , Mozambique , Myanmar , Sierra Leone , Swaziland and Vietnam .

World Vision Switzerland

World Vision Switzerland was founded in 1982. World Vision Switzerland has the NPO label for Management Excellence and is ISO 9001 certified. Wold Vision Switzerland was awarded first place by the Independent Development Experts Association (IDEAS). In 2006, World Vision Switzerland financed a total of 42 regional development projects in 19 countries, ran 34 sectoral projects in 16 countries and provided emergency and disaster aid in the world's crisis regions. The donation volume in 2011 was 57.7 million Swiss francs.

World Vision Switzerland carries out sectoral projects in the areas of street children, trauma processing, HIV / AIDS and female circumcision, among others . In Switzerland, a donation seal is generally not issued by ZEWO to sponsorship organizations such as World Vision, which sponsor or arrange only child sponsorships.

At the evangelical aid organization in Switzerland, the CEO, the head of marketing and the two people responsible for social media and public marketing all resigned in spring 2012, and two key account managers also turned their backs on the organization. The point of contention was the increased focus on child sponsorship, which they did not agree with.

International networking

As an organization which, by its own account, sees itself as non- denominational, World Vision International emphasizes "the dialogue with churches and cooperation with other humanitarian aid organizations". Projects without donation sponsorships, such as those in the field of humanitarian aid, are mainly handled through cooperation with public donors or UN organizations (especially the United Nations World Food Program , WFP).

World Vision International has advisory status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), UNICEF and the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

World Vision International works closely with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the WHO , UNCTAD , the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), the World Trade Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Program , the World Bank , the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the International Labor Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS).

World Vision International is a member of the international NGOs Liaison Committee of European Union Non-governmental Development Organizations, Voluntary Organizations in Cooperation and Emergency (VOICE), Standing Interinstitutional Committee , NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NGO Group of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with ECOSOC (CONGO), NGO Forum for Health, Federation of International Institutions in Geneva, NGO Coalition Against Land-Mines, Interfaith Group on Building Community around Children, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development , International Baby Food Action Network, Inter-Agency Advisory Group on Refugee Health.

World Vision International is a board member of the NGO Committee of UNICEF (As Chair) and the Steering Committee of the International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.

It is also recognized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) as an international ecumenical organization.

About the Department of Missions Advanced Research and Communications Center (MARC) / World Vision Resources with a focus Missiology World Vision International in the evangelical is Lausanne movement and the worldwide missionary efforts involved.

Focus of work

Since World Vision USA was founded in 1950, World Vision International and World Vision USA have been involved in helping children, their families and regional development projects through donations, among other things.

children

World Vision International is the largest organization funded with donations for children. In 2009 World Vision International sponsored 3.6 million children directly through child sponsorships and millions of other children indirectly without regard to religion, race, ethnicity or gender. These donations are the basis of World Vision International's child-centered approach to development aid.

During the G8 summit in 2010, World Vision International participated with a symbolic cake with five candles in the protest against the fact that the G8 and especially Germany only wanted to participate in the Muskoka initiative to a limited extent , the Millennium Development Goals, the death of children under five years of age Reduce by two thirds in 2015 and by three quarters for mothers . At the end of the day, World Vision International complained that the funds increased to 5 billion due to its G8 initiative were not enough and that it was partly due to reallocation of development budgets. Although more children will survive in the future, they will now receive a poorer education.

Long-term development cooperation and education

Rudo Kwaramba (left), Director of World Vision Uganda, presented the German President Horst Köhler with a picture of children from the “Coo Pe” refugee camp in February 2008

From the mid-1980s, due to the drought disasters in Ethiopia, a reorientation of the work took place: long-term programs instead of charitable aid, community orientation instead of individual child support, internationalization instead of centralized management came to the fore. Today lobbying and development education are increasingly complementing humanitarian aid. All of this leads to increasing networking and cooperation with other development organizations.

The core of World Vision's work today is long-term development cooperation. Projects are developed and implemented together with the local population in the respective developing countries. In order to use synergy effects, the projects are designed for larger regions - often with more than 100,000 inhabitants. The sustainability of the development is ensured through long project periods (more than 12 years) and through parallel improvements in different areas (education, health care, food security, income generation, AIDS control, awareness-raising work).

The work of World Vision International was criticized, especially with regard to the work in Latin America and Asia, as being closely linked to the foreign policy interests of the United States. The strong support that World Vision International received for its work in Cambodia and Vietnam through USAID during the Vietnam War was viewed with skepticism , which is why World Vision Inc., whose founder Robert Pierce wanted to actively counter communism through campaigns in China, was considered a product of Cold War is called.

The Catholic organization Pax Christi named World Vision International with regard to its work in Ecuador as a "Trojan horse" of US foreign policy. The discrepancy between words and deeds was lamented, as the group would call itself Christian and not evangelical, but spread its help exclusively through evangelical leaders.

Humanitarian aid

World Vision aid flight to Myanmar for disaster relief after Cyclone Nargis

Another focus of World Vision's work is humanitarian aid . This includes that population groups affected by prolonged crises (particularly due to ongoing conflicts or wars) receive the necessary help (for example, refugees suffering from war and hunger). A system is being developed and introduced that represents an early warning system and a suitable set of action tools. This system includes the “do no harm” approach. The basic rule of emergency aid and development cooperation popularized by Mary B. Anderson states that every measure must be critically examined to ensure that it does not lead to an unintended worsening of the conflict. The organization understands peacebuilding to mean that networks of social relationships are (re) established, the causes of violence are analyzed and the non-violent handling of conflicts is promoted towards fair living conditions.

For example, immediately after the tsunami of December 26, 2004 , the aid organization helped people in need in the affected areas with food, clothing and emergency shelter. About six months later, the organization began long-term reconstruction, and at this stage you can see the link between humanitarian aid and long-term development aid. These measures have now been largely completed.

The practice of the Alliance for Food Aid , to which World Vision International belongs, to sell food produced in the USA and heavily subsidized on the African market at low prices, was supported by both CARE , the Government Accountability Office , and the former US President Jimmy Carter criticized and described as inefficient. A third of the funds used are spent on transport. In addition, local African farmers are forced out of the market by the imported food and are therefore in need of help themselves. World Vision, on the other hand, asserts that this procedure keeps foreign currency in the country, can compensate for sharp price increases and does not harm the local farmers. Aid organizations such as World Vision use the income from food sales to finance salaries and running costs.

World Vision and ten other aid organizations, such as Oxfam and Care International , petitioned USAID on the occasion of the aid after the flood disaster in Pakistan in 2010 that they no longer have to use the otherwise obligatory logo of the American flag on every aid delivery to indicate when they are work with American money because it jeopardizes their neutrality, the safety of their employees and the aid deliveries in Pakistan. Many international organizations do not have their own logos in Pakistan, but the USAID logo can only be used in the tribal areas and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for which USAID has granted an exception.

Development advocacy and educational work

"In development cooperation, advocacy means the attempt to assert the interests of the people of the south in decision-making processes in the north - for example in Germany or the EU." "The instruments of this advocacy include not only lobbying discussions with politicians, but also campaigns and public education. "

In addition to long-term development aid and humanitarian emergency aid, World Vision is also involved in advocacy work on development policy, which aims to change unjust conditions and structures. World Vision understands advocacy work to mean lobbying with political decision-makers as well as campaign work, publications, exhibitions and actions for the general public. In addition to the above, this work is intended to improve the living conditions of poor, disadvantaged and oppressed people and to draw attention to development issues. For example, World Vision Germany takes part in the Jubilee campaign for debt relief for highly indebted countries and is a member of the VENRO campaign Your Voice against Poverty , the Action Alliance against AIDS , the German Coordination of Child Soldiers , the German Action Network for Stopping Small Arms (DAKS) and the Civilian Platform Conflict Management and Together for Africa (GfA). The main topics are HIV / AIDS and health, peacebuilding and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

The aim of World Vision's development education work is to promote the implementation of fair and sustainable structures and to encourage reflection on one's own behavior. Examples of development education work are the German TROTZ AIDS campaign, World VisionConnect , Challenging Injustice and Education and Justice .

financing

World Vision is funded through donations and public grants. World Vision offers donors the best-known financing instrument, a sponsorship model in which constant amounts are donated on a regular basis. World Vision International's sponsorship concept has changed over the course of the organization's history. In the beginning mainly orphanages and schools and later small village development projects were funded, today large-scale regional development programs are carried out in which the sponsorship contributions are used to finance multisectoral aid measures.

Advertising for sponsorships was repeatedly criticized, among other things, directed against what some critics described as paternalistic features of the aid form “child sponsorship”. World Vision used a catalog-like advertisement until the end of 2004, with which donors were offered various children to choose from as their “desired child”. World Vision has since discontinued such catalog-style advertising.

The Swiss foundation ZEWO , which checks aid organizations based in Switzerland with regard to their transparency and integrity, criticizes the sponsorship model represented by World Vision International, to which World VisionD is affiliated, that “an organization (...) [should] collect for its projects and not instrumentalize children for marketing reasons and advertise with personal sponsorships [should] ". World Vision replies, “The sponsors are informed that their donation will also benefit the family and the entire village community. Zewo is the only certification body in the world that does not accept the World Vision model. ”According to the NZZ , the example of World Vision shows “ that, in principle, even organizations that do not have a seal of approval can earn the trust of donors. ”

In 2009, as part of a campaign, various sponsorship organizations, including World Vision, were told that they were not working sufficiently to ensure that the sponsored girls they were looking after were specifically protected from the circumcision of female genitals. The organizations allegedly tolerate the genital mutilation of hundreds of thousands of girls they care for. It was demanded that the organizations assert their “market power” and the integrity of the sponsored children as a condition for financial support. The health of the girls in the project countries should be checked by means of regular health checks by World Vision. The sponsoring organizations refer to projects that do educational work and contrast circumcision with alternative rituals. The effectiveness of these projects is difficult to prove, as the sponsorship organizations do not allow medical examinations to be carried out to determine the integrity of the sponsored children.

Annual report

World Vision International publishes its finances on the Internet. In 2009 it received money and donations in kind worth 2.575 billion dollars (as of September 2010: around 2 billion euros). 58 percent of this was invested in international development programs, 27.7 percent in emergency and disaster relief, 8.5 percent in donor acquisition, 4.6 percent in administration and 1.2 percent for local education, advocacy and other things.

In 2009, the majority of the finances were transferred to Africa, with a billion dollars (43.7 percent). 18.1 percent were in Asia and the Pacific, 13.2 percent in North America, 12.2 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, 6.4 percent in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, 1.9 percent in Australia and New Zealand and 4.5 percent Percent invested in other international programs.

Incoming donations and use

Donations received and used by World Vision International
year	Help for people in millions of US $	Number of child sponsorships in millions	Donations in billions of US $	Advertising, fundraising & public relations expenses in US $ millions	countries	Employee
2000	75	1.2	0.886	102.4	89	13,500
2001	75	1.9	0.9642	106.6	92	14,000
2002	85	2.1	1.032	113.0	96	18,000
2003	100	2.2	1.25	122.5	99	20,000
2004	100	2.4	1.546	142.7	96	22,500
2005	100	2.7	1.97	170.0	96	23,000
2006	100	3.0	2.1	188.0	97	23,000
2007	100	3.4	2.2	215.0	98	31,000
2008	100	3.6	2.6	234.1	98	40,000

Due to inadequate internal controls, a senior World Vision employee and two other employees were able to embezzle more than one million US dollars in aids in Liberia in 2005 and 2006 . After an anonymous tip-off, World Vision made sure that this process was reported. In a statement, World Vision stated that it had now implemented improved control and monitoring mechanisms. Up until June 5, 2009, it was only possible to trace 9 percent of the food aid that flowed to Liberia to the needy.

Web links

Official website

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↑ www.wvi.org Contact Us ( Memento from February 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

^ "Who We Are" ( Memento from February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

↑ WORLD VISION press release: African employee receives Federal Cross of Merit for use in kidnapping. Retrieved January 28, 2011 .

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^ Karen Foreman: Evolving Global Structures and the Challenges Facing International Relief and Development Organizations. In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 28/4 (1999), p. 178-197, here p. 178 f: "Although membership in the World Vision partnership is determined by wholehearted commitment to its core partnership documents, WVI maintains three different levels of central control over its partner members ... while the network as a whole constitutes World Vision International. " Antonio Donini: The Bureaucracy and the Free Spirits : Stagnation and Innovation in the Relationship between the UN and NGOs, in: Third World Quarterly 16/3 (1995), pp. 421-439: "In most cases these groupings do not affect the individuality of their constituent members, who retain their operational and financial independence, except for World Vision, which is managed centrally ". Erica Bornstein: The Spirit of Development . Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe, Routledge / Taylor and Francis, New York - London 2003; Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California 2005, pp. 21f .: "In 1978, an umbrella governing body known as World Vision International was created to include an international board of directors, a larger international advisory council, and a corporate headquarters. The Current governing board includes members from both support (financially contributing), and recipient countries. Each of the national support offices (there were 60 at the time of this research) is incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization under the laws of its respective country, while the network as a whole constitutes World Vision International. As a network, World Vision International crosses national boundaries. It is a global, supra-national organization. "
^ ^A ^b Steve Brouwer, Paul Gifford, Susan D. Rose: Exporting the American gospel. Global Christian fundamentalism. Routledge, New York 1996, p. 184: World Vision International is an evangelical relief organization that concentrates on supplying medical care and food to the poor, often in conjunction with foreign-aid programs operating through the US government. It is more dedicated to long-term social amelioration than many evangelizing agencies, but still emphasizes the primacy of aggressively Christianizing the world with its charismatic theology. A subdivision, the Mission Advanced Research and Communications Center, publishes the Mission Handbook and dedicates itself to "Great Commission" research and defining "the unreached peoples". (Translated: World Vision International is an evangelical aid organization focused on providing medical care and food to the poor, often in conjunction with US government development aid programs. The organization is more dedicated to long-term social improvement than many other evangelical organizations. It emphasizes the priority of the aggressive Christianization of the [whole] world with its charismatic theology.A sub-unit, the Mission Advanced Research and Communications Center, publishes the Mission Handbook and is dedicated to the “ great task ” of identifying the “ so far unreached nations” and describe.)
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- To WV US: Katharina Hofer: Africa in hectic missionary fever . In: German Bundestag (ed.): Parliament No. 10 of March 1, 2004
- Mark R. Amstutz (To WV US); Faith-Based NGOs and US Foreign Policy. In: Elliott Abrams (Ed.): The influence of faith. Religious groups and US foreign policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland 2001, pp. 175-189 (Amstutz) (Engl).
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* Erhard Berneburg : The relationship between proclamation and social action in the evangelical mission theory. Dissertation according to literature status 1994, Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1997, ISBN 978-3-417-29425-5 , p. 59, p. 188 f and p. 204 ff.
- Andrew S. Natsios ( Vice President of World Vision Relief and Development , an offshoot of WV US): Faith-Based NGOs and US Foreign Policy. In: Elliott Abrams (Ed.): The influence of faith. Religious groups and US foreign policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland 2001, pp. 189-200 (Engl).
- James K. Wellman, Jr .: Evangelicalism. In: Thomas Riggs (Ed.): Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Vol. 1: Thomson Gale: Religions and Denominations. Farmington Hills, Michigan 2006, pp. 183-188, here pp. 187 f. (Engl).
- Evangelical Manifesto Steering Committee: An Evangelical Manifesto. A statement on evangelical identity and public engagement. ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Washington, DC, May 7, 2008, Translation by the Institute for Ethics & Values, Giessen.

↑ René Holvast: Spiritual Mapping in the United States and Argentina, 1989-2005. A Geography of Fear. Religion in the Americas 8, Brill, Leiden-Boston 2008, ISBN 90-04-17046-4 , p. 25

^ Robert H. Krapohl; Charles H. Lippy (1999): The Evangelicals. A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide. Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut. P. 160.

^ Joseph Hanlon: Mozambique: who calls the shots? Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Indiana 1991, ISBN 0-85255-346-3 , ISBN 978-0-85255-346-6 , pp. 51f.

^ Heinrich Schäfer: Protestantism in Central America. Christian witness in the field of tension between American fundamentalism, oppression and the revival of “Indian” culture. Peter Lang, Frankfurt / M. u. a. 1992, p. 57.

↑ Pablo A. Deiros: Protestant Fundamentalism in Latin America. In: Martin E. Marty; R. Scott Appleby (Ed.): Fundamentalisms observed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago-London 1991, ISBN 0-226-50878-1 , ISBN 978-0-226-50878-8 , pp. 142-196.

^ Mark Juergensmeyer : The Church, the Mosque, and Global Civil Society. In: Mary Kaldor; Helmut K. Anheier; Marlies Glasius; Martin Albrow (Ed.): Global Civil Society 2006/7, SAGE Publishing, London 2007, pp. 144–159.

^ A Declaration of Internationalization (1978) Appendix D in JR Hamilton: "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1980.

↑ Appendix D in Greame Irvine: "Best Things in the Worst Times: An Insiders View of World Vision" BookPartners, Inc. (1996) ISBN 1-885221-37-1

↑ World Vision Switzerland, mission statement. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 7, 2011 ; Retrieved July 3, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

^ World Vision International - Core Values. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012 ; Retrieved July 3, 2010 .

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↑ Abby Stoddard: Humanitarian NGOs: challenges and trends. In: Joanna Macrae (Ed.): Humanitarian action and the 'global war on terror': a review of trends and issues (PDF; 461 kB) . Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, London 2003, p. 27.

↑ Erica Bornstein: Developing Faith: Theologies of Economic Development in Zimbabwe . In: Journal of Religion in Africa . tape 32 , no. 1 , February 2002, ISSN 0022-4200 , p. 4-31, p. 12 (English).

↑ Bartlett, Christopher A. & Daniel F. Curran: World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership , in Harvard Business School Publishing 2005, p. 1.

^ J. Gordon Melton: World Vision . In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 587 (English, It was founded in 1950 by Robert "Bob" W. Pierce (1914-78), a minister in the Church of the Nazarene, in response to the plight of children orphaned by the Korean War.).

^ Sara Diamond: Spiritual warfare . The politics of the Christian right. South End Press, Cambridge 1989, ISBN 0-89608-361-6 , p. 11, literally: “… Bob Pierce led the YFC Teams throughout Asia and became deeply involved in relief work in Korea. In 1950 he established World Vision… “.

^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Pierce, Robert W (illard) "Bob" (1914-1976) In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press 2004, pp. 541f.

↑ ^a ^b ^c Gary F. VanderPol: The Least of These: American Evangelical Parachurch Missions to the Poor, 1947–2005 Boston University School of Theology, 2010, (dissertation) pp. 41,108,104 (PDF file; 1.56 MB)

^ ^A ^b David Stoll: Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth. University of California Press, Berkley - Los Angeles - London 1991, pp. 282ff.

↑ Bangert, Kurt: The Dream of a Better World. Why the fight against poverty has to break new ground. Practice and perspectives of an aid organization. Johannis Verlag, Lahr 2006, ISBN 3-501-01538-0 , pp. 12-15.

↑ From $ 5 Aid to Worldwide Organization. (No longer available online.) World Vision International, archived from the original on February 23, 2010 ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ JR Hamilton, "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1980, p. 27.

↑ JR Hamilton, "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" pp. 97-109

↑ JR Hamilton: "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" pp. 1-8, pp. 102.

↑ cf. Irvine, Graeme: Best Things in the worst times. An insider's view of World Vision. BookPartners Inc., Wilsonville, Oregon 1996, ISBN 978-1-885221-35-3 , p. 261.

↑ cf. Bangert, Kurt: The dream of a better world. Why the fight against poverty has to break new ground. Practice and perspectives of an aid organization. Johannis Verlag, Lahr 2006, ISBN 3-501-01538-0 , p. 16.

^ ^A ^b Greame Irvine: "Best Things in the Worst Times: An Insiders View of World Vision" BookPartners, Inc. (1996) ISBN 1-885221-37-1 , pp. 23, 47

^ World Vision Inc .: Dr. Ted W. Engstrom, Past World Vision President and Influential Christian Leader, Dies. July 14, 2006, archived from the original on September 2, 2010 ; accessed on September 2, 2010 (English).

^ Wheaton College: Ted W. Engstrom Memorial Page. July 28, 2006, archived from the original on September 2, 2010 ; accessed on September 2, 2010 (English).

^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Mooneyham, Walter Stanley in: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Baylor University Press: revised edition November 2004, p. 390; David Stoll: Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth. University of California Press, Berkley - Los Angeles - London 1991, pp. 282 ff .; Erhard Berneburg (1997): The relationship between preaching and social action in evangelical mission theory, Diss.Tübingen 1996, Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2007

↑ see e.g. B. United States Patent Office Registration Deed # 944238 dated Oct. 3, 1972, registering the World Vision International trademark in World Vision Inc.

↑ www.manta.com

↑ Structure & Funding ( Memento of November 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

↑ cf. Bartlett, Christopher A. & Daniel F. Curran: World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership. In: Harvard Business School Publishing, May 17, 2005, pp. 2-4. PDF version

^ The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the results of the conference were published by Arthur Glasser, director of the "School of World Mission" under the name The Glen Eyrie Report ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. summarized

^ ^A ^b ^c Russel Chandler: New World Vision President Named Robert A. Seiple, 44, Will Replace Ted W. Engstrom, 70. In: Los Angeles Times. December 13, 1986, archived from the original on October 4, 2010 ; Retrieved October 4, 2010 ( Permalink page 2 ( October 4, 2010 memento on WebCite )).

^ Wheaton College, Archives of the Billy Graham Center: Collection 46: Historical Background. In: Records of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. July 28, 2006, archived from the original on October 4, 2010 ; accessed on October 4, 2010 (English).

↑ World Vision: “Who We Are” ( Memento from February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Bartlett, Christopher A. & Daniel F. Curran: World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership. In Harvard Business School Publishing, May 17, 2005, pp. 6 and pp. 19-20 PDF version ; Bangert, Kurt: The dream of a better world. Why the fight against poverty has to break new ground. Practice and perspectives of an aid organization. Johannis Verlag, Lahr 2006, p. 16.

↑ ^a ^b VENRO Code of Conduct - Transparency, Organizational Management and Control. (PDF; 93 kB) (No longer available online.) Association of Development Policy of German Non-Governmental Organizations, archived from the original on June 1, 2010 ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ ^a ^b For an aid organization ... it applies that - according to international standards - emergency situations must not be used to proselytize non-Christian people. World Vision is a ... user of the code of conduct of the Red Cross, which stipulates that help is given regardless of race, religion or nationality and solely on the basis of need ... Günther Bitzer: Christian values and their importance for combating poverty . In: eins - Entwicklungspolitik Information Nord-Süd, 7–8 (2006), p. 52ff.

↑ Kevin Jenkins's biography. www.wvi.org, September 28, 2009, archived from the original on August 27, 2010 ; accessed on August 27, 2010 (English).

↑ Entry for Kevin J. Jenkins on "Forbes.com"

↑ World Vision Board Members. www.seekgod.ca, archived from the original on August 27, 2010 ; accessed on August 27, 2010 (English).

^ Bill Bremer, "Evangelical ministries in Colorado Springs impact the world," Examiner.com Colorado Springs, Aug. 25, 2009

↑ "Colorado Springs Evangelical Christian Ministries Directory, 2009" on "www.christianleadershipalliance.org" (made available by Biblica) ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ International: World Vision's global leaders move to London, UK. WVI, July 10, 2010, archived from the original on July 13, 2010 ; accessed on August 27, 2010 (English).

↑ World Vision - Christian Self-Image. (PDF) Retrieved July 3, 2010 .

↑ Aid organization: World Vision boss in Gaza is said to have supported Hamas Zeit Online, August 5, 2016.

↑ Germany stops aid payments after Gaza allegations . Welt Online, August 5, 2016.

↑ Update: Statement by World Vision International CEO in wake of staff arrest - World Vision International. In: wvi.org. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .

^ Bartlett, Christopher A. & Daniel F. Curran: World Vision International´s AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership. In Harvard Business School Publishing, May 17, 2005, p. 7 PDF version

^ Karen Foreman: Evolving Global Structures and the Challenges Facing International Relief and Development Organizations. In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 28/4 (1999), pp. 178-197

↑ Tim Stafford, "The Colossus of Care," Christianity Today, February 24, 2005

^ World Vision International: A Covenant of Partnership. In: Graeme Irvine Best Things in The Worst Times. An insiders view of World Vision. Bookpartners Inc. Wilsonville, 1996, ISBN 1-885221-37-1 , Appendix D.

^ Appendix D, "A Covenant of Partnership" in Greame Irvine: "Best Things in the Worst Times: An Insiders View of World Vision" BookPartners, Inc. (1996) ISBN 1-885221-37-1

↑ Annual Report 2008. (PDF) (No longer available online.) World Vision International, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

^ John Fawcett, 2002: Care and Support of Local Staff in Christian Humanitarian Ministry. In: Kelly O'Donnell 2002. Doing member care well: perspectives and practices from around the world Globalization of mission series. William Carey Library, ISBN 978-0-87808-446-3 . P. 277, p. 282 ( online ).

↑ WV - Vision and Core Values. Retrieved July 3, 2010 .

^ German Central Institute for Social Issues - donation seal. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 18, 2010 ; Retrieved July 3, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

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↑ IDEAS: Aid Rating 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on January 18, 2013

↑ ^a ^b “Exodus at World Vision Switzerland” , Tages-Anzeiger of May 9, 2012, accessed January 18, 2013

↑ World Vision; Vision and core values. Retrieved July 6, 2010 .

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Applications from non-governmental organizations for consultative status. (PDF; 18 kB) UNIDO , May 2, 2002, accessed on July 2, 2010 .

↑ Christoph Waffenschmidt, Christoph Hilligen: Use of funds in the financial year 2008. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Annual report 2008. World Vision Deutschland e. V., Friedrichsdorf, 2008, p. 7 , archived from the original on July 28, 2010 ; Retrieved January 2, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

^ J. Gordon Melton, 2005: Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Encyclopedia of world religions, Facts on File library of religion and mythology, Infobase Publishing, ISBN 0-8160-5456-8 , ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 . P. 218, p. 588. [(on-line)]; C. Gordon Olson, 2003: What in the World Is God Doing: The Essentials of Global Missions: An Introductory Guide. Global Gospel Publishers, ISBN 0-9624850-5-5 , ISBN 978-0-9624850-5-3 : p. 5.

^ Edward R. Dayton, David Allen Fraser: "Planning strategies for world evangelization" Wm. B. Eerdmans and Mission Advanced Research and Communication Center (World Vision International) (revised edition 1990), p. Xiii ISBN 0-8028-0422- 5 ; SW Haas: "MARC to Make Transition, Retain Its Mission" MARC Newsletter 03-4, World Vision Publications, Nov. 2003 (PDF file; 118 kB)

↑ Our Mission ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , World Vision, accessed October 12, 2010

↑ World Vision International: 2008 Review , page 6 (also online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).

↑ Peter Ehrlich: G8 flaws in development aid: "Every hour 1000 children die of diseases that could be easily avoided." In: Financial Times Germany of June 25, 2010 p. 19 and June 26, 2010, page Politik-International.

↑ point of view. In: Aachener Nachrichten of June 29, 2010, page 2 and June 25, 2010 page 4.

↑ Muskoka initiative: G8 baby urgently needs supplementary food from Germany! Rheinischer Merkur , June 27, 2010, archived from the original on September 6, 2010 ; Retrieved September 6, 2010 . ; News. In: Westfälische Nachrichten of June 29, 2010, page 1.

↑ cf. Kurt Bangert: "The dream of a better world", p. 150.

^ David Stoll: Is Latin America Turning Protestant ?: The Politics of Evangelical Growth. University of California Press, 1990, pp. 268, 282-284, 289.

^ Do no harm approach. In: Glossary. gtz , archived from the original on September 7, 2010 ; Retrieved on September 7, 2010 : “By far the most important rule for development cooperation in crisis situations is the basic rule" Do no harm "popularized by Mary B. Anderson. According to this principle, the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid and development cooperation are to be viewed critically and unwanted aggravation of conflict is to be recognized, avoided and cushioned. It is necessary to review the content and operational aspects of development projects: conflict relevance, conflict risks and actual effects. "

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↑ Members. Retrieved July 2, 2010 .

↑ Cecilia W. Dugger: "CARE Turns Down Federal Funds for Food Aid". New York Times , August 16, 2007, accessed December 10, 2009 . ; Cecilia W. Dugger: Oversight Report Says US Food Aid Practices Are Wasteful. New York Times , April 14, 2007, accessed December 10, 2009 .

↑ Alex Renton: "Special investigation: How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa". The Guardian , May 27, 2007, accessed December 10, 2009 .

^ Rob Crilly: Stars and Stripes aid 'Risks Lives in Pakistan'. In: The Daily Telegraph, October 12, 2010, p. 20.

↑ Legal profession. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe , archived from the original on September 7, 2010 ; Retrieved September 8, 2010 .

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↑ Deutsche Welle: Donations with feeling - World Vision turns 30. Accessed on September 2, 2010 .

↑ cf. Kurt Bangert: “The dream of a better world”, pp. 15-16.

↑ Annette Scheunpflug (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg): Study on advertising for child sponsorships, p. 11, p. 62

^ Swiss television: World Vision - (December 11, 2007): Questionable child sponsorships.

↑ Niklaus Nuspliger: Whoever deserves trust: From dealing with donations. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 30, 2007, archived from the original on August 31, 2010 ; Retrieved on August 31, 2010 : “World Vision Switzerland's communications officer, replies that the sponsors have been informed that their donation will also benefit the family and the entire village community. Zewo is the only certification body in the world that does not accept the World Vision model. The example shows that, in principle, organizations that do not have a seal of approval can earn the trust of donors. "

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Christina Brüning: Disabled protégés. Die Welt, September 18, 2009, accessed January 20, 2010 .

^ Franziska Gruber: Study on female genital mutilation, Terre des femmes eV, on behalf of Feleknas Uca, member of the European Parliament, October 2005, online version on Frauenrechte.de

^ W&V: Campaign against genital mutilation started. dated September 18, 2009.

↑ ^a ^b 2009 Review. (PDF) World Vision International, 2009, p. 7 , archived from the original on September 17, 2010 ; Retrieved September 17, 2010 (English, further details can be found at www.wvi.org/wvi/AR2009 ).

↑ Annual Reviews. (No longer available online.) World Vision International March 30, 2009, archived from the original on February 15, 2009 ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

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↑ Netra Pickler: Workers charged with stealing US aid to Liberia. The Seattle Times, June 4, 2009, accessed December 10, 2009 .

↑ Cynthia Colin: "World Vision statement regarding alleged fraud in Liberia". World Vision USA, June 4, 2009, accessed December 10, 2009 .

↑ BBC News: Liberia aid workers 'stole $ 1m'. A US-based international Christian relief organization says it believes more than 90% of its aid to Liberia went missing in a massive fraud scam. BBC , June 5, 2009, accessed January 5, 2011 (message from 08:44:03 GMT).

[1] www.wvi.org Contact Us ( Memento from February 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[2] "Who We Are" ( Memento from February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[3] WORLD VISION press release: African employee receives Federal Cross of Merit for use in kidnapping. Retrieved January 28, 2011 .