Strategic partnerships critical in fight against global poverty

At Clinton Global Initiative meeting, partnerships with World Vision, Procter and Gamble, others move communities toward empowerment, self-reliance

NEW YORK, September 22, 2010—World Vision, one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, will join corporate partners Procter and Gamble and Hasbro at meetings of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York today and tomorrow.

The meeting will highlight the need for strategic partnerships in a global effort to reduce poverty in developing countries.

“We are all responsible for reducing poverty,” said David Owens, vice president of corporate development for World Vision’s United States office. “No one can do this alone. We need governments, humanitarian groups, businesses and communities to fight poverty together. This forum is an ideal place to build on that work.”

Kevin Jenkins, World Vision’s International president, and Richard Stearns, the organization’s U.S. president, will both join Owens in attendance at the meeting to announce a commitment of $15 million over three years to develop job opportunities for quake-affected communities in Haiti.

In addition to its work in Haiti, World Vision works in some 100 countries to provide disaster relief and long-term development support to chronically poor communities. In addition, World Vision’s staff advocate to policy makers around the world to address some of the root causes of poverty.

The organization’s work includes:

• Quick response to humanitarian emergencies, usually within 72 hours of a disaster’s onset
• Provide access to water and sanitation facilities, and hygiene education.
• Help communities produce and access enough food to remain healthy, while protecting the environments in which they live
• Help communities access educational opportunities for their children
• Offer opportunities for economic development and job opportunities, and
• Advocate for policies and provide services to
  —Support health interventions for mothers, infants and children
  —Protect children
  —Encourage gender equality, and
  —Fight the spread of diseases like HIV and AIDS, and malaria.

For interviews regarding World Vision’s partnerships and its participation with the Clinton Global Initiative, please contact Amy Parodi at 1.253.709.3190

About World Vision:
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities worldwide to overcome poverty and injustice. To learn more about World Vision’s Child Health Now campaign, see www.childhealthnow.org