Sponsor a Child

Search for a Child

girl boy

Country Selection

Back to Top

Print Page

E-mail Article

Jesse Eaves

Policy Advisor, Children in Crisis

Expertise:
Child soldiers | Child trafficking | Child labor
N. Uganda recovery (#Kony2012)

Jesse Eaves is the Policy advisor for children in crisis at World Vision in Washington, D.C. The son of missionaries, Jesse spent parts of his childhood in the Philippines and Uganda watching his parents take part in community building projects. After receiving his masters' degree from Northwestern University, Jesse moved to Uganda, where he worked with an organization called Hands In Service based in Soroti, Uganda. He was an assistant project manager for a community development project building a secondary school in the oldest camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.

Eaves then worked as the Operations Manager for Invisible Children in Gulu, Uganda where he worked with war-affected communities to create a school-rebuilding and community empowerment and development program that provided water and sanitation, technology, and improved access to education.

Eaves coordinates the advocacy portfolio for World Vision's many offices around the globe for issues of child protection that include child soldiers, exploitative child labor, child trafficking, and child sexual exploitation. Through his advocacy efforts, Eaves works to educate and empower Americans to take a stand for child protection and attempts to ensure that U.S. policymakers know how they can help to protect vulnerable children around the world.

Jesse Eaves interviewed in March 2012 on Fox News about the Kony2012 phenomenon and World Vision's work in Uganda.

In the media

03/19/2012	CBN (VIDEO): Beyond Kony - Child soldiers widespread in Africa
03/13/2012	Fox News (VIDEO): Kids living in terror
02/23/2012	The White House: Counter-trafficking in persons policy (Start watching at 46:39)
09/14/2011	CNN Freedom Project: Urge U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
09/05/2011	Foreign Policy blog by Josh Robin: Congress strikes back against Obama's child soldiers waivers
06/03/2011	CSPAN: A global perspective on child protection
11/17/2010	CBN: Child Soldier waiver angers human rights groups (Interview with Jesse Eaves)
10/28/2010	New York Times: 4 nations with child soliders, keep U.S. aid
02/01/2010	CBN: Haiti detains missionaries for child trafficking
05/18/2009	Christian Post: Economic crisis pushing more children into forced labor

Blog

Jesse Eaves, World Vision children in crisis policy advisor

Staff blog: Jesse Eaves in SE Asia

Jesse shares about his travels through southeast Asia as he visits World Vision child protection programs, taking a closer look at child exploitation and how it can be prevented.

Media Contacts

Rachel Wolff: News Bureau Sr. Director; 24/7 media hotline; Email Rachel; 253.394.2214 (c)

Laura Blank: International news; Disaster response; Email Laura; 708.872.5265 (c)

Mindy Mizell: U.S. disasters; Local U.S. stories; Email Mindy; 202.355.3690 (c)

John Yeager: Feature stories; Surveys and trends; Email John; 253.815.2356 (o); 425.765.9845 (c)