Global Citizen Festival

Media contact Holly Frew 202.596.8509 (c)		Latest news 10/05/2012 Announcements at the Global Citizen Festival total more than $1.3 billion in commitments toward ending extreme poverty 10/05/2012 World Vision announces $14.5 million commitment for child and maternal health at the Global Citizen Festival 09/04/2012 Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys to perform Global Festival 2012 on the Great Lawn in Central Park
Global Citizen Festival: World Vision announces $14.5m to reduce child & maternal mortality

In the News

Can a Rock concert change the world? October 4, 2012


Lisa Bos of World Vision weighs in on how a rock concert can be used to create “global citizens,” people who will leave feeling inspired, empowered and emboldened to use their voices to change the world.

Creating a new generation of world-changers September 26, 2012


Adam Taylor, World Vision's Vice President of Advocacy, speaks on the power of using our voices to fight for justice. Right now as world leaders are gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly to make commitments for ending extreme poverty, over 50,000 young people are using their voices on GlobalCitizen.org to take a stand against poverty. 



Pop stars join growing effort to aid the poor August 22, 2012

If there is such a thing as a prodigy in the world of philanthropy, Hugh Evans fits the bill. At 14, after visiting a Manila slum with the Christian humanitarian group World Vision, he returned to his middle-class home outside Melbourne, Australia, and announced to his mother he wanted to dedicate his life to ending extreme poverty.