Sponsor a Child

Search for a Child

Latest research and publications


Media contacts

Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz
202.572.6302 (o)
202.246.2432 (c)

Cynthia Colin
202.572.6595 (o)
202.436.1266 (c)


World Vision is a leader in advocating for justice and finding solutions to issues of global poverty, child rights and peace and conflict. Contact us for the latest research, as well as background information, story ideas, expert interviews, photos, b-roll and other resources on today's global issues.

Malaria

>Expanding the Net: How community initiatives and local participation improve the effectiveness of malaria control efforts
PDF, 171 KB, 14 pgs, April 2009

Back to top

The Global AIDS crisis

>AIDS Attitude Survey
Executive summary and full report, December 2007
>G8: Keep Your Promise on Global AIDS, Act Now
PDF, 579 KB, 9 pgs, March 2007
>Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa: Averting the Long-Term Consequences of a Growing Cohort
PDF, 189 KB, 6 pgs, November 2006

>How Communities Are Coping with the Impact of HIV and AIDS on Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
PDF, 7 pgs, 123.1 KB, 2005
>Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge About HIV Prevention for Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
PDF, 7 pgs, 110.8 KB, 2005

Back to top

Disaster response

>Climate Change Series: Disaster Risk Reduction
PDF 32 pgs, 6.29 MB, September 2009
>Disaster Risk Reduction report
PDF, 40 pgs, 1.4 MB, June 2009
>Planet Prepare: Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia for Future Catastrophes
Executive summary (PDF, 2 pgs, 553 KB, September 2008)
>Briefing Paper: Water Crisis After the Cyclone in Myanmar
PDF, 2 pgs, 351 KB, May 2008
>Conflict Sensitivity in Emergencies
PDF, 56 pgs, 1822 KB, December 2007
>Asia Tsunami Response -- Final Report
December 2007
>Trapped! The Disappearing Hopes of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 714.23 KB, 19 pgs, June 2007
>Trapped! Unlocking the Future of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 388.72 KB, 8 pgs, April 2007

Back to top

Global health


>Global Health Brief: Putting Children at the Center of Health Care
PDF, 323 KB, 12 pgs, May 2009
>Who's Counting? The Cost of Inaction on Child Health
PDF, 501 KB, 16 pgs, May 2009
>Why the G8 Matters to Children
PDF, 426 KB, 12 pgs, May 2009

Back to top

Child protection

>


>
10 Things You Should Know About Human Trafficking
PDF, 2373 KB, 52 pgs, June 2009

Briefing Paper: Child Protection in Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
PDF, 782 KB, 4 pgs, May 2008
>Sex, Sun and Heritage: Tourism Threats and Opportunities in South East Asia
PDF, 1.02 MB, 72 pgs, December 2007
>Chile: Children Who Work in the Mountians
Part of World Vision's eries on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 1.04 MB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>Colombia: Children Who Sell in the Streets
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 752.79 KB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>Bolivia: Children Who Work in Tin Mines
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 311.68 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>Brazil: Children Who Work in the Market
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 399.61 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>Their Future in Out Hands: Children Displaced by Conflicts in Africa's Great Lakes Region
PDF, 2.64 MB, 49 pgs, December 2006
>“As if They Were Watching My Body": Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Toward Sex and the Sexual Behavior Among Cambodian Youth
PDF, 741 KB, 110 pgs, May 2006
>How and Why We Work: Child Workers in the Informal Economy In Phnom Penh and Battambang
PDF, 912 KB, 57 pgs, September 2005

Back to top

Women and girls

>Before she's ready: Fifteen places girls marry by 15
PDF, 4.63 MB, 35 pgs, September 2008
>Hope for the Girl Child
PDF, 867 KB, 52 pgs, February 2007
>Creating an Enabling Environment for the Advancement of Women and Girls
PDF, 338 KB, 28 pgs, March 2006

Back to top

Peace and conflict


>'Why did you let me get hurt?' Conflict and siege threaten Gaza's young minds
PDF, 21.2MB, 18 pgs, April 2009
>Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda
From the Journal of the American Medical Association. World Vision was a collaborating partner in one of the studies.
August 2007
>Reluctant Hosts – The Impact of the Lord’s Resistance Army on Communities in Western Equatoria
PDF, 4.72 MB, 60 pgs, June 2007
>A Shared Future: Local Capacities for Peace in Community Development
PDF, 2,856 KB, 159 pgs, April 2006
>Small Feet, Deep Prints: Young People Build Peace with World Vision East Africa
PDF, 1,194 KB, 86 pgs, June 2005
>Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition -- Complete Report
PDF, 8,234 KB, 62 pgs, 2005
>Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition -- Report Summary
PDF, 5,571 KB, 5 pgs, 2005

Back to top

Poverty reduction

>Afghanistan donor conference statement
A Comprehensive Approach to Development in Afghanistan—March 2009
>G8 and the Food Crisis
PDF, 200 KB, 2 pgs, May 2008
>A Matter of Life of Death How 18 million children are relying on the G8 to keep its promises
PDF, 946 KB, 13 pgs, May 2008
>Make Their Poverty History
PDF, 297 KB, 20 pgs, June 2005
>Poverty Reduction: Are the Strategies Working?
PDF, 500 KB, 70 pgs, June 2005

Back to top

Additional resources

> Global Future: A World Vision journal of human development

> World Vision congressional testimonies


Media Contacts

Steve Panton
Executive Director
202.492.6556 (c)
John Yeager
Sr. News Director
More media contacts
253.815.2356 (o)
425.765.9845 (c)
Rachel Wolff
International News
Disaster Response
More media contacts
253.394.2214 (c)
Karen Kartes
Stories in the U.S.
Corporate Partnerships
More media contacts
253.815.2163 (o)
206.351.4315 (c)
Cynthia Colin
Corporate Communications
"Experience: AIDS" Tour
More media contacts
202.572.6595 (o)
202.436.1266 (c)
Dean Owen
Executive Communications
More media contacts
253.815.2103 (o)
253.906.8645 (c)


Newsletter Sign-Up

World Vision
Phone: 1-888-511-6548
P.O. Box 9716
Federal,WA 98063-9716
© 2009 World Vision Inc.