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Who We Are
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization working for the well being of all people, especially children. Through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice, World Vision helps communities help themselves.
Established in 1950 to care for orphans in Asia, World Vision has grown to embrace the larger issues of community development and advocacy for the poor in its mission to help children and their families build sustainable futures. Working on six continents, World Vision is one of the largest Christian relief and development organizations in the world.
The heart of World Vision's work is in helping communities build stronger and healthier relationships. The absence of such relationships impoverishes communities.
World Vision focuses on children because they are the best indicator of a community's social health. When children are fed, sheltered, schooled, protected, valued, and loved a community thrives.
The mission of World Vision United States is to call people to a life-changing commitment to serve the poor in the name of Christ. We serve poor children, families, and communities in nearly 100 countries, assisting all people, regardless of a person’s religion, ethnic background, or gender.
World Vision – New York is a regional office of our parent organization, World Vision. WVNY extends the same compassion to children and communities in the Greater New York region and around the world. For more information, click one of the links below:
 Why New York  WV–NY Info Page
World Vision functions as a partnership of interdependent national offices, overseen by their own boards or advisory councils. A common mission statement and shared core values bind the Partnership. By signing the Covenant of Partnership, each partner agrees to abide by common policies and standards. Partners hold each other accountable through an ongoing system of peer review.
The Partnership Offices, located in Geneva, Bangkok, Nairobi, Vienna, Los Angeles, and San Jose, co-ordinate the strategic operations of the organization and represent World Vision in the international arena. Each national office, regardless of how big its programs are, enjoys equal voice in Partnership governance, erasing the usual distinctions between the developed and developing world.
An international board of directors oversees the World Vision Partnership. The full board, which meets twice a year, appoints the Partnership's senior officers, approves strategic plans and budgets, and determines international policy.
These 24 board members are from 19 different nationalities. The current chairperson of the international board is Dr. Valdir Steuernagel, of Brazil. The international president and chief executive officer is Dr. Dean R. Hirsch.
As much as possible, operational decisions are made at the local or national level. National directors approve more than 90 percent of all projects within previously approved budgets. National boards, comprised of business, church, and social service leaders exercise responsibility for governance at the national level.
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness;
Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
The World Vision Partnership shares a common understanding bound together by six core values. These core values are the fundamental and guiding principles that determine World Vision's actions. The core values are our aim, a challenge that we seek to live and work to.
- We are Christian.
- We are committed to the poor.
- We value people.
- We are stewards.
- We are partners.
- We are responsive.
Almost 80 percent of World Vision's funding comes from private sources, including individuals, corporations and foundations. The remainder comes from governments and multilateral agencies. Aside from cash contributions, World Vision accepts gifts-in-kind (link to product donations), typically food commodities, medicine, and clothing donated through corporations or government agencies.
Approximately half of World Vision's programs are funded through child sponsorship (link to sponsorship). Individuals, families, churches and groups are linked with specific children or specific community projects in their own country or abroad. Sponsors pledge a certain amount each month to the support of these children or projects. Child sponsorship seeks to address the root causes of poverty and suffering so a child can enjoy as full a life as possible.
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