{"id":10970,"date":"2016-12-14T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T22:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?page_id=10970"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T17:09:24","slug":"jeff-wright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-contacts\/jeff-wright","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Jeff holds the M.A. degree in cultural anthropology and is fluent in Vietnamese.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”In The News” tab_id=”1479506603048-f410b87d-86f9″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
01\/11\/2013<\/td>\nHumanosphere: Three years later: Was the massive humanitarian response in Haiti a success?External Link<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
01\/11\/2011<\/td>\nChristian Science Monitor: Haiti earthquake anniversary: the state of global disaster reliefExternal Link<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/23\/2010<\/td>\nChronicle of Philanthropy: Cholera in Haiti: Do aid groups deserve some of the blame?<\/a>\n

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05\/04\/2009<\/td>\nCNN (Anderson Cooper 360): Praying for rain<\/a>\n

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05\/21\/2008<\/td>\nBloomberg: China’s recovery from quake to take 10 years, World Vision says<\/a>\n

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05\/08\/2008<\/td>\nNPR: Burmese junta stifling aid for cyclone victims<\/a>\n

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