Category Archives: Partnerships

What would you do…if you knew?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Larry Short, World Vision media relations in Causes, Partnerships

If you knew, World Vision Blog, Karen James

One of the greatest blessings I’ve ever experienced was the opportunity to travel to Southern Africa with my daughter, Amanda, who was 20 at the time. I had worked with World Vision for almost 15 years in various capacities, mostly related to web and social media communications, and had traveled abroad several times. But this would be my first opportunity to meet our sponsored child, Gracia, in person. The day Amanda and I spent with Gracia — who lives in the southern part of the Congo and was 8 at the time — is forever burned into our memories. Gracia is sweet, funny, and very smart. She lives in the poorest of circumstances, but has great potential to break the...

Bad news… good news

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Kelli Trujillo, REJECT APATHY in Partnerships

Sunday worship at Eglise de Dieu Nouvelle Alliance de Corail church in the Corail camp for Haiti earthquake victims. ©2010 Jon Warren/World Vision

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the first-ever issue of Reject Apathy. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Nuclear disasters. Crazed dictators. War. Sex trafficking. Blood diamonds. Rape. Poverty. Racism. Disease. The stark reality of all the “bad news” in the world can leave you reeling. Like a high school physics equation with a minute amount of force working against a massive, immovable object, at times it can feel impossible to make a significant impact. But consider one more piece of bad news: According to World Vision, 24,000 children die each day around the world from preventable causes. Preventable causes. We may not be able to stop a tsunami, but we can prevent malaria deaths by providing inexpensive mosquito nets. We may not...

One cup at a time

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Partnerships

Christian Kar, CEO of the One Cup Project. Photo courtesy of the One Cup Project.

I first met Christian Kar, CEO of the One Cup Project, back in November at a local church conference. I was there with the World Vision Micro team, and Christian was there with his team. One Cup was a new World Vision corporate partner choosing to use its business to fuel hope in other countries — by making donations from every coffee sale to support our work in Zambia. Together, we were representing the power that donations and personal purchases have on social and economic change in other countries. I’ve met with Christian and his team many times since then. Our work together makes us “business partners,” but our common goal to help others make us friends. I can vouch...

ACT:S to end malaria

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Josh Loveless, senior editor, Relevant Magazine and Neue Magazine in Advocacy, Causes, Partnerships

In Mozambique, children sleep under bed nets to protect themselves from malaria. (Andrea Peer/WV)

Editor’s note: In lieu of World Malaria Day (Monday, April 25th), the following post was written for us by our friends at RELEVANT Magazine. Recently, the RELEVANT staff became aware of a problem. If you watch the news (who does that anymore?), or follow the news feed on Facebook or check in online with the media outlet of your choice, you know the world is in trouble. Our world’s issues have created issues that have created more issues that could lead one to believe the world, in its current state, is not right. How does one respond when the world seems to be on fire? Apathy is our worldview Some have chosen to bury their heads in the sand and...

When commerce and charity share a mission

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Partnerships

Whoever said that fashion can’t make a difference in our world? Surely, if people can wear their hearts on their sleeve, they can definitely wear their cause. I recently chatted with Kevin Murray, CEO of Jedidiah, who talked about the company’s unique ability to artistically connect fashion to social causes so everyone can make a measurable difference in the world. Their collections are available online and in select retailers. *World Vision is the beneficiary of Jedidiah’s Spring and Summer 2011 collections. Tell me about the humanitarian mission behind Jedidiah… Jedidiah’s mission is “to use apparel sales as a vehicle to provide care, support and financial resources to those in need.” We do this by partnering with amazing NGO’s each season....