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1950s
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Starting of World Vision
Dr. Bob Pierce began World Vision to help children orphaned in the Korean War.
To provide long-term, ongoing care for children in crisis, World Vision developed its first child sponsorship program in Korea in 1953. As children began to flourish through sponsorship in Korea, the program expanded into other Asian countries and eventually into Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. -
Global help
World Vision began its global relief efforts in the 1960s, delivering food, clothing and medical supplies to people suffering from disaster.
World Vision began soliciting clothing and other surplus products from corporations to help meet the immediate needs of children and families in emergency situations. These gift-in-kind donations now account for roughly 30 percent of World Vision’s income. -
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1960s
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Period: to
1970s
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Growing of World Vision
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, donations continued to grow, and World Vision was able to reach thousands more children.
At this time, World Vision realized the growing need to work with entire communities to help children and families break free from poverty. World Vision began incorporating vocational and agricultural training for families into its sponsorship efforts, and parents began learning to farm and earn money through small enterprises. -
Famine in Ethiopia
A major benchmark of our growth occurred in the early 1980s when famine struck Ethiopia. The media coverage of the famine created unprecedented awareness of human need, and people throughout the world offered financial resources to the relief efforts. World Vision provided millions of dollars worth of food and medical assistance, saving thousands of lives from the slow, agonizing death of starvation. -
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1980s
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30 Hour Famine Experience
World Vision launched the 30 Hour Famine early in the decade to help young people experience the effects of poverty firsthand and raise funds to make a difference for hungry children around the world. In the U.S. alone, 485,000 youth now raise more than $11 million every year through the Famine. -
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1990s
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The new millennium: 2000 and beyond
When massive tsunamis devastated South Asia in December 2004, World Vision’s 3,700 local staff began responding immediately with life-saving aid. Generous donor gifts are enabling World Vision to help families rebuild their lives over the long-term with new homes, schools, clean water, health care and economic opportunities. -
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2000s
When massive tsunamis devastated South Asia in December 2004, World Vision’s 3,700 local staff began responding immediately with life-saving aid. Generous donor gifts are enabling World Vision to help families rebuild their lives over the long-term with new homes, schools, clean water, health care and economic opportunities.