World Vision Canada
| Founded | 1957 |
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| Founder | Robert Pierce |
| Type | Non-Government Organization |
| Focus | Helping children, families and communities overcome poverty and injustice. |
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Area served
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90+ countries |
| Method | Transformational Development through emergency relief, community development and policy and advocacy |
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Key people
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Michael Messenger (CEO) |
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Revenue
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CA$442 million (2015) |
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Employees
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483 (2016) |
| Slogan | Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. |
| Website | www.worldvision.ca |
World Vision Canada is "a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice." Based in Mississauga, Ontario, World Vision Canada is the largest private relief and development agency in Canada. It is a part of the World Vision Partnership led by World Vision International.
World Vision was started in 1950 by American missionary Robert Pierce.
While visiting China in 1947, Pierce was invited to speak at a girls' school led by Tena Holkeboer, a missionary with the Reformed Church in America. Pierce encouraged the students to go home and inform their families that they were now Christian. He returned to say goodbye the next day and was met by Holkeboer, who was holding a child. The child had been beaten and abandoned by her family for converting to Christianity. Holkeboer asked Pierce what he was going to do about the child. Pierce gave Holkeboer his last five dollars and promised to send more when he returned home.
This generated the idea of child sponsorship and World Vision.
Canada has been part of the World Vision family since the early days. In 1950, Pierce held the first meetings in Canada to discuss what he had seen and learned in Asia. In 1957, Canada's first World Vision office opened in Toronto.
World Vision Canada works in nearly 100 countries, with a focus on the well-being of children. They work to change the lives of children around the world through child sponsorship. Sponsorship links donors to specific children in one of 49 countries. Sponsors make a commitment to contribute $39 monthly to programs that benefit the child, their family and their community.
World Vision Canada’s programs focus on education, food, clean water, healthcare, economic and community development, child protection and emergency response.
The 30 Hour Famine started in 1971 at Crescent Heights Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta. After the event in Calgary, the 30 Hour Famine spread among youth in the United States, Australia and other parts of the world. By 2015, tens of thousands of young people in 21 countries were involved in the movement.
For 30 hours, groups and individuals volunteer to give something up, such as food, video games or cell phones to raise money or awareness for world hunger.
The No Child for Sale campaign aims to bring awareness to child labour. As of 2016, 168 million children are part of the global work force.
Every year, billions of dollars worth of goods are imported to Canada from countries using child labour. The campaign seeks to encourage Canadians to ask more questions about where their food and clothing comes from, and to demand companies make information about their supply chains transparent.
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