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Programs instituted under Vision 2020 facilitated the planning, development, and implementation of sustainable national eye care programs, including technical support and advocacy. [21] Vision 2020 was based on a plan published by the WHO in 1999, [22] and subsequently superseded by other global action plans from the WHO. [23]
Approximately one in seven people worldwide live with a disability, which is more than one billion people. [3] Alarmingly, 80% of these people live in low- and middle-income countries. [ 4 ] Recognizing this inequality, CBM strives to address poverty, both as a cause and a consequence of disability, and to create a world where every person has ...
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. [1] Based in Mississauga, Ontario, World Vision Canada is the largest private relief and development agency in Canada. [2]
Pastor Greg Locke does his sermon at the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Sunday, April 3, 2022.
World Vision International is an ecumenical [5] [6] Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea. In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision's objectives. [7]
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The Wilson County Planning Commission on Friday unanimously approved Pastor Greg Locke's site plan for Global Vision Bible Church in hopes of resolving a lawsuit, the latest chapter of an ...
Global Citizen's vision is, upon itself, a world without extreme poverty by 2030. [8] To achieve this, the organization works with people to make a difference in the present, and focuses on improving the future by changing the systems and policies that keep people in poverty, by utilizing education, communications, advocacy, campaigning, and the media.