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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]
After this, they moved to Singapore for the Southeast Asia Congress on Evangelism. '(1967–1969) And then became President of the Christian humanitarian NGO World Vision (1969–1982). [1] [2] In 1982, after the invasion of Lebanon by Israeli forces, Mooneyham led a convoy to the Palestinian refugee camps near Sidon and Tyre. Being appalled by ...
World Vision United States is a member and founding organization of World Vision International. Founded in the United States in 1950, it is an evangelical [1] relief and development organization. It is one of the largest relief and development organizations in the US with a 1.6 billion dollar budget (2007).
World Vision International was founded in 1977 to restructure the World Vision organisation worldwide, and the head of WVA, Graeme Irvine, was among the signers of the Declaration of Internationalization in 1978, which declared a set of objectives for World Vision in its operations throughout the world. In 1988, Graeme Irvine became the first ...
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Non-Governmental Organization and a branch of World Vision International committed to addressing poverty through relief, development, and advocacy programs. It was started in Uganda in 1986 to offer relief, and resettlement packages as well as help reconstruct the districts in central Uganda affected by the ...
In the mid-1970s, a Christian humanitarian aid organization, World Vision International, sued the company over its use of the "Worldvision" name, ultimately resulting in trademark infringement (a similar issue has existed for decades between Burlington Coat Factory and Burlington Industries, both independently and as a brand asset). They ...
In December 1986, he was named president of World Vision International, [1] serving from 1987 to 1998. [2] Seiple served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from 1999 to 2001, and was succeeded by John Hanford.
Educated at Asbury College in Kentucky, Culver began his international career in 1949 as a teacher at the American School in Isle of Pines, Cuba. In 1950, Culver co-founded OC International, a Christian service organization in Asia. From 1958 to 1961, he joined World Vision as Executive Vice President and launched programs in Asia and Latin ...