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World Vision China North/South China Zonal Office

( Non Governmental Organization )

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Activities:	Philanthropy

Type:	Non Governmental Organization

We Speak:	Mandarin, English

Website:	www.worldvision.org.cn

Main Email:	N/A

Phone:	(86) 10 6467 2270

Fax:	(86) 10 6467 2321

Regional office:	Room 2305, Tower D, Ocean International Center No.62 East 4th Ring Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100025 China

Local Time:	Sun Nov 29 02:58:22

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World Vision China - Programme Characteristics

Partnership

In partnership with government counterparts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions and local villagers in our project areas, World Vision helps the poor communities break away from poverty and achieve sustainable development. Thanks to efforts in the past two decades, World Vision has not only won respect from local communities, but also established good relations with government counterparts and other NGOs.

Over the years, World Vision has worked with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Council Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development, ex-China International Centre for Economic & Technical Exchanges, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and other government units at county, prefecture and province levels; for non-government organizations and academic institutes, our partners include the China Charity Federation (CCF), Charity Federations in different areas, Soong Ching Ling Foundation, China Population Welfare Foundation, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Youth College for Politics, etc.

On-site Monitoring

To ensure the quality of our projects and effective use of our funding, all World Vision projects are organized, implemented and monitored by our staff on site. The dedication and integrity of World Vision staff is also the key contributor to the success of our projects.

Community Participation and Sustainable Development

To promote sustainable development of impoverished communities upon the completion of World Vision's projects, World Vision encourages local people to participate in the whole process of development projects, from project design, implementation, monitoring to evaluation. Through participation and capacity building, they are empowered to have better knowledge and skills. As a result, long lasting improvement in their quality of life can be better secured.

World Vision China - History

In 1989, World Vision launched a rural development programme in Yishui County in collaboration with the China International Centre for Economic & Technical Exchanges and the Yishui County Government. The programme helped to improve the water systems and provided training to village doctors to enhance their medical skills.

Established in 1950, World Vision is a child-focused international relief and development organization.

In 1962, Hong Kong was severely hit by Typhoon Wanda. World Vision was responsive to the disaster by its quick delivery of relief goods to the flood victims. The Hong Kong Office was set up afterwards to continue its work.

In 1982, World Vision entered China when it participated in the relief work of the Qinghai flood disaster. With the staunch support from the Central and local governments, World Vision has laid a good foundation in China.

In the 1980s, World Vision launched a health education project in Guangdong and the first rural integrated community development programme in Yishui County of Shandong.

In 1993, the China Ministry Department of World Vision Hong Kong became World Vision China to further its mission of alleviating poverty and realizing development in China.

In the 1990s, besides expanding its relief and rehabilitation programmes in China, World Vision also launched orphans care services, services for children in especially difficult circumstances as well as different poverty alleviation and development programmes.

In addition, since 1997, the Child-focused Area Development Programmes have also been introduced in cooperation with the China Charity Federation.

World Vision's poverty alleviation and development efforts have been widely recognized by all levels of the Chinese government.

In October 2001, the Information Office of the State Council released a White Paper entitled 'The Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Programme for Rural China', in which the contribution of World Vision in poverty alleviation in China was recognized among several international organizations.

In 1991, Graeme Irvine, President of World Vision International visited Beijing and met with Ms. Wu Yi, Vice Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade at that time.

In November 2005, World Vision's Poverty Alleviation and Development Projects in Guangxi won the 'China Charity Award' which was jointly given by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the China Charity Federation.

In September 2006, the Civil Affairs Department of Shaanxi Province and the Shaanxi Charity Federation jointly awarded World Vision's Poverty Alleviation and Development Programmes in Shaanxi the honour of 'Shaanxi Charity Award'.

Above all, World Vision's Shangzhou Project Office also won the titles of 'Advanced Charity Unit' and 'Enthusiastic Advanced Charity Unit 2006' respectively in September and December in the same year.