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Economic Justice: our response

Economic development

Families take control

World Vision sponsorship programmes provide initiatives that strengthen the economic position of their communities.

Vocational training, micro-credit and income generation widen the economic options of families. Women in particular benefit from micro-enterprise schemes, using their hard-won household income to improve the lives of their children.

The majority of poor communities in Asia are dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. New crops, techniques and marketing strategies are helping farmers increase their yields and profits. That means more food for families and greater economic power.

Education key to justice

Wealthy countries take education for granted, but there are still many countries in Asia where education is not free, or where the pressures of poverty mean that children, especially girls, are not at school.

Without education, people are less likely to find well-paid jobs. They may not even have a birth certificate or be enrolled to vote. Their lack of voice or power makes it easy for governments to overlook their needs when making economic decisions.

World Vision provides education through sponsorship, but they also work with governments to encourage them to educate their people.

By training and hiring teachers in World Vision-supported schools, or providing additional places and higher levels of schooling, governments are responding to our call for universal education.

Making Poverty History

To help achieve economic justice, World Vision advocates on a number of key economic issues.

Our Global Economic Issues Group is a network of development specialists who lobby national and international financial institutions, calling for a greater economic commitment to provide children with their rights.

In 2005 we were key players in the Make Poverty History campaign, which called for better trade rules, quicker and deeper debt relief and a more generous provision of overseas development assistance funding.

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