World Vision’s history

World Vision Ireland has been active since 1983 and is headed by an Irish Board of directors and is supported by 15 staff members. We are a registered Irish charity (Number 6434) with audited accounts lodged in the Company’s Office to be viewed by the general public.

We are part of World Vision International, one of the leading development and humanitarian organisations founded over 50 years ago by Dr. Bob Pierce, a Christian Minister who was preaching in China. He was struck by the families living in extreme poverty and decided to send money to a little girl whose widowed mother could not afford to send her to school. The concept of child sponsorship was born.

Inspired by Christian values, World Vision Ireland is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender. We believe the best way to help and bring about lasting change is through tackling the causes of poverty – not just dealing with the effects of poverty.

Our mission

Our goal is to promote justice through long-term commitment to community based holistic development and delivery of emergency relief to assist people affected by conflict or disaster.
We are a Christian development and humanitarian relief agency dedicated to sharing resources and developing partnerships with the absolute poor - irrespective of creed, colour, gender or race by:

• Facilitating sustainable holistic community development
• Raising resources to support impoverished children, families and communities 
• Providing emergency relief in response to human suffering 
• Seeking justice for the oppressed 
• Helping people understand and respond to global issues 
• Learning and serving as we work alongside others

Our values

World Vision has six core values, which guide and determine its actions. The core values are our aim, a challenge that we seek to live and work to.

• We are Christian 
• We are committed to the poor 
• We value people 
• We are stewards 
• We are partners 
• We are responsive

Our vision

Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.