Advocacy

Advocacy is a critical component of World Vision’s work to tackle the causes of poverty, protect children and promote justice. The only solution to such wrongs is for people to demand an end to such injustice and inequality. World Vision works to empower communities to know and to speak up for their rights at local, national and international levels. In situations where such community-led advocacy is not possible, World Vision takes the voices of those living in poverty to decision-makers with the power to change unjust policies and practices.

World Vision advocates on the local, national, and international levels for expanding and strengthening care for orphans and vulnerable children. As World Vision we work with communities to advocate for the reduction/elimination of gender-based vulnerability to HIV, fight for increased access to care and treatment for people living with HIV and mobilizing resources for expanded HIV and AIDS response.
Development programmes conduct advocacy efforts among social, political and religious leaders and support activities that abolish traditional practices which negatively impact reproductive health. Support is provided to assist individuals who are suffering from complications that occur as a result of harmful traditional practices.

How you can make a difference
You can join World Vision as an advocate by encouraging our elected officials to support laws and policies that help the poor and protect children. By expressing your concern about issues that affect the poor, we can strive, together, for a tremendous impact. It is the mandate of elected officials to listen to the concerns of the people they represent.

As an advocate, you can serve the poor in a very unique way. We can bridge the gap between the poor and those who have the power to help bring them out of poverty.
World Vision’s advocacy initiatives are under four broad categories namely social justice, civil society, advocacy for development and human rights advocacy. Social justice advocacy draws attention to an injustice and promotes the public good. Civil society advocacy seeks to effect charge by working hand-in-hand with those directly affected by the problem. Advocacy for development seeks to shift power away from centralised state institutions to non-state actors, closer to social struggles on the ground. Human Rights Advocacy responds to citizens’ interests in transforming formal human rights into genuine and effective human rights.