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Education Above All & World Vision

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:46:46 GMT

In partnership with The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation’s Educate A Child program, World Vision launched the Empowering Vulnerable Children with Education (EVE) project in 2022 with support from the Forum for African Women Educationalists in Zambia (FAWEZA). The project focuses on supporting 7,000 children at-risk of dropout in schools in the Namwala district by addressing barriers to education and helping ensure an enabling environment for learning.

The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation is a global foundation established in 2012. EAA aims to transform lives through education. EAA believes that education is the single most effective means of reducing poverty, creating peaceful and just societies, unlocking the full potential of every child and youth, and creating the right conditions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through their multi-sectoral approach, unique financing models, focus on innovation as a tool for social good, and partnerships, they aim to bring hope and real opportunities to the lives of impoverished and marginalized boys and girls.

Learn more: https://www.educationaboveall.org/

Rotary's $6M Initiative to Combat Malaria in Zambia with Key Partners

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:41:30 GMT

In January 2020, The Rotary Foundation launched its first Programs of Scale grant competition to fund Rotary member–led, evidence-based programs with demonstrated success in bringing about change. The Foundation received 70 proposals, and in March 2021, the Rotary trustees awarded the Programs of Scale grant to Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia. Those partners supporting the malaria elimination program in Zambia include The Rotary Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and World Vision: organizations that have built a shared trust and a joint vision over years of collaborative work. Rotary’s $2 million grant has been matched by both World Vision and the Gates Foundation for a total of $6 million, to be implemented in Zambia by Rotary members, World Vision staff, the Zambian government’s National Malaria Elimination Centre, PATH MACEPA, and other partners. The ambitious yet achievable project is sure to make a significant impact in curtailing malaria in Zambia. Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia aims to help reduce malaria cases over time by 90% in 10 of the most highly affected districts in Central and Muchinga provinces. In Rotary’s words, “The grant will allow Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia to strengthen the country’s health system by working with Zambian health officials at all levels and training 380 health facility staff members, as well as training and equipping more than 2,500 new community health workers. This will increase access to malaria diagnosis and treatment for the more than 1.3 million people in heavily affected areas … and greatly contribute to the national effort to eliminate the deadly disease.”

The Gates Foundation, Rotary International, and World Vision came together to identify where they would be most strongly positioned to make an impact. “This proposal stood out in particular because of the idea that we could come together and apply the strengths of each organization to make a positive change,” explains Sarah Crawford, assistant director for Rotary’s Programs of Scale. All three partners have existing work in Zambia, and Rotary has collaborated with World Vision on Rotary member global grant projects for over 15 years. Zambia’s National Malaria Elimination Strategy—combined with these partner organizations’ capabilities—provides a strong foundation for the project’s success: The Zambian government has committed resources toward eliminating malaria, and both World Vision and Rotary members have invested decades of work building community networks and infrastructure to help strengthen the country’s health system.

The Gates Foundation has also invested significant funds in Zambia through their malaria eradication strategy, which emphasizes the importance of subnational solutions tailored to each region’s needs and capacities. For these reasons and others, the model implemented by the Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia program could serve as an example for global efforts to eliminate malaria. “The comparative strengths of each organization are what make this partnership so important,” says Abigail Pratt, a program officer on the Gates Foundation malaria team. She cites “the technical expertise that Gates partners provide in country, the scale and implementation expertise of World Vision, and the advocacy and influence that Rotary members can mobilize within communities” as important individual strengths. “It’s made for a very coordinated effort that’s been woven together over the last year,” she says, adding, “It’s a prime opportunity to see Rotary members and World Vision working together to tackle really challenging problems.”

The multi-stakeholder approach to an effort this large highlights the three organizations’ shared respect, trust, and commitment to empowering communities worldwide to fight poverty and its effects. At its heart, the Programs of Scale grant is about empowering Rotary members to work with partners and local communities to make a lasting impact. Like World Vision, both Rotary and the Gates Foundation are committed to working in a way that amplifies community members’ own voices and work. The partners saw an opportunity to do that empowering work in Zambia, while learning valuable lessons from each other about method, measurement, and impact as they work to strengthen national and local health systems for sustainability. One year into the first Programs of Scale grant, Rotary, the Gates Foundation, and World Vision are eager to maximize their respective strengths and areas of growth as they continue partnering and learning from each other.

In Rotary CEO John Hewko’s words, “Like our longstanding polio eradication effort, the partnership in Zambia today is not only a blueprint for transformative public health projects; it also offers a long-term vision of the collaboration we need to address hard and systemic problems in a post-COVID world. These problems require great boldness to tackle, but also the humble admission that we cannot tackle them alone, and that we must identify proven methods to catalyze sustainable change.”

QTS Data Centers: Leading ESG Initiatives with Clean Water Projects

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:33:02 GMT

As a leading provider of hybrid colocation and mega scale data center solutions, QTS Data Centers has also become a leader in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in the data industry. For a business dependent on energy and water, QTS understood their impact on the environment and knew they wanted to partner with philanthropies that give back. Values that support family, faith, and community drive the company, and they’re committed to delivering their services in a way that improves the lives of their employees, customers, and community members “while taking equal care of the environment and natural resources we all share.” After establishing “Grow with QTS” and partnering with a forestry nonprofit, QTS developed the HumanKind initiative, partnering with World Vision to equip people in developing countries with clean water for the life of every customer’s contract, at no cost to the customer. For large, multi-megawatt customers, QTS funds a sustainable clean water source, such as a well or water point, in a developing country of their customer’s choice, equipping an entire community with lasting access to clean water. For every 100kW contracted through QTS, they donate enough to World Vision to equip three people in need with lasting access to clean water. As well, some of QTS’s largest contracts last five to 15 years or longer, so they can assure their customers that the impact through the World Vision partnership will be significant.

In December 2020, QTS funded their first water point on behalf of a customer in a community in Kenya, and they have four more in progress. “It means so much to see the report of the impact now that the water point is done,” says Megan Hofmeyer, QTS director of strategic marketing. “It’s so exciting to share updates with the customer, and they were so happy to see what this partnership had done for a community in need.” To date, over 6,800 people in communities around the world have been equipped with access to life-changing clean water thanks to this partnership. QTS was also a corporate sponsor for World Vision’s 2021 Global 6K for Water®, an event that nearly 30 QTS employees across the U.S. also participated in—helping equip nearly 100 more people with clean water through fundraising and registration fees. Hofmeyer describes the company as “an extremely charity-minded organization,” where individuals and teams are encouraged to spend their time on giving back to their local communities and global efforts: “We’re always looking for ways to give back corporately and individually.” “We want our partnerships to be meaningful and measurable,” continues Hofmeyer, “so to be able to write up the impact of our partnership with World Vision and share with customers how they’re helping make a difference is important. With this partnership, we’re really showing that there’s an ongoing effort in our commitment to ESG.”

Essendant & World Vision

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:17:29 GMT

Since 1995, Essendant has partnered with World Vision to provide a wide variety of needed items, including everything from office and school supplies to cleaning products, medical supplies, and hand tools.

Product donations from Essendant impact just about every focus area of World Vision’s community development programs, such as education, healthcare, disaster relief, and economic development.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit close to home for the employees of Lagasse, one of the Essendant companies headquartered in New Orleans. Through its relationship with World Vision, the Essendant family of companies and charitable trust took action to support relief efforts in the region.

In the years after Katrina, they have supported nearly every disaster relief response effort with product donations, volunteerism, fundraising, and grants.

Essendant has a strong culture of stewardship, with a goal of being “a purpose-driven company that strives for more than just business success.” Whether related to a specific issue, such as disaster response, or to the general well-being of others, the company encourages its associates to take action and make a positive impact on the communities where they work and live.

Each year, Essendant sponsors representatives from the company to visit World Vision’s work around the world. Through this initiative, their employees from across the United States have witnessed the need and impact of their company’s outreach in Nicaragua, Zambia, and Rwanda — a once-in-a-lifetime experience that is helping shape their corporate culture from the inside out.

P&G and World Vision: Saving lives through clean water

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 04:55:07 GMT

Clean drinking water has the power to transform lives — helping more children stay in school, families stay healthy, and communities grow. For over 20 years, and together with longstanding partners like World Vision, the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program has brought the life-changing impact of clean water to vulnerable communities around the world, including during disasters and humanitarian crises.

What began in 2007 as a small-scale project in rural Malawi has developed into a dynamic, strategic partnership. P&G and World Vision have worked together to deliver access to clean water in 34 countries through the P&G Purifier of Water packets — a low-cost, easy-to-implement technology that cleanses water of life-threatening contaminants.

“Let me say how grateful I am to both P&G, one of the greatest companies in the world in terms of its responsibilities to society…and to World Vision, one of the great treasures of NGOs…The fact that they’re doing this together means a lot to me.”

—President Bill Clinton

As one of the leading partners of the P&G CSDW Program, World Vision uses the P&G Purifier of Water packets as an immediate solution to the critical need for clean water as it scales up long-term water solutions, providing water to people living in conflict zones, disaster areas, and communities where sustainable water interventions are not yet available. Together, World Vision and P&G have reached millions of people, providing a lifeline to those most in need.

The P&G CSDW Program has provided over 25 billion liters of clean water to children and families in need around the Image: As the program has accelerated, so has public awareness. In 2013, President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton visited P&G and World Vision’s clean water projects in Myanmar and Rwanda to celebrate the 6 billionth liter of water provided since P&G launched the program.

Henry Schein Cares & World Vision

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 04:28:07 GMT

Founded 90 years ago, Henry Schein is an international solutions company for healthcare professionals, particularly dental and medical offices. Henry Schein Cares, the company’s global corporate social responsibility program, discovered World Vision through their work with Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD), a global collaboration that promotes sustainable access to quality healthcare in underserved communities and populations in crisis. World Vision has been a grant recipient of Henry Schein Cares’ Global Product Donation Program (GPDP) since 2014, receiving more than $6.1 million worth of donated product like toothbrushes to distribute to children and families in need. GPDP provides a broad selection of healthcare products and supplies to community medical or dental organizations on a two-year cycle. Along with helping people in need, it also helps advance the company’s role in the circular economy by keeping thousands of tons of imperfectly packaged productsout of landfills.

Advancing health equity is one of Henry Schein Cares’ key pillars, so access to care for underserved populations and disaster preparedness and response are their focus areas in partnering with World Vision. It’s a partnership that “helps health happen” to support wellness and prevention education for communities as well as ensuring the swift availability of life-saving supplies for healthcare professionals responding to disasters.

“We believe that regardless of where someone is born, their social or economic situation, or the color of their skin, all people should have access to quality, affordable healthcare. Particularly in times of disaster, we know that vulnerable populations and communities are especially affected, and we appreciate the emergency relief support World Vision provides,” says Jennifer Kim Field, Henry Schein’s vice president of corporate social responsibility.

In 2021 Henry Schein Cares donated over $460,000 worth of product to World Vision. Depending on the needs, World Vision determines where best to use the donated product, and the majority of the support goes toward World Vision’s U.S. programs or global emergency response efforts. “We do not step into nonprofit partnerships lightly, because we want to bring longevity to our partnership to achieve mutual goals that are deep and sustained over time,” says Field. “World Vision has exceeded our expectations as a partner in their expertise in working with underserved communities, responding to disasters, and managing product donations.”

World Vision’s global scale and strong infrastructure are also important to Henry Schein Cares, since these ensure that care and relief are delivered quickly and directly to people in need. “Particularly given the impacts of COVID-19 and the additional burden on vulnerable communities in times of disaster,” says Field, “we look forward to working more closely with World Vision to ensure everyone who needs help is able to receive it, and that equity is a key piece of our partnership.”

Baxter International Foundation & World Vision

World Vision Staff — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:43 GMT

Baxter, a global medtech leader, on mission for more than 90 years to save and sustain lives, has worked with World Vision since 2015 through the Baxter International Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm. Their initial grant in 2015 supported an mHealth project to increase access to healthcare for women and children under 2 in Bangalore, India. The project was extended for multiple years to build healthcare worker capacity and reach additional women and children with critically needed health services. Since then, the the Baxter International Foundation has supported numerous emergency responses—such as funding recovery efforts following 2017 landslides in Mocoa, Colombia—and volunteered to build kits for World Vision programs. The Baxter International Foundation has also supported World Vision’s global COVID-19 response since the beginning of the pandemic, and in 2021, gave an additional $100,000 grant for the response in Brazil specifically, toward preventive work including community vaccine awareness; strengthened health systems; and support for children through education, child protection, food security, and livelihoods.

FILLED WITH PURPOSE: A luxury bag brand giving back from the beginning | World Vision

Julia — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:08:31 GMT

What do golf bags and backpacks for kids in sub-Saharan Africa have in common? They’re both items Vessel Bags makes on their mission for excellence. Since its start, the company has pursued quality craftsmanship in its luxury goods brand along with significant social impact. With its “Buy a Bag, Give a Bag” program, Vessel has donated over 60,000 backpacks to kids in need around the world. “Since day one, I wanted this company to give back,” co-founder and CEO Ron Shaw explains. Their model stays simple: Every bag sold equals a backpack donated to a child in need.

Shaw remembers asking his dad, also a maker of golf bags, what the number one purpose of his company was. The answer: profitability. But something about this didn’t sit right with the younger Shaw. So when he set out to create his own line of high-quality golf bags—eventually expanding the brand with intentionally designed travel and tennis products—Shaw knew he’d make products that were filled with a different purpose. “There’s a reason we are profitable and it’s for more than ourselves. Why not give back,” he says, and “have that purpose be the reason behind the company?”

After donating backpacks to assemble World Vision Promise Packs in 2013, Vessel was all-in with World Vision. “Knowing we can give bags to an organization like World Vision who knows how to distribute the backpacks— it’s great to know that our bags go wherever they’re most needed,” says Shaw. In 2019, Vessel Bags donated 11,500 backpacks that were used to build Promise Packs for Niger, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and Afghanistan. The company also donated 600 backpacks and assembled them into SchoolTools packs at their corporate office. Vessel’s staff distributed some of those Promise Packs— assembled with their own backpacks—to an elementary school in southern California, near their office, where over 80% of students receive meal assistance. “The smiles and the excitement on [the kids’] faces were definitely unforgettable,” says Shaw. “My goal is that World Vision never has to worry about backpacks again.”

Protecting your brand, delivering real impact: How World Vision handles product donations responsibly | World Vision

World Vision Writer — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:05:34 GMT

When disasters strike, the right goods at the right time can change everything.

A product donation, also known as a gift-in-kind (GIK), is a contribution of physical goods — anything from hygiene kits to apparel, medical supplies to educational materials, shelf-stable food, and more. For businesses, these GIK donations can include excess or returned merchandise, repackaged inventory, discontinued stock keeping units (SKUs), or imported goods disrupted by tariffs.

Each month, World Vision receives and processes over 300 full truckloads of donated goods —well over 100,000 pallets each year. With every shipment, we provide the scale and infrastructure companies rely on — and the stewardship and accountability vulnerable communities deserve.

In the U.S., our work is anchored by a network of over 3,000 trusted churches, schools, and nonprofit partners; many of which have deep, long-lasting ties in their communities. These partners help us identify needs, deliver donations with dignity, and ensure donations support — not disrupt — local efforts.

When fires broke out across the Los Angeles area in January 2025, World Vision’s U.S. Programs team quickly dispatched 40 truckloads of emergency supplies to church and community partners, helping them support families impacted by the disaster. (© 2025 World Vision/photo by Amy Van Drunen)

The role of product donations in crisis and recovery
From the first days of a disaster to the long road of rebuilding, product donations help meet urgent needs and restore stability for families.

In emergencies, pre-positioned goods are often the fastest way to respond and meet the needs of a crisis, and we have strategically located stocked warehouses around the globe. When disasters hit in the U.S. or around the world, World Vision is able to respond within 24 to 72 hours with essential goods like hygiene kits, emergency food, and essential household items. In the weeks that follow, as families rebuild their lives, donated school supplies, clothing, toys, and building materials can help restore a sense of normalcy.

Beyond immediate disaster relief, product donations help families meet needs without financial strain. When essential needs are met and families begin to rebuild their lives, donated products like building supplies enable families to use their resources toward things like education or healthcare.

Stewardship you can see through tracking — from loading dock to local distribution
Every donated item that enters World Vision’s network is registered, logged, and tracked. We steward every donation with full transparency and traceability. Our logistics and warehouse management system allows us to carefully monitor:

Intake: Register products, barcode (when needed), and log, with full documentation for taxes, compliance, and tracking.
Vetting: Match each item with high-priority programs or vetted partners. Nothing moves until its use aligns with our ethical and strategic standards.
Storage & logistics: Goods are stored in secure facilities and tracked by pallet, including racking location and distribution date. Shipments are dispatched via controlled systems.
Deployment: Partners confirm receipt, often with photographic or GPS-verified delivery. This end-to-end system ensures transparency, reduces loss, and protects donor trust.

World Vision’s superior logistics provides donors with transparency, protects against misuse, and enables rapid response in a rare case of a product recall, all while maintaining a greater than 99.5% accuracy rate.

Recall-ready and risk-aware
If a donated product is recalled due to a safety or quality concerns, World Vision acts fast. Our logistics team works with the donor to identify and locate affected inventory, notify partners, and either retrieve or destroy items based on donor and regulatory guidance.

Our recall preparedness safeguards communities — and protects your brand from reputational and regulatory risk.

Brand protection and legal peace of mind
World Vision understands what’s at stake when your brand is associated with a donated item. That’s why every GIK is governed by a legal agreement that includes donor indemnification — protecting your company from liability once goods leave your care.

Under this agreement:

You are not legally liable if a product is later implicated in a claim or issue.
World Vision assumes full responsibility for how donated goods are handled, stored, distributed, and used.

These protections shield your company from potential lawsuits, reputational harm, or regulatory complications, and they are designed to align with compliance and risk mitigation.

When you give through World Vision, you’re not just handing off inventory. You’re partnering with an organization that values integrity, stewardship, and long-term trust — just like you.

Zero tolerance for resale
World Vision maintains a strict “do not sell” policy for all donated goods. We prohibit resale, barter, or unauthorized distribution — with a zero-tolerance standard communicated clearly to all implementing partners.

To enforce this, we conduct:

Mandatory partner orientations on donation use and brand protection
Monthly reporting with examples of how goods are used
Regular site visits to ensure compliance

By upholding these standards, we protect your brand and honor the intent behind your donation by ensuring that your generosity leads to dignity, not distortion.

No dumping. No market disruption. No dependency.
Even well-intentioned donations can cause harm without careful thought. It’s a lesson the global aid sector has learned the hard way — donated clothing flooding informal markets, irrelevant goods piling up in warehouses, and aid shipments overwhelming already fragile systems.

World Vision avoids these pitfalls by putting community needs first. We don’t push product into programs. We pull only what is requested, based on:

Local market assessments
Ongoing partner feedback
Cultural, seasonal, and contextual fit

That’s why we don’t just send what we receive. We receive what we know we can distribute responsibly.

Donations as a strategic asset
Your surplus products aren’t waste. They’re assets with purpose — if handled correctly. With World Vision, your product is handled with the same level of care, compliance, and communication you expect in your own supply chain. The reality is, when goods are handled irresponsibly, risks do exist — from reputational fallout and legal exposure to unintended harm in vulnerable communities. We mitigate those risks with:

Pre-vetted distribution partners
Usage reports and delivery evidence
Brand protection as if your name were our own

With over 75 years of humanitarian experience and a presence in nearly 100 countries, World Vision has a proven infrastructure to move products quickly, safely, and strategically.

When you donate through World Vision, you’re investing in the dignity, recovery, and resilience of vulnerable communities — without compromising your operational integrity or brand reputation. It’s impact you can trust with safeguards you can count on.

Qurate Retail Group and World Vision: 10 Years of Impact

World Vision Staff — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:13:39 GMT

How the Qurate Retail Group and World Vision partnership has created a chain reaction of impact in the last 10 years.

In the world of retail, the emphasis is often on transactions—the act of buying and selling. But what if the retail business could be something more? What if, while meeting consumer demand for quality products and generating profit, a company could have a ripple effect, helping children and families in need? This question has been at the heart of Qurate Retail Group’s (QRG) decade-long partnership with World Vision.

It began, as many initiatives do, with a small team and a big idea. Ten years ago, two QRG employees found themselves grappling with a dual challenge: improving warehouse efficiency and contributing meaningfully to the community. It was a practical problem, yet it also held the potential to create a chain reaction of impact. The solution they found was both practical and impactful—partnering with World Vision to repurpose surplus goods, extending product life cycle while helping vulnerable children and families.

Qurate Retail Group is a leading global retailer known for its multimedia commerce platforms, which include television networks, digital streaming services, and e-commerce websites. The company operates well-known brands such as QVC, HSN, and several others, reaching millions of customers worldwide. QRG is recognized for its innovative shopping experiences, blending entertainment with retail, and offering a wide range of products including fashion, home goods, electronics, and beauty items.

But they also take seriously a commitment to a more sustainable approach to retail that is intentionally inclusive, entrepreneurially driven, responsibly curated, and waste-smart. “We’re committed to giving back to the communities we serve,” reflects Suzanne Quigley, director of global corporate responsibility at Qurate Retail Group. “We do this through corporate philanthropy, product donations, team member giving, and volunteerism.”

Over the past decade, what started as a modest partnership with World Vision has grown into a powerful program for good. To date, Qurate Retail Group has donated 30,000 pallets of product, valued at $60 million, through World Vision. These donations have reached hundreds of thousands of people across 35 countries, helping communities in need with resources like clothing and household items. In the United States alone, QRG’s donations have touched lives in 29 states, offering hope and support to those who need it most.

But the impact of this partnership extends beyond the immediate benefits of the donated goods. It’s about more than just the number of pallets shipped or the dollar value of the products—though those numbers are impressive. It’s about the ripple effect that these donations create, the way they uplift communities and inspire further acts of generosity.

“Our entire team is extremely proud of our partnership with World Vision,” Suzanne says. “And we’re inspired to keep up the momentum of being a force for good in the world. Through our dedicated focus on community and social impact, our Global Impact team seeks to embed inclusion, sustainability, and social responsibility into all aspects of our business. Our partnership with World Vision is a perfect example of this commitment in action.”

In 2023 alone, World Vision distributed 4,262 pallets of QRG product to communities in need. This effort is just one facet of a broader strategy to use business as a catalyst for change. In addition to product donations, QRG also provided a monetary donation to World Vision’s Women’s Empowerment Fund. This initiative helps women overcome poverty and income inequality. It’s a way to equip women with the resources and support they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.

“Supporting these impactful programs helps fuel economic growth and empowerment on a global scale,” Suzanne explains. “It’s about creating opportunities and opening doors for those who might otherwise be left behind.”

Indeed, the Women’s Empowerment Fund is a powerful example of how targeted, strategic philanthropy can drive long-term change. By investing in women, who are often the backbone of their communities, QRG and World Vision are helping create a more equitable world—one where everyone has the chance to thrive. Qurate Retail Group has already contributed over $148 million to worthy causes since 2020. Even in the fast-paced retail industry, there’s room for a deep commitment to the greater good. And in a world where the challenges from poverty and inequality can feel insurmountable, the partnership between QRG and World Vision offers an open door of possibilities. It’s proof that when business and philanthropy come together with a shared vision, the impact can be truly transformative.