About World Vision

Team Health – Theng Sun Hong, Wong Zhi Xiang, Wong Kin Yuen, Nicholas Tan Li Ren, Ng Bing Ze

About Robert Peirce

0He was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on 19140He was a American Baptist Minister and a relieve

worker0He is best known as the founder of International

Charity Organisation World Vision and Samaritan Purse in 1970

0On a trip to China, he decided to help an abandoned kid. This led him to be deeply affected by poverty and suffering he witness. Hence he started World Vision.

About Robert Peirce

0Pierce was also a filmmaker and during his leadership World Vision used movies, shown mainly for church audiences, as the main marketing tool.0 In particular, movies like "The Red Plague"

or "The Poison of Communism.

History and Impact of World Vision

0Bob Pierce travelled around the United States, preaching and making movies to raise awareness about the poverty he saw in Asia. Child sponsorship program begins in 1953, caring directly for children in orphanages.

Impact Of World VisionThey brought sponsors and donors alongside children and communities in nearly 100 countries. The map below shows World Vision work across issues

Credits

http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/our-historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_PierceWong Kin Yuen Wong Zhi Xiang Theng Sun Hong Ng Bing Ze Nicholas Tan