How donations to World Vision Australia reach communities Our unique organisational structure allows us to deliver relief, advocacy and development programs through World Vision’s network of national offices. End to end management of programs provides us with strong accountability mechanisms, which are crucial for our organisational sustainability.
World Vision offices, coordinating activities such as the transfer of funds from the countries where they are raised to the countries where they are spent. WVI technical experts provide specialty expertise and assistance to World Vision national offices as required, assisting to maintain the quality of World Vision’s programs. 3. Regional offices: These offices coordinate our work across specific continents or regions. World Vision regional offices are located in Nicosia (Middle East and Eastern Europe), Nairobi /Dakar/ Johannesburg ( Africa), Bangkok (Asia and the Pacific) and San Jose (Latin America and the Caribbean). 4. Global Capitals offices: WVI engages in global advocacy activities on behalf of the WVI Partnership, especially with multilateral agencies such as the United Nations. WVI has established liaison offices in Geneva, New York and Brussels to strengthen our presence in the places where the UN and other international institutions are located and where decision making on key humanitarian issues takes place. 5. W VI is funded by contributions from World Vision offices located in Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Australian donors and supporters
Funds donated for overseas programs are placed in term deposits with AA rated banks in Australia before being transferred to World Vision International treasury on a quarterly basis. An amount equivalent to eight weeks operating expenditure is retained in Australian term deposits as a working capital reserve.
Funds transferred to World Vision International treasury are held on behalf of World Vision Australia. World Vision Australia controls the access to funds held by World Vision International on an individual project basis. Interest earned on cash held by World Vision International is retained by World Vision International and may be used by it for charitable purposes as it decides.
World Vision Australia staff work with Indigenous communities and local partners to implement programs in Australia
Indigenous communities in Australia
73.7% ($252.6m)
9.7% ($33.2m)
1.1% ($3.8m)
Mutual accountability for meeting community promise, donor promise and efficient use of resources. Mutual accountability for program design monitoring and evaluation.
World Vision national offices Funds for overseas programs transferred to relevant national office in US dollars upon instruction from World Vision Australia.
How funds were spent in 2012 11.5% ($39.4m)
World Vision Australia
World Vision International
6. A dditional information on the World Vision International Partnership (including key governance arrangements) is provided in the World Vision International Accountability Report available at wvi.org
1.4% (4.8m) 2.6% ($8.8m)
Overseas communities
World Vision Australia staff work with the national office and communities on design, monitoring and evaluation. World Vision national office staff work with communities and local partners to implement programs.
Notes:
Funds to international programs
Domestic programs
Fundraising
Community education
Administration
Program support costs
1. World Vision International (WVI) is incorporated under California law as a not-for-profit corporation with its registered office located in Monrovia, California, USA. WVI sets the high level strategic direction and policies for the WVI Partnership, which World Vision national offices apply in accordance with their local context and within the spirit of the Covenant of Partnership. WVI is also responsible for: 2. Global Centre office: The Global Centre plays an important role in ensuring good governance of Partnership processes including operational audits and the Peer Review. It also performs a treasury function and acts as a service link between
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