About Us

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian aid, development and advocacy organisation, working to end extreme poverty and injustice – one child, one family, one community at a time.

Fueled by our faith, we believe in every child's dignity. We believe that each person is created in the image of God, and that we share a collective responsibility to build a sustainable and fair future for all.

Born of a moment of compassion, we are now a global movement of donors, community members, and leaders, working with partners of all faiths or none to care for the world’s most vulnerable children. We refuse to accept poverty and injustice as the end of the story.

The issues we tackle are complex, and so is our work. We respond to the world’s most urgent needs, confronting root causes with an unshakable faith that refuses to give up on children.

We call this Bold Hope.

  • It persists, even in the world’s most dangerous places.
  • It sustains, even in desperate circumstances.
  • It pursues, even in the toughest places to be a child.
  • It remembers, even if the world seems to have forgotten.

Because every child deserves a full life, free from fear. No matter where they live.

Our Mission Statement

World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Together, we step up to support, protect and provide. And we won’t back down. Because we see children for who they are: unconditionally loved and deserving of a future. Together, we ignite worldwide momentum, making lasting change for children everywhere.

Our Vision

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


Our Core Values

We have identified six core values at the centre of World Vision's work. These are the fundamental principles of our commitment to each other and to the poor.


Beginning with Five Dollars

While on a trip to China in 1947, a young American reporter, Dr Bob Pierce, met Tena Hoelkedoer, a female missionary in Xiamen. She arranged for him to talk to some children there. On the last day, she brought with her a poor girl named Baiyu (meaning white jade). After hearing Pierce’s words, Baiyu told her father that she wanted to go to school. However, she was scolded, beaten and thrown out of her family.


Pierce wanted to help this precious soul, so he gave Ms Tena all that he had which was just five dollars. Ms Tena used it to buy food and clothes for Baiyu and send her to school. She asked Pierce to send the same amount each month after returning home so that she could continue to look after Baiyu.


Prototype of Child Sponsorship

This encounter marked the turning point in Pierce’s life. In 1950, he founded World Vision, with the aim of helping poverty-stricken children around the world. That five dollars set the prototype of the Child Sponsorship Programme. The first Child Sponsorship Programme began a few years later in response to the needs of hundreds of thousands of orphans at the end of the Korean War in 1953. It was later extended to other Asian countries, and places such as Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Today, monthly contributions from child sponsors enable World Vision to provide impoverished children and their communities with access to clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, education, and economic opportunities, enabling them to become self-reliant. World Vision is a living tribute to Pierce’s work.


World Vision Hong Kong

In 1962, Typhoon Wanda hit Hong Kong severely. World Vision distributed relief supplies in Hong Kong, and later set up its first field office in the territory. With the economic recovery in Hong Kong, World Vision Hong Kong turned itself into a fundraising office in 1982, supporting the relief and development work of World Vision offices worldwide. World Vision Hong Kong also promotes public education, raising public awareness about global issues such as poverty, hunger, health and child rights.

Governing Body

Hong Kong Board of Directors (Effective Date: 1 Feb 2026)

The Board is made up of volunteer members from Hong Kong. It monitors the plans and activities of World Vision Hong Kong.

  • Mr. Edmond Chiu-kong CHAN (Chair)
  • Mrs. Ingrid KWOK (Vice Chair)
  • Ms. Eirene YEUNG (Vice Chair)
  • Rev. Benjamin YEUNG (Honorary Treasurer)
  • Ms. Maggie Wai-chu CHAU; Ms. Wynne LAU; Ms. Blanche Kwan-yee LO; Mr. Joseph Yuen-shun LU; Mr. Patrick Tak-kuen NIP; Ms. Stephanie Pei-yan TEOH; Ms. Enian TSANG

Chief Executive Officer

  • Ms. Amy FUNG