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'''World Vision India''', headquartered in [[Chennai]], is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act of Tamil Nadu 1975. World Vision International has a certain level of control over World Vision India.<ref>[http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/0da5d0279f5038378825764f006da5ce/$file/13690ora_08_worldvision-2yr_fs_final.pdf KPMG: WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL AND CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES. Consolidated Financial Statements] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619145615/http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/0da5d0279f5038378825764f006da5ce/$file/13690ora_08_worldvision-2yr_fs_final.pdf |date=19 June 2010 }}</ref> The relationship with World Vision International is governed by the ''Covenant of Partnership'', a document that all national members of the World Vision Partnership are required to sign. According to this document World Vision India has to accept policies and decisions established by the International Board and must not establish an office or program outside the home country without the consent of World Vision International and the host nation. Furthermore, with the exception of direct project founding, all funds intended for outside the home country have to be remitted through World Vision International and the financial planning and budget principles adopted by the International Board have to be accepted. This is in addition to an examination of the financial affairs of the World Vision India by Partnership representatives.<ref>Appendix D, "A Covenant of Partnership" in Greame Irvine: "Best Things in the Worst Times: An Insiders View of World Vision" BookPartners, Inc. (1996) {{ISBN|1-885221-37-1}}</ref> By signing the ''Covenant of Partnership'' World Vision India, like all other national members of the World Vision Partnership, also subscribes to the Core Values, the Mission Statement, and the Statement of Faith of World Vision.The Statement of Faith corresponds to the Statement of Faith put forward by the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] (NAE)<ref>[http://www.nae.net/about-us/statement-of-faith]</ref> as standard for their evangelical convictions<ref>[http://www.nae.net/church-and-faith-partners/what-is-an-evangelical]</ref> and is also defined in the ''Declaration of Internationalization'' (1978) as operational frame of the whole World Vision Partnership and its national offices.<ref>A Declaration of Internationalization (1978) Appendix D in J.R.Hamilton: "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1980,</ref> | '''World Vision India''', headquartered in [[Chennai]], is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act of Tamil Nadu 1975. World Vision International has a certain level of control over World Vision India.<ref>[http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/0da5d0279f5038378825764f006da5ce/$file/13690ora_08_worldvision-2yr_fs_final.pdf KPMG: WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL AND CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES. Consolidated Financial Statements] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619145615/http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/0da5d0279f5038378825764f006da5ce/$file/13690ora_08_worldvision-2yr_fs_final.pdf |date=19 June 2010 }}</ref> The relationship with World Vision International is governed by the ''Covenant of Partnership'', a document that all national members of the World Vision Partnership are required to sign. According to this document World Vision India has to accept policies and decisions established by the International Board and must not establish an office or program outside the home country without the consent of World Vision International and the host nation. Furthermore, with the exception of direct project founding, all funds intended for outside the home country have to be remitted through World Vision International and the financial planning and budget principles adopted by the International Board have to be accepted. This is in addition to an examination of the financial affairs of the World Vision India by Partnership representatives.<ref>Appendix D, "A Covenant of Partnership" in Greame Irvine: "Best Things in the Worst Times: An Insiders View of World Vision" BookPartners, Inc. (1996) {{ISBN|1-885221-37-1}}</ref> By signing the ''Covenant of Partnership'' World Vision India, like all other national members of the World Vision Partnership, also subscribes to the Core Values, the Mission Statement, and the Statement of Faith of World Vision.The Statement of Faith corresponds to the Statement of Faith put forward by the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] (NAE)<ref>[http://www.nae.net/about-us/statement-of-faith]</ref> as standard for their evangelical convictions<ref>[http://www.nae.net/church-and-faith-partners/what-is-an-evangelical]</ref> and is also defined in the ''Declaration of Internationalization'' (1978) as operational frame of the whole World Vision Partnership and its national offices.<ref>A Declaration of Internationalization (1978) Appendix D in J.R.Hamilton: "An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film" Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1980,</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
India as a country with a Hindu majority was already very early in the focus of World Vision which was founded in 1950 in the United States as a service organisation to support missionaries<ref name="Hamilton1980">{{Cite thesis|type=Dissertation|last=Hamilton|first=John Robert|title=An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film|publisher=University of Southern California|year=1980}}</ref>{{rp|27}} and is described by the [[anthropologist]] [[David Stoll]] as a child of the [[cold war]].<ref name="Stoll1990">{{Cite book |last = Stoll |first = David |date = 1990 |title = Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth |location = Berkeley |publisher = University of California Press |chapter = The Development of World Vision |isbn = 0-520-07645-1 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/islatinamericatu00davi }}</ref>{{rp|282–289}} For example, incorporated the founder of World Vision Bob Pierce, a fierce [[anticommunist]], scenes from India into the anticommunist movie 'The Red Plague', produced by World Vision in 1957 for founding and propaganda purposes.<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|92–103}} The scenes depicts allegedly "false" religions showing e.g. self-mutilating Hindu priests and makes the claim that Hindus, Buddhists and adherents of other religions could easily be converted into communists whereas only true Christianity is strong enough to resist [[communism]].<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|98/99}} Thus, so the message of this movie and other similar movies produced by World Vision at that time, evangelism is necessary among Hindus and other non-Christian people to counter communism.<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|96}} Evangelism is according to an article published 2004 by the political weekly [[Tehelka]] still one of the main focus of World Vision India<ref>[http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=ts013004shashi.asp&id=1 VK Shashikumar '"Preparing for the harvest ..."' Tehelka, Vol 1, Issue 1, 7 February 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024001/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=ts013004shashi.asp&id=1 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> | India as a country with a Hindu majority was already very early in the focus of World Vision which was founded in 1950 in the United States as a service organisation to support missionaries<ref name="Hamilton1980">{{Cite thesis|type=Dissertation|last=Hamilton|first=John Robert|title=An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film|publisher=University of Southern California|year=1980}}</ref>{{rp|27}} and is described by the [[anthropologist]] [[David Stoll (anthropologist)|David Stoll]] as a child of the [[cold war]].<ref name="Stoll1990">{{Cite book |last = Stoll |first = David |date = 1990 |title = Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth |location = Berkeley |publisher = University of California Press |chapter = The Development of World Vision |isbn = 0-520-07645-1 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/islatinamericatu00davi }}</ref>{{rp|282–289}} For example, incorporated the founder of World Vision Bob Pierce, a fierce [[anticommunist]], scenes from India into the anticommunist movie 'The Red Plague', produced by World Vision in 1957 for founding and propaganda purposes.<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|92–103}} The scenes depicts allegedly "false" religions showing e.g. self-mutilating Hindu priests and makes the claim that Hindus, Buddhists and adherents of other religions could easily be converted into communists whereas only true Christianity is strong enough to resist [[communism]].<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|98/99}} Thus, so the message of this movie and other similar movies produced by World Vision at that time, evangelism is necessary among Hindus and other non-Christian people to counter communism.<ref name="Hamilton1980"/>{{rp|96}} Evangelism is according to an article published 2004 by the political weekly [[Tehelka]] still one of the main focus of World Vision India<ref>[http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=ts013004shashi.asp&id=1 VK Shashikumar '"Preparing for the harvest ..."' Tehelka, Vol 1, Issue 1, 7 February 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024001/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=ts013004shashi.asp&id=1 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> | ||
As an organization World Vision started an office in [[Calcutta]] in 1962 which was one of the first offices outside the United States. In 1975 World Vision India was registered as a society in Chennai, [[Tamil Nadu]]. | As an organization World Vision started an office in [[Calcutta]] in 1962 which was one of the first offices outside the United States. In 1975 World Vision India was registered as a society in Chennai, [[Tamil Nadu]]. | ||
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Area Development Programmes (ADPs) are integrated development programme that help communities by assisting the children, families and the community block as a whole achieve the basic standards of the four ‘well-beings’, physical, intellectual, socio-economic and moral well-being. Each World Vision ADP touches the lives of 20,000 to 1,00,000 people.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} There are 162 ADPs spread over 25 states around the country, working in over 5000 communities.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} | Area Development Programmes (ADPs) are integrated development programme that help communities by assisting the children, families and the community block as a whole achieve the basic standards of the four ‘well-beings’, physical, intellectual, socio-economic and moral well-being. Each World Vision ADP touches the lives of 20,000 to 1,00,000 people.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} There are 162 ADPs spread over 25 states around the country, working in over 5000 communities.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} | ||
World Vision India is involved in Programme on parenting<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.in/1446|title=World Vision India: World Vision India | World Vision India is involved in Programme on parenting<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.in/1446|title=World Vision India: World Vision India|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> and Model Anganwadi Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.in/1424|title=World Vision India: World Vision India|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> | ||
==Initiatives== | ==Initiatives== | ||
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===Children's health=== | ===Children's health=== | ||
Children's Health is one of the main issues that World Vision helps tackle in the country. Its Child Health Now campaign that focuses on reducing preventable deaths of children under five.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://childhealthnow.com:80/campaign | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411010006/http://childhealthnow.com:80/campaign | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2011 | title=The Campaign | publisher=World Vision – Child Health Now | accessdate=11 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://childhealthnow.com/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=26 April 2011 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510210139/http://childhealthnow.com:80/ |archivedate=10 May 2011 }}</ref> | Children's Health is one of the main issues that World Vision helps tackle in the country. Its Child Health Now campaign that focuses on reducing preventable deaths of children under five.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://childhealthnow.com:80/campaign | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411010006/http://childhealthnow.com:80/campaign | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2011 | title=The Campaign | publisher=World Vision – Child Health Now | accessdate=11 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://childhealthnow.com/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=26 April 2011 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510210139/http://childhealthnow.com:80/ |archivedate=10 May 2011 }}</ref> | ||
Child Health Now was launched in Orissa due to high maternal and infant mortality rates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.in/1448|title=World Vision India: World Vision India | Child Health Now was launched in Orissa due to high maternal and infant mortality rates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.in/1448|title=World Vision India: World Vision India|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> | ||
== Criticism == | == Criticism == | ||
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