Aid agency World Vision is warning of severe humanitarian consequences if steps are not taken to guarantee the security of children in war-torn Mali.

UN World Food Day should remind world leaders that heavy investment in global food security is urgently needed, World Vision Australia says.

The Fellowship of Reconciliation England has expressed delight that Zoughbi Zoughbi and the Wi'am Centre in Bethlehem have been nominated for an international peace prize.

Big change is required, but it can start in small but significant ways. That was the message that development agency World Vision issued for World Environment Day 2009, highlighting one project that symobolises part of the way forward.