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Department: Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O)

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Alexandria, VA

Status: Exempt/Full Time

Position Overview:

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Honorable Linda J. Washington accepts prestigious award for success of the CFCNCA

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Thank you for choosing to donate to the Global Impact Darfur Crisis Fund. Since the crisis began in 2003, the number of displaced people has climbed to approximately 2.5 million—roughly the population of Chicago, Illinois. Darfur refugees are trapped in a “state of bare survival and little hope.”

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Updates from Iraq as we reach the sixth anniversary of the conflict, including member charity efforts to provide quality health care and spaces where the littlest victims can regain some of the comforts of home. Also in this edition: honoring International Women's Day 2009 by calling for an end to gender-based violence.

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In response to the tragic quake in Haiti, World Vision ACT:S -- the campus activism network-- called on campus leaders to mobilize their communities to pray for those affected by the devastation.

World Vision's health policy advisor, Craig Jaggers, was in Zambia for the first phase of a bed net distribution that provided nearly 150,000 nets to children and families. Below are excerpts from Craig’s travel journal.

Following the 5-year anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami of December 2004, the memories are still fresh. World Vision continues to work in the affected communities with long-term programs and child sponsorship, changing the lives of families like the Klasueks.

World Vision staff members continue rushing relief items and support to areas left ravaged by the deadly 7.0-magnitude Haiti earthquake. The stories of survivors are as emotionally compelling as the staggering need, which grows by the day.

World Vision child protection policy adviser, Jesse Eaves, shares about his travels through Eastern Europe, where he visited our child protection programs and took a closer look at child exploitation and how it can be prevented.

World Vision’s Management of Acute Malnutrition project in the Democratic Republic of Congo seeks to address this emergency by identifying severely malnourished children and providing life-saving treatment.

Rich Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., arrived in Haiti on Jan. 19 to join distributions of medical supplies to hospitals. Meanwhile, aid workers spent time in prayer and song to observe the exact moment the quake hit a week earlier.