World Vision is a global Christian organization dedicated to
humanitarian work serving nearly 100 million people in more than 100 countries. The group aims to empower children, families, and communities to reach their full
potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. In addition, it provides supplies and support for disaster relief efforts in the U.S. and around
the world.
The organization’s
Gifts-in-Kind Distribution Center in Pittsburgh was established in April of
1993, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, and to date has shipped more than 7 million pounds
of items to the neediest victims of natural and man-made upheaval.