Meet Andrew Morley
As President and Chief Executive Officer of World Vision International, I am driven to bring an end to poverty in my lifetime, especially for the most vulnerable children. I came to World Vision after I started training to become an ordained minister. Prior to that, I spent over two decades scaling digital businesses across different industries, and I have held leadership roles at Google and Ford. I am a people person, and feel blessed to serve in this role!
"Prayer is the bedrock of who we are and what we do at World Vision. We trust that the future is in God’s hands, and that is why hope springs eternal."
- Andrew Morley
Advocating for Children
Dive into Andrew’s Thought Leader Articles
Explore the Window to Our World series
Andrew takes a close look at World Vision's programmes and interviews staff members
Interview with Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Coordinator
Andrew speaks with Esti Tanaem, who joined WV Indonesia eight years ago. She shares how she is driven by a desire to support her local community and help each child to reach their potential. She also tells the story of Sani, an advocate for the Child Forum assisted by Wahana Visi, and shares her joy at seeing children expressing themselves at a government level.
Video: Interview with the National Director
A World Vision area programme is nearing completion after 15 years of operation. The programme aimed to break the cycle of poverty, particularly by focusing on health and alleviating malnutrition, which affects 26% of children living in the village.
Video: Interview with Global Lead for Disaster Management
Ten years ago, World Vision was responding to three major humanitarian crises. Now, there are 37. Isabel Gomes talks about why they are increasing and becoming more complex. She also shares her passion for women in leadership positions.
Video: Interview with the National Director
Andrew speaks with Angelina Theodora about the work being done to connect a remote village to a clean, reliable water supply. Now water has become more readily accessible and for a much lower price, allowing families to make significant financial savings.
Video: Interview with youth and the National Director
While visiting Thailand, Andrew asked young people how World Vision can help them better. He also spoke with Sarawut Rachasrimuang, the National Director of WV Thailand, about how World Vision is helping the youth to realise their dreams, primarily through education.
Video: Interview with a leading expert on reforestation
Tony Rinaudo, of WV Australia, is one of the world’s leading experts in Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration. He speaks with Andrew about how this regreening technique can be a key solution to climate change and can combat poverty and hunger.
Video: Interview with the National Director
WV Brazil’s National Director Thiago Crucciti speaks with Andrew about how children from the indigenous Yanomami tribe are dying from preventable causes like malnutrition and disease, and how World Vision is responding.
Andrew's Passions in Humanitarian Development
Transforming lives around the world
Education in Cambodia
World Vision helped 4,000 vulnerable children through initiatives to address malnutrition, water and sanitation, and early childhood care and...
Hunger in Kenya
World Vision's emergency response and ENOUGH campaign is tackling hunger, which resulted from drought that wiped out livestock.
Protection in Ukraine
World Vision has reached over 1.6 million people with cash programming and mental health and psychosocial interventions.
Andrew's Personal Reflections
Ask Andrew
Does World Vision's child sponsorship really make a difference?
Yes! I sponsor several children myself, and I wouldn't do this if I didn't believe in it. Our programmes address the root causes of children's vulnerability to break the chains of poverty. We use evidence-based interventions in an integrated approach to empower families to better care for children. We also partner with communities, including faith leaders, to address specific challenges and improve children's education, health, access to clean water, protection and more. I am very proud of our long-term community programmes, and I have seen for myself the difference they make as I visit them all over the world.
Is World Vision making a real impact through its work?
Absolutely - without a doubt! Using a rigorous, research-based process, we can share that every 60 seconds, a family gets access to clean water. Over a 10-year period, 89% of the severely malnourished children we treated made a full recovery. World Vision is the World Food Programme's largest food distribution partner, and we are the leading non-governmental provider of clean water in the developing world. We are improving the lives of children so that they can fulfill their God-given potential.
How much donation money actually goes to the children?
In fact, much of what is donated by our wonderful supporters goes to children. For every $1 donated, we deliver on average $2 in impact, due to the integration of grants and donated goods. And we're always working to keep our overhead low. In 2023, we used 89% of our total operating expenses for programmes that benefit children, families and communities in need. Only 3% went to management. World Vision is regularly reviewed and held accountable by independent third-party organisations, such as Better Business Bureau and CharityWatch.
