More posts by World Vision sponsors.
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Mid-last year, I finished completely the payment of my car. After that, I was soo thankful and I pretty much promised myself that once done, I will give to charity. Well obviously, my chosen charity is that of World Vision.World Vision is a Child Sponsorship organization.
These are the 3 things that you need to know about child sponsorship:
1.) You are helping out not just the child but also their family and their community as well.
2.) Your gifts combined with those of other sponsors to make long-term and community wide assistance possible
3.) Child Sponsorship is about building relationships – bringing your world and their closer together. You will receive letters and updates from your sponsored child and community. At the same time, you can write, send gifts and visit your sponsored child by coordinating with Word Vision.
1.) You are helping out not just the child but also their family and their community as well.
2.) Your gifts combined with those of other sponsors to make long-term and community wide assistance possible
3.) Child Sponsorship is about building relationships – bringing your world and their closer together. You will receive letters and updates from your sponsored child and community. At the same time, you can write, send gifts and visit your sponsored child by coordinating with Word Vision.
Being a sponsor for 5 months now, I was wondering when I would be getting my first letter from the child that I was sponsoring. Much to my surprise, I received a letter from the little girl that I was sponsoring. Through her letter, she told me that she was friendly and she likes Math. She wants to be teacher in the future. Pretty cool, huh? That letter made my day.
This whole sponsorship program actually has a long term goal of enabling the families and the communities in which they are living in to be a healthy, stable and safe environment where the children can grow. Usually, the work in a community would last for 12-15 years wherein 3 phases take place: Building Trust and Skills, Building Hope for the Present, Building confidence for the future.
With this kind of program, the community is taught to be sustainable after World Vision leaves. I actually don’t know until when I will be sponsoring this little girl but given that she is already in Grade 5, I think I would probably be able to support her until she finishes college. Isn’t that great? You can actually be proud that you areinstrumental to the development of one person.
The good thing about World Vision is that they’re not really strict or rigid. I have the monthly amount that I pay but there are times when we, too are strapped for cash, right? So whenever you can’t really give the amount for a month, you can just inform them that you too are having your own financial difficulties.
Usually I donate using BPI Express Online but there are also other ways and means in which you can give your own donation. You can pay via Credit Card or over-the-counter payment in banks. You can also pay through Bayad Center, Bancnet or via Post-dated checks.
And with that, I do encourage everyone to be a part of something that would make our world a better one. And now, off I go to writing a letter to my sponsored child.
What about you? Are you involved in a different charity? :)
For more information, you can contact them through the following:
Donor Care Team – 372-7777
Email address: wv_phil@wvi.org
Donor Care Team – 372-7777
Email address: wv_phil@wvi.org
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