Posted by Meg on: 08.22.2007 /
I get so frustrated, wanting to change the world and feeling so powerless to make any impact on poverty and injustice. One heartening shaft of light in my shadowy gloom is World Vision Child Sponsorship. The world IS a better place for Raha, the little Palestinian girl our family sponsors in the Gaza Strip, Israel. Our sponsorship provides her with food, clothes, medical care and education.
Also, our money contributes to the needs of her entire community – things like provision of fresh, clean water, medical clinics, schools and income generating endeavors which aim ultimately to leave a community self-sufficient.
I, as a World Vision Child Ambassador, would like to give you the opportunity to sponsor a child/children should you wish! Leave a comment in this conversation thread indicating what gender, age and country you would like your child to be, and I’ll take care of connecting you and your sponsored child. (You can also opt not to select gender, age and country.)
It costs $35 a month for a Hope Child, meaning that your child would be from a community affected by AIDS, and $30 for a regular sponsored child – please indicate which you would prefer.
It would be really encouraging for me to have our Justice and Compassion community rally together to make a difference in the world in this way. But don’t feel any pressure! You’re all awesome, whatever your response to my request!!
God bless you all and best regards,
Meg Ady
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Comment by: Marla Grassi
1 08/22/07 10:15 AM | Comment Link |Hi Meg!
Great comments! I’m so proud of you becoming a Child Ambassador with World Vision. By connecting children with sponsors, you’ll be impacting many lives for the better! You might want to consider providing your web page URL so folks can find out more about how to sponsor:)
Blessings,
Marla
Comment by: April Terry
2 08/22/07 5:10 PM | Comment Link |Thanks for this post, Meg…
We have sponsored a child named Newton from India through Compassion International for at least five years now, and I am always blown away at his letters.
He often writes that he has used his birthday money to purchase a stove for the family or to purchase some other needed commodity, but never has it been a toy or any personal thing. I am convicted by that in so many ways.
Thank you for bringing this to others’ attention!
Comment by: Meg
3 08/23/07 12:26 AM | Comment Link |Wow April! you have changed Newton’s life! Isn’t that amazing - because of your generosity, this little boy has hope and his life is filled with met needs, full tummy, health care when he’s sick, education. I love this!!
Comment by: Meg
4 08/23/07 12:27 AM | Comment Link |Thanks, Marla, for your encouraging words!!
Comment by: Rachel
5 08/23/07 8:04 AM | Comment Link |Meg, thank you so much for writing about this! We have sponsored a child through Compassion Intl for six years. Her name is Misselande and she lives in Haiti. She is just a few months older than Anna and we exchange letters and we receive a new picture of her each year.
I have observed the same thing about the birthday money, April. A few years back Misselande used it to buy a goat and she named it Monet. Sometimes we will send stickers or a bookmark and she always writes back and thanks us.
Comment by: Helen
6 08/24/07 7:45 AM | Comment Link |Hi Meg, thanks for sharing this!
We haven’t sponsored a child but we have made some Kiva loans and I like that we are lending to a specific person in each case and we get news back from them.
Comment by: Meg
7 08/29/07 12:01 PM | Comment Link |Rachel, that is wonderful that Misselande is the same age as Anna. perhaps they’ll get to meet each other one day?!
Helen, microenterprise is such a way forward, isn’t it? And great that you can be specifically connected to each person. Faces and names…
See you both in November, and love,
Meg