20,000 children die EVERY DAY from hunger, disease or
poverty. All of these children are under the age of 5. In India, 80% of the
population lives on less than $2 a day. In Mexico, 16,000 children are involved
in prostitution while 300,000 Bangladeshi children are exploited in Brothels.
No one should have to suffer or be forgotten like this.
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The reality that we live in a broken world can be
overwhelming. During a sermon recently at Jacobs Well, Isaac Anderson
encouraged us to find our “to do.” Understand that God knows you care about
multiple social injustices plaguing this world but focus on the problem God has
placed on your heart and know that he has someone else taking care of separate issues.
My “to do” at this time is child sponsorship through World Vision. I firmly
believe that where there is darkness, light and hope can and will prevail.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization that
works with almost 100 million people in almost 100 countries providing
community based change in the lives of those in poverty. Since the 1990’s,
World Vision has cut the number of child deaths in half, from 40,000 to 20,000
a day.
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A child’s life improves when their community improves. World
Vision involves those in the community to provide lasting change by gaining
them access to clean water, building schools and providing loans to small
business owners that are then repaid into a revolving fund to help the next
entrepreneur. In this way, the communities become self-sustaining and thrive
long after World Vision is gone.
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World Vision and people like you sponsor over 4 million
children providing them and their families with a hand up, not a hand out. For
$35 a month, a sponsored child gains access to clean water, health care, school
supplies and fees, vocational training and AIDS prevention education.
86 cents of every dollar given to World Vision goes directly
to the children, family and community they serve.
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We began to sponsor Omara E. in the summer of 2010. It was a
humbling and eye opening experience to scroll through name after name, face
after face of children and families who need help simply because they were born
into an impoverished community and I was not. I realized then that just because
I couldn’t sponsor them all, didn’t mean I couldn’t sponsor ONE. As a child
sponsor, I am able to communicate with Omara and her family through pictures
and letters. World Vision also sends me an annual update on the impact my
sponsorship is having in her community.
I believe in and trust World Vision. I love that their core
characteristics reflect Christ personality. Sponsoring a child has been a life
changing experience. It has opened my eyes to the immense needs in the world
and made me realize how much I have been given. I hope and pray that through my
small contribution, Christ may change this little girl’s life and forever
change her community and generations to come.
If you are interested in sponsoring a child through World
Vision for $35 a month, please visit myshare.worldvision.org/brittneybray or email me at brittneybray30@gmail.com
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