Monthly Archives: June 2011

The hope beyond what I saw in Sudan

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At a health clinic in Sudan, Heawa with her young sister Maka wait to be attended to. ©2010 Collins Kaumba/World Vision
Editor’s note: Three weeks ago, we asked Collins, a World Vision communicator in Zambia, to write about his recent experience in Sudan, supporting World Vision’s office there. His reply: “My experience in Sudan makes me feel as though I should write a book, because it is something I have never experienced in my life before. You have really asked for the blog at the right time.” As South Sudan prepares to celebrate its independence as Africa’s newest country on July 9, we continue to to offer assistance to this conflict-weary region. Indelible memories of the suffering I saw in Darfur have followed me since the day I left Sudan for Zambia. My mind and heart are still attached to the...
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A radio star’s humble beginnings

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Former sponsored child, Lloyd is a broadcast journalist with MIJ Radio in Malawi, Africa. © Wezzie Banda/World Vision
Editor’s note: You may remember reading about Lloyd Phiri, former sponsored child, in the summer 2011 issue of World Vision Magazine. Because June marks the anniversary of the official patenting of the radio back in 1896, we’re again featuring this story of a sponsored-child-turned-radio-announcer. Turn on the radio in the city of Blantyre — the major commercial center of the southern African country of Malawi — and you may hear the melodious voice of Lloyd Phiri reading the news. Lloyd is the announcer and controller of news and current affairs for MIJ Radio. MIJ (Malawi Institute of Journalism) Radio is a non-governmental station that hones the skills of the country’s best up-and-coming journalists. Lloyd joined MIJ Radio after serving as...
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Now, the work begins

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Eugene Lee and his mother in Sacramento, California, May 28, 2011. Photo courtesy of Eugene Lee.
Editor’s note: The World Vision family is comprised of thousands of staff members from various personal, professional, and spiritual backgrounds — each of whom has a unique story of being led to our ministry. To highlight this diversity, we’re starting a monthly series in which a different World Vision staff person will share “what working at World Vision means to me.” Growing up as one of the only Asian Americans in my predominately white neighborhood, I was often on the receiving end of racial slurs. This left me angry and confused. I often felt misplaced. In college, I began to ask questions about my family’s past. I hoped to find something that would explain all the childhood teasing and bullying....
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Fast facts: Hunger

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Mothers in Kenya's drought-stricken Turkana district wait in line for malnutrition evaluations and interventions administered by World Vision at a local health clinic. ©2011 Abby Metty/World Vision
Editor’s note: June is National Hunger Awareness Month. This weekend, more than 8,000 students across the country will participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. They’ll experience hunger firsthand, while raising funds to care for children who face this stark reality every day — going to bed hungry. In the past half-decade, global food prices have reached historic highs. The grocery store — and restaurants, when we can afford them — account for greater portions of our paychecks. Eating in or eating out costs more now than it did even seven or eight years ago. But where increasing food prices are merely a source of frustration for Americans, they can be devastating to people who live in poverty in other...
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Birth registration: The first step in child protection

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Siblings in Bolivia proudly show the IDs that were given to them in a joint effort between the government and World Vision to provide proper identification to children and adolescents. ©2010 David Dickler/World Vision
Editor’s note: Birth registration — documentation that ensures the government knows you exist — is a growing issue worldwide, especially in fragile states where governments are either unable or unwilling to implement effective birth registration policies. For more on the importance of birth registration, read “Why registration matters: Children are cared for and protected.” When you think about congressional testimony, you think about big rooms, hot lights, and lawmakers peering over their spectacles to ask the hard-hitting questions about the most pressing issues of the day. When discussing the importance of child protection, you might expect an array of complex and lofty rhetoric that hints at the largeness of the issue, but fails to tackle the concrete steps that a...
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