Tag Archives: meeting sponsored children

From Alabama with Love to India

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Phil Manzano in Gift Catalog

Andrea Zahler wound her way along a narrow pathway in a small farming village near Sitapur, India, past oxen laying in the sun and mud-walled homes where chai is brewed atop small, open wood-fired stoves. Andrea was a World Vision Child Ambassador in the truest sense that day. She was going to meet a sponsored child named Laxmi Ramhit, a 12-year-old Indian girl with a shy smile and deep doe eyes. As Laxmi’s home came into view, Andrea saw a large group of women and children sitting on the floor, waiting patiently in a small courtyard outside the home. They pulled out a patio chair for her, the oldest girl brought her chai, and other children touched her feet as...

Meeting Doctor

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Rachael Dill Boyer in Child Sponsorship, Stories

Some of my new year resolutions are personal — like finishing grad school and running another half marathon. But my resolution to keep sponsoring children through the organization I love gives me an outward focus. Nearly eight years ago, before I started working here, I sponsored a child through World Vision. It didn’t matter whether the child was a boy or a girl, or from any particular country. I just wanted to help a child who needed a sponsor....

Congratulations, sponsorship trip winners!

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Meghan Bardwell in Child Sponsorship

In September, World Vision introduced our first-ever travel sweepstakes: Supporters who found new sponsors for five or more children in a month’s time were eligible to win a trip to Peru to witness the impact of child sponsorship firsthand. Just over a month has passed since the sweepstakes closed, and we are ready to officially announce our two winners! Congratulations Sarah Baerg of Trabuco Canyon, California, and Terry Adams of Venice, Florida! We’re very excited to have Sarah and Terry travel with us to visit sponsorship communities of Huanta and Forjadores del Futuro (Huamanga) in Peru, where they’ll meet sponsored children and their families and local World Vision staff members. We’re also blessed that so many more children have been...

5 tips for encouraging your friends to sponsor a child

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Elizabeth Esther in Child Sponsorship

Tips for encouraging your friends to sponsor a child | World Vision Blog

From now through September 30, you can enter for a chance to win a trip to Peru with World Vision to see our work firsthand. It’s as simple as finding new sponsors for just five children. But we know very well that asking friends, family, or colleagues to sponsor a child isn’t easy. In fact, it can be difficult — even intimidating. That’s why we asked Elizabeth Esther, World Vision Bolivia blogger, for her tips as an experienced writer and child sponsorship advocate. Our Facebook fans had lots of tips to offer, too. * * * From Elizabeth Esther: When I first started asking my readers to sponsor a child, I was apprehensive. I wasn’t sure how people would...

Sponsorship — and a chance to visit Peru

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Meghan Bardwell in Child Sponsorship

Dear World Vision friends, family, and supporters, “Sponsorship takes love. Passion. Dedication. And partnership. By working together, we — World Vision, our sponsors, and the families we serve — can build healthy, self-reliant communities where children grow and thrive. Our child sponsors are an integral part of this partnership, and we’re so excited to share our work with them firsthand.” —Lana Reda, vice president of sponsorship & donor management You know how we’re always talking about sponsorship? And how it truly does help change a community from the inside out and the bottom up? And how we’re always showing you photos and telling you stories of how sponsorship is changing lives? Those stories are about the thousands of beautiful children...