Tag Archives: resources

Change a community: Start with one child

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Shannon Rise in Child Sponsorship

World Vision is at work within 400 different communities in almost 100 countries. That’s where your support becomes food for people who are hungry, clean water, education to give children a better future, and care for the sick. What you see when you visit these places is love in action. You see the manifestation of the love that sponsors have for people they’ve never met. You see it among World Vision staff serving those whom society has brushed aside. While it might not be possible for you to travel to where your sponsored child is, we want to paint a picture of life within his or her community. It’s important to us that you know how your support is impacting...

5 tips for choosing your charity for your year-end giving

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Larry Probus in Conversations

We’ve all heard the advice: Get your charitable donations in before the clock strikes midnight on December 31 — or say goodbye to potential tax breaks. But how to make sure you’re choosing the best charity in the first place? Here are 5 tips for making the most of your charitable dollars before we ring in the new year....

Blessing #3: Compassionate kids

Posted on November 22, 2011 by James Addis in Conversations

10 ways to raise compassionate kids | World Vision blog

We’re counting our blessings each day this week in celebration of Thanksgiving. Blessing #3: The many compassionate and beautiful children who remind us every day what it means to have a child-like faith in a God who loves us. * * * The fun and sometimes frustrating thing about being a writer is that you never quite know what kind of story you are going to get. Sometimes, great leads turn out to be disappointing. Other times, what looks like a humdrum story turns out to have a twist that blows your socks off. So it was with a sense of nervous anticipation that I called Teresa and Carl Camera of Austin, Texas. I’d been asked to write a feature...

FWD the facts: Day of Action for the Horn of Africa

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Disaster Relief

FWD > Day of Action for the Horn of Africa | World Vision blog

There are many goals we have for the future that help define our work as an organization: reducing global poverty, ending preventable child deaths, eradicating malaria, and so on. But just for today, we have another goal: to inspire 13.3 million Americans to FWD the facts about the drought and food crisis in the Horn of Africa, spreading awareness to ensure that the tragedy no longer goes overlooked. In partnership with USAID and the FWD (Famine, War, Drought Relief) campaign, World Vision is asking supporters to participate in today’s FWD>Day of Action for the Horn of Africa. How? It’s as simple as this: FWD the facts....

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...