Temika Mccann

                                                         Sharing Web Resources

The news that I found interesting this week on the World Vision Organization website is that the World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and communities worldwide.  The World Vision Organization’s vision statement is: “Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, they will to make it so.” World Vision aims to address the underlying causes of poverty by improving the well-being of children in sustainable ways alongside donors and the communities who have the “will” to achieve this vision.  Their goal is to help children and families reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. I decided to write on this segment because this was the concentration of our thoughts for this week’s discussion. As an educator, I work carefully with children and families who are of low-income and immersed in poverty. I feel that I can better support each child and their families to help them feel secure in their child’s education due to the courses I am taking, such as this one. I am so glad we are able to share web resources through this course because it allows me to better help my students and families.  Sometimes you have no idea how this information will impact these children and their families. Poverty is complex.  With help from organizations like orld Vision Org and our continued dedication to the best quality education, we can help these children who are less fortune.  

The CEO World Vision Organization has so much passion for what he does and has done a great job in supporting these children and families. The former CEO for Parker Brothers Games and Lenox and Rich holds a B.A. in neurology from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Following a sense of God’s call on his life, he resigned from Lenox in 1998 to become World Vision’s U.S. president. Rich, driven by his passion to raise awareness and support for poverty and justice issues, authored The Hole in Our Gospel and a new book called Unfinished. I thought this was a very thought provoking. Not only does he have this undeniable passion for what he does, his wife does as well.  Rich and his wife, Renee, live in Bellevue, Washington, and they have supported World Vision since 1984. They have five children of their own plus millions more around the world, when you consider all the lives they touch through their work. They work in nearly 100 countries and offer sponsorship in more than 50 of those countries.

The goal of World Vision sponsorship is to help a sponsored child and his or her community to break the cycle of poverty so they can step into the future with hope. Throughout their approximately 15-year involvement in communities, they manage, monitor, and evaluate progress toward the community’s goals.  This is a wonderful organization because it allows you to have an impact on a specific child (ren). A sponsorship may last several years, depending on the needs of the sponsored child.

When these goals are met, World Vision can move on to other communities to serve other children in need of help.

I have gained new insight from the website and have learned vital information on how WVO impacts families around the world. I find it amazing that nearly 100 countries offer sponsorship.  In more than 50 of those countries, WVO has helped children and their families.  Every dollar donated becomes $1.15 in impact to children and communities worldwide. I have also learned a new way to build a positive relationship with a sponsored child. In order to help a child and their family, you can email your child at worldvision.org or find out there how to send letters and cards if you choose to.

Here are real people sharing real stories of how this amazing organization has helped transform their child’s life:

MOTHER OF SPONSORED CHILD

“I felt stressed, hopeless, and worried about my two sons' education before World Vision came to my life. […] The piglet gives me hope; I can continue to send my boy to school. I think I can live and overcome all the struggles.

FAMILY THAT SPONSORS 5 CHILDREN

"World Vision’s program in particular is not  just helping the child, but it’s really helping the entire community become sustainable. And I think that's wonderful.”

SPONSOR OF A CHILD

Visited her sponsored child in Senegal.

"Often people ask me, 'How do you know there's a real child there?' Well that's easy for me to answer. I've met her!"

I was so delighted with this organization it has compelled me to join.  I am so happy to be a member of this great organization now and will be keeping you guys informed with my first donation helping these children and their families. Have a great week if you would like to learn more about this organization feel free to visit the website www.worldvision.org 

Reference

http://www.worldvision.org/help-a-child?campaign=11935141&gclid=CI3Q25Hq1r4CFYpbfgodA4sA-Q

Have a wonderful week!