To start:

• Talk with friends, church members, neighbors, and co-workers and invite them to learn more about Women of Vision, World Vision, and your desire to start a chapter.
• Form a team of committed Christian women who have a significant network of people who can help generate awareness of the plight of the poor and World Vision’s work.
• Facilitate the Women of Vision cross-cultural study, “The Heart of the Matter,” to better understand how major issues affect the lives of women and children around the world and how as Christians we can respond.
• Establish a leadership team of 10 to 16 women. This team will come together at least monthly to lead your chapter’s efforts to engage others with the plight of the poor.
  

• Review World Vision’s mission, core values, and Statement of Faith with the members of your Leadership Board and be willing to agree with them.
• Meet and train with the National Women of Vision team.
• Engage in the Women of Vision cross-cultural study, “The Heart of the Matter,” to learn more about World Vision, women living in poverty, and God’s heart for the poor.
• Working with World Vision, determine the projects you would like your chapter to financially support over the course of the first year.
• Set your first-year commitment of $25,000 for World Vision projects, with a goal of increasing your fundraising in subsequent years.
• Host fundraisers and other special events to involve your local community with the chapter’s ministry and mission.
• Round out your schedule with educational gatherings, monthly board meetings, partnership meetings, and “friend-raiser” events.
• When your chapter has raised $70,000-$100,000, you will have the opportunity to visit one of the projects your group has supported!