Writer Kari Costanza recalls her trip to Gulu, Uganda, a place made infamous by Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. It was also there that Margaret Alerotek, a World Vision communications staff member in Uganda, had taken her last meal.
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Child Sponsorship
From the Field
Success for a Zambian accountant began with sponsorship
Yule Mwewa’s list of accomplishments could make any Ivy League graduate envious. Valedictorian. Successful entrepreneur and business owner. Certified accountant. Board member of a major humanitarian organization. But none of those would have been possible for the 33-year-old Zambian without another distinction: “All this is because I was once a sponsored child,” says Yule.
Voices
Olivia’s story: A Zambian sponsored child grows up
Marilee Pierce Dunker, daughter of World Vision’s founder, chronicles her visits over the years with her sponsored child, Olivia, in Zambia.
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The ‘mother’ heart of God
Through World Vision sponsorship, over the past eight years, members of a California church have sponsored 500 children in two critically impoverished areas of Malawi.
From the Field
Sponsorship: A safeguard against child marriage of girls
The story of Habtam in Ethiopia illustrates how girls in developing countries are often not valued — and how child sponsorship can help empower girls.
From the Field
Sponsor changes the heart, mind of sponsored child
When she was a child, World Vision sponsorship set a Thai woman on the path to improving her life, her family’s well-being, and the health in her community.
Special Features
Righting wrongs for Romania’s children
MAY 1, 2014, ROMANIA — A quarter-century ago, images of emaciated children locked in Romania’s stark orphanages were broadcast around the world, crying out for a compassionate response. World Vision responded, launching innovative solutions for thousands of orphans — and other vulnerable children as well.
From the Field
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Miracle in the making
Even in communities where need is greatest like Gemena, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sponsorship provides a lifeline for thousands of children around the world.
Voices
Texas pastor runs a marathon for his sponsored child
Pastor Keith Stewart reflects on how deep satisfaction comes when God uses our human weaknesses for his higher purposes.
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Joy, my sponsored child, chose me
The daughter of World Vision’s founder shares how a little girl named Joy in Uganda helped her put her faith in action through child sponsorship.