As a member of the World Vision Philanthropy family, you join us in caring deeply for the needs of children and families around the world, and your partnership is fuel for our shared mission. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. Please enjoy this special inside look at the work you’ve helped make possible.
In this edition:
Discover how savings groups invest in women's futures
Read Edgar Sandoval Sr.’s article on courage and generosity in Turkana
Be inspired by stories of God’s faithfulness in Perspective
Learn how to support World Vision’s work when you shop at Amazon
Look beyond the numbers of the global hunger crisis in “Hunger has a name”
Through investing in her local savings club, Chrissy started a tailoring business.
In Malawi, COVID-19 had eroded the savings of hardworking women entrepreneurs like Chrissy and those in her savings and loans group. These groups are a smart and simple way for members to learn financial basics as they convert small amounts of cash into savings that can then be loaned to other members as credit.
In drought-ravaged northern Kenya, sisters Ekaato, Apayo, and Ikaru view the remains of their beloved goat.
Globally, the hunger crisis is staggering, with nearly 50 million people facing starvation if nothing is done. World Vision President and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. recently traveled to northern Kenya, where relentless drought is having a devastating impact on children and families. In Turkana, Edgar witnessed a bigger story of what can happen when people of faith endure hardship.
Read Edgar’s recent article to hear powerful stories of courage and generosity in Turkana.
As we continue to face some of the biggest challenges the world has ever known — from the ongoing effects of the pandemic to the global hunger crisis — you are showing God’s love to the most vulnerable and helping to transform lives.
In this Perspective newsletter, you’ll learn how God’s faithfulness and your compassionate support are making a life-changing difference for children and families. Thank you for helping empower children and families all over the world with life, hope, and a future.
Your purchases can help make a difference in children's lives when you choose World Vision as your AmazonSmile charity.
Did you know that World Vision has received over $405,000 to date from AmazonSmile and is a top charity on this platform?
While shopping online this Christmas season, you can help bring joy to children and communities around the world. AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support World Vision’s work while shopping for regular purchases on Amazon. You’ll find the same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to World Vision at no cost to you. Simply select World Vision as your charity of choice and shop!
You can also support communities we serve in the U.S. by donating needed items through our AmazonSmile Charity Lists. When you donate items from our lists while shopping through AmazonSmile, a 0.5% donation is also generated for World Vision.
In Turkana, Kenya, only about 40 cents of school fees separate Peter from school, where his favorite subject is mathematics — and where food is served at lunch.
For all of us at World Vision, global hunger is not merely a statistic. Hunger is a name. A name that a mother chose. A person, made in God’s image, whom He calls beloved.
In this article, we share some of these names. Together, let’s move beyond the vastness of numbers that leave us cold and open our hearts to those who hunger — by name.
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