Dear Friends,
I was at a World Vision event recently and I heard a personal testimony of a real-life survivor who has overcome extreme hunger through Child Sponsorship. Getacher Beyene survived the 1984 Ethiopian Famine. Today, 30 years on, he educates new generations as a school teacher. He and his family survived the disaster thanks to World Vision. He was at the event as part of World Vision efforts to recognize and thank "Child Sponsors".
World Vision has child sponsorship programs around the world. NGOs like World Vision play a major role in helping millions of people around the world. Ethiopia today is a different place thanks to organizations such as World Vision and other NGOs. There is another disaster brewing in the Horn of Africa in Somalia.
What can you as a individual do to help? We all want to help and there are millions of children who are living in poverty. The emcee at the event said something that was poignant. All you have to do is sow one seed at a time. You can make a difference. If each one of us can sponsor a child for S$45 a month with World Vision. You will pay for the child's upkeep and education. In one year you will only spend about S$540 for this program. Some of us spend money on useless things (the 20th handbag, shoes, or useless gadgets). We can share that money with a child who has no food, no clothes, no healthcare benefits, etc.Lets think about someone else for a change instead of ourselves.
Start today. You sow a seed and watch it grow. Soon you may want to help others. It feels good to know that your contribution has helped child not only survive but also succeed in life. You can help prevent the child from dying because of lack of food or health benefits and provide for some form of education which will help the child to grow and find a job and keep them from becoming a bum or drug addict or robber or a terrorist.
Go to World Vision website http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf
Mother Teresa said, if you can't feed many then just feed one.
Just do your part to make this world a better place as Michael Jackson said. God Bless!
Cheers,
Mark
I was at a World Vision event recently and I heard a personal testimony of a real-life survivor who has overcome extreme hunger through Child Sponsorship. Getacher Beyene survived the 1984 Ethiopian Famine. Today, 30 years on, he educates new generations as a school teacher. He and his family survived the disaster thanks to World Vision. He was at the event as part of World Vision efforts to recognize and thank "Child Sponsors".
World Vision has child sponsorship programs around the world. NGOs like World Vision play a major role in helping millions of people around the world. Ethiopia today is a different place thanks to organizations such as World Vision and other NGOs. There is another disaster brewing in the Horn of Africa in Somalia.
What can you as a individual do to help? We all want to help and there are millions of children who are living in poverty. The emcee at the event said something that was poignant. All you have to do is sow one seed at a time. You can make a difference. If each one of us can sponsor a child for S$45 a month with World Vision. You will pay for the child's upkeep and education. In one year you will only spend about S$540 for this program. Some of us spend money on useless things (the 20th handbag, shoes, or useless gadgets). We can share that money with a child who has no food, no clothes, no healthcare benefits, etc.Lets think about someone else for a change instead of ourselves.
Start today. You sow a seed and watch it grow. Soon you may want to help others. It feels good to know that your contribution has helped child not only survive but also succeed in life. You can help prevent the child from dying because of lack of food or health benefits and provide for some form of education which will help the child to grow and find a job and keep them from becoming a bum or drug addict or robber or a terrorist.
Go to World Vision website http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf
Mother Teresa said, if you can't feed many then just feed one.
Just do your part to make this world a better place as Michael Jackson said. God Bless!
Cheers,
Mark
5 comments:
Dear Riri,
Thank you. Good to know that you are sponsoring a child. There are many people and children out there who need our help. Hopefully more people will come forward to support.
You have a Blessed Christmas as well and God Bless!
Cheers,
Mark
Hi Mark
This is a timely message especially Christmas is round the corner. Time to share and give. What better time to do your part.
God bless!
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