September 2014 by World Vision Australia

Supporter Newsletter September 2014

Thanks to supporters like you, Jordan and his family now have access to clean water, helping them stay healthy and safe. Photo: Ilana Rose/World Vision

Sponsors like you have created a healthier future for Ignacia and Jordan In Peru, Jordan and his brother used to get sick from dirty water and poor hygiene. The family had no running water and their toilet was a hole in the ground, constantly covered in flies. “The children used to be sick too,” Jordan’s mother Ignacia explains. “They’d get diarrhoea and would have to miss out on school … I had to take the children to the hospital.

“The children don’t get sick anymore. Life has changed for us,” Ignacia says. “I don’t have to dig holes and I don’t have to take the children to hospital. The children are in school more.

“Sometimes the children weren’t able to eat anything; they had no appetite. This made me sad too and I wouldn’t eat either – I was sick from the worry. You want to see your children happy and know they are healthy …” Thanks to the support of sponsors like you, this family – and their whole community – now have access to clean, safe water.

“I also teach my children about good hygiene, which World Vision taught us about … I teach them about washing their hands and brushing their teeth.”

World Vision connected each home to a water source and worked with the government to provide drainage for toilets. Ignacia’s husband then built a toilet for their home.

Ignacia is also delighted that her children are being sponsored.

“I want my children to be happy and I want them to have more choices. That is my hope for the future. It makes me happy and glad to know that people care,” she concludes. To learn more about child sponsorship visit worldvision.com.au/howsponsorshipworks

From the streets to the police force: Htet’s story At just five years old, Htet found himself living on the streets of Myanmar. But thanks to Child Rescue supporters like you, Htet was taken in at a World Vision-supported children’s hostel. Here, he was given a warm bed, hot meals and sent to school. Aside from a regular education, donations from caring Australians like you mean former street children like Htet can also receive extra support in the form of life skills training. This gives them the best chance to overcome their difficult start in life and hopefully become confident, resilient and selfsufficient young adults. With the stable home life he always craved, Htet blossomed. Now 18, he is training to become a police officer. “I want to become a chief police officer one day,” he says with a big smile. “I want to protect children on the street as well as serve the country.” Former street child Htet is now training to become a police officer. Photo: Khaing Min Htoo/World Vision

To learn more about Child Rescue visit worldvision.com.au/childrescue

Transparency award We understand that trust and transparency are important to you when you choose to support our programs. And you want to be sure where the funds go. That’s why we’re happy to share that World Vision’s 2013 Annual Report won the 2013 Pricewaterhouse Coopers Transparency Award for quality and transparency in reporting for the not-for-profit sector.

It’s YOUR World Vision. Connect with your sponsored child today! One of the most rewarding parts of sponsoring a child is seeing the tangible difference you are making in your sponsored child’s life. Now it’s easier than ever to see how your support is changing lives, through the My World Vision portal. At My World Vision you can: - watch videos and/or see photos of your sponsored child’s community - discover new information about your sponsored child’s country - build a friendship with your sponsored child by writing e-Letters - update your contact details quickly and easily Sign up for My World Vision and start your journey of discovery today. Simply go to worldvision.com.au/myworldvision and follow the links.

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How you have helped provide food for children hungry for more Generous supporters like you have helped raise over $2.7 million to help hungry children get the nutritious food they need. And because World Vision partners with the UN World Food Programme, your support is reaching more children in more places. The World Food Programme supplies the food, while your generous donations help transport, store and distribute the food to hungry children and their families. Your donations are providing long-term solutions to hunger and poverty for children like Myanin. For example, through Food for Education programs, families like Myanin’s are receiving regular rations of rice, oil, beans and salt when their children attend school. This means children like Myanin are receiving nutritious food to keep them healthy, as well as a chance to go to school and learn their way towards a brighter future! But there’s still more to be done. Further donations will help more children receive this vital food aid. Visit worldvision.com.au/hungryformore to donate now.

World Vision supporter Carol has a heart for Australia’s Indigenous communities. Photo: Ilana Rose/World Vision

One supporter’s journey with our Indigenous communities Carol Moore’s passion for Australia’s Indigenous people runs deep. As a supporter of World Vision’s work, both internationally and in Australia, Carol sees a need that she must respond to. “Here in Australia we have our own people, it’s our own country. We must feel linked to our Indigenous people,” she says.

Did you know you can also help support Indigenous Australians who are working towards change?

While Carol’s journey with World Vision began in the late 1960s with the sponsorship of a child from Vietnam, it was in 2011 that she and her husband Rob learnt about World Vision’s long-term work in Australia and began directing the majority of their support there.

Together with generous supporters, World Vision is working alongside Indigenous communities to build on their strengths and help tackle disadvantage.

Carol – who had the chance to see World Vision’s work close up when she volunteered with Indigenous Community Volunteers – says education is the key to building change. “Education is knowledge, knowledge is power … power to be able to make wise choices and informed decisions about what they want to do with their lives …” Carol says. While Carol and Rob continue to support a sponsored child in South Africa – and have been thrilled to see all of their sponsored children grow up and become self-sufficient over time – they are pleased to be following a strongly-held desire to help out in their own backyard. “My heart and my spirit [have gone] out to the people … I have so much, and there has to be more that I can do to help,” Carol concludes.

We’re walking alongside Indigenous Australians and invite you to “walk” with us too. To learn more visit worldvision.com.au/australiaprogram

Bring a smile to your sponsored child

Naume in Uganda. Photo: Simon Peter Esaku/World Vision

Naume, aged six, in Uganda looks through her activity book. Children like Naume love to receive greeting cards and gifts like activity books from their Australian sponsors. Gifts like these not only remind Naume that someone in Australia is thinking of her, but also help her learn more about the world around her. If you receive gifts from World Vision for your sponsored child, don’t forget to send them back. It’s sure to bring a smile to their face and might just make their day!

abolitionist sunday

Sunday 23 November 2014

Join with your church and stand up for justice Abolitionist Sunday, held this year on Sunday 23 November, is an annual event when Australian Christians take a stand against human trafficking and slavery. Following in the foot steps of the great slave -trade Abolitionist William Wilberforce, we can stand together and say “no” to a world where men, women and children are exploited for profit. To find out more visit :

worldvision.com.au/abolitionistsund

Pur Pur Ter spends time in a World Vision safe space where he can play, learn and receive emotional support. Photo: James East/ World Vision

Hope for Pur Pur Ter Pur Pur Ter is just two years old and his world has already been turned upside down. He is one of the more than 1.5 million people who have fled their homes in South Sudan because of violence. Sadly, children just like him make up half of this number. In emergencies, it is the vulnerable who suffer the most: children, women, the elderly and the disabled. Many children have lost their lives; others have been injured. Many are distressed, having witnessed brutal attacks on their families and communities. Some are dying from preventable diseases, like cholera and diarrhoea. Thanks to donations from generous supporters like you, World Vision has been able to create safe spaces for children like Pur Pur Ter, so they have a place to play and to be children again. Your support has also helped make emergency aid possible – providing children and families with emergency water purifiers, water containers, hygiene items and cooking equipment. Any further support you can give would make a big difference. In fact, just $50 could provide urgently needed water purifiers to 280 people for one week to help prevent water borne illnesses. Visit worldvision.com.au/southsudan to learn more.

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