December 2009

World Vision Supporter Magazine

December 2009

Hi-5

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YOUR ETHICA L to Christmas shopping

personal Philippines diary

TIPS

for an energy efficient home

GLORIA’S FAVOURITE stuffed cabbage rolls

Myanmar - A Christmas smile for Zin Ko

“Thank you!” - Sponsored children all around the world

Child Rescue: School vital for peace in Somalia

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Contents Features A Christmas smile for Zin Ko

12-15 ] Hi-5’s

Philippines diary

Inside Ethical consumerism Shopping with your heart

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Myanmar - A Christmas smile for Zin Ko

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A dream realised in Tanzania

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When sponsorship ends

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Hi-5’s Philippines diary

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Fuel-efficient stoves: Protecting people, protecting the planet

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Fair trade art?

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“Thank you!”

- Sponsored children all around the world

24-25 ] Vegies

for vitality (including a recipe for stuffed cabbage rolls!)

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A day in the life - Brishti in Bangladesh

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“Thank you!” - Sponsored children all around the world

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Vegies for vitality in Honduras

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Meeting Kabir in Bangladesh

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Child Rescue: School vital for peace in Somalia

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An ethical Christmas, all wrapped up

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Ethical consumerism in action: a focus on chocolate

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© World Vision Australia. World Vision Australia ABN 28 004 778 081 is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.

December 2009

personal Philippines diary

TIPS

for an energy efficient home

GLORIA’S FAVOURITE stuffed cabbage rolls

Myanmar- A Christmas smile for Zinko

“Thankyou!”- Sponsored children all around the world

Child Rescue: School vital for peace in Somalia

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Cover: Hi-5 are an Australian children’s entertainment group. During their tour of the Philippines this year they visited communities where World Vision works to experience firsthand the challenges faced by families living in poverty.

Read their accounts of what they saw on page 12.

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Ethical consumerism Shopping with your heart

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Ethical consumerism is about considering these questions with every purchase we make, to ensure we buy and use products that don’t harm or exploit people, animals or the environment.

We all love a bargain. Have you ever bought something so cheap that it seemed too good to be true? The price is usually true enough; but the truth behind it isn’t always so good.

We need to demand that all goods are produced ethically.

International trade can provide opportunities for incomes, employment and wellbeing in poor communities, so we have to make sure it’s done the right way. Done the wrong way, consequences for families in developing countries can be devastating.

aking the choice to be an ethical consumer is one of the easiest ways we can make a difference here in Australia to protect people in the world’s poorest countries.

Consider a five dollar T-shirt. This may be a bargain for us but have you ever thought about how a manufacturer can afford to sell it for that price and still make a profit?

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To better understand this we can call on some basic maths. Start with the five dollars you’ll pay for the T-shirt.

The retailer probably paid about $2.50. The importer may have paid about half that, leaving us with $1.25. From this, subtract some money for materials, then production, then packaging and transport costs. You’ve probably already used up the five dollars but what is missing? The answer is most likely wages – someone isn’t getting paid.

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When we’re at the checkout buying something we need, we don’t always think about what’s behind the label. Where did it come from? Who made it? How much were they paid?

How old are they? What is their situation?

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Many children in India are forced to work long hours, performing tasks like polishing gemstones.

Ask your retailer or manufacturer whether their goods were produced fairly and if you’re not satisfied with the answers, don’t be afraid to politely let them know.

We can all be ethical consumers. There’s no better time to start than at Christmas so next time you make a purchase, make it an ethical one. Encourage friends and family to do the same. You’ll feel great about it and you may never know how someone’s life might improve as a result.

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Children who are forced to work are robbed of an education and a childhood.

Bargains... at what price?

What about the kids?

n Women, men and children the world over are trapped under poor labour conditions. In many cases people have been trafficked into labour and work long hours under conditions of slavery. It is estimated that 2.7 billion people today are still subject to trafficking and slavery worldwide, some perhaps producing the ‘bargains’ that grace our shelves here in Australia.

n World Vision has just launched KidzCase! Designed for children aged 5-12, this exciting new range of fun and educational activities will help your kids learn more about what life is like for sponsored children and their communities.

Know a shopaholic? n For the sister or friend that loves to shop, the Ethical Shopping Guide is the perfect Christmas gift.

The guide makes ethical supermarket shopping in Australia a breeze and is endorsed by World Vision.

To obtain a copy, visit ethical.org.au

Take advantage of our special $30 introductory 12 month subscription offer and your children will receive the quarterly KidzCase magazine, a personalised welcome certificate and access to a range of online games and activities. Parents will also receive a quarterly online newsletter crammed with practical ideas so your whole family can be part of the KidzCase experience. To find out more or subscribe now visit worldvision.com.au/kidzcase

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Myanmar A Christmas smile for Zin Ko

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hen 10-year-old Zin Ko and his family received a piglet from World Vision, they couldn’t foresee the ripple effects that this little piggy could generate.

Zin Ko lives in Kayah State, Myanmar, with his three sisters and younger brother. His father works hard as a farmer but his income is unstable and life is often hard for the young family.

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“When the school season started, I could not buy new school bags for my children,” recalls Zin Ko’s mother.

“I was pregnant at that time and my children were crying for something to eat but there was nothing at home.”

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In May 2007, Zin Ko’s family received a piglet thanks to generous supporters who donated to World Vision’s Smiles catalogue. That one little piglet has been the catalyst for a great transformation in the whole family’s life.

The piglet soon grew up and gave birth to three offspring.

Zin Ko’s mother sold two of the new piglets and was able to pay for school support for four of her children.

Zin Ko is all Smiles when he’s looking after his family’s pig.

“Selling the piglets helped me to support my son’s education,” says Zin Ko’s mum.

When the pigs delivered for the second time, the money raised helped her to pay for healthcare which allowed her to give birth safely to their youngest son.

The pigs they kept at home have helped the family in other ways.

“We have planted vegetables using the pigs’ excrement as a fertiliser”, Zin Ko’s mother says. The family then sells some of the fresh vegetables for extra income, which helps Zin Ko with his education.

“My mum buys the school bag, sandals and pants for me at the start of school season and I am really happy,” explains Zin Ko. The pigs and vegetables are helping the family to save some money. Once they have saved up enough, Zin Ko’s mother plans to open a small shop.

Zin Ko is pleased with the new additions to the family and gives his parents a hand when he isn’t at school. “I help my mum to feed the pigs on the weekend.”

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Wrap it up n The Japanese use a gift wrapping technique called furoshiki, similar to origami. It uses eco-friendly wrapping cloth, so not only are you reducing waste by not using paper, the reusable fabric is a great gift in itself!

Check it out at furoshiki.com

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Gifts to smile about n What better gift than one that brings smiles to family and friends, benefits people in poor communities and eliminates waste? Instead of being left swimming in a sea of gift wrap and unwanted presents on Boxing Day, World Vision’s Smiles catalogue provides hassle-free and life-changing gifts to suit everyone on your list. It’s so easy too. Simply browse the gifts – for $20, a duck can provide a family with nutritious eggs and valuable offspring to sell for extra income, or $70 can provide essential relief items to a family after disaster strikes – select the gifts you’d like and make your purchase.

World Vision will provide a card for you to give to your friend or loved one, explaining the wonderful gift that has been given on their behalf. They say smiles are infectious. Visit worldvision.com.au/smiles and start spreading them today.

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A dream realised in Tanzania

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ver since Scolla was little, she dreamed of becoming a hairdresser. When World Vision began working in her community, the seeds were sown for that dream to become a reality.

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Nineteen-year-old Scolla, who lives in northern Tanzania, was sponsored through World Vision for seven years. Before her sponsorship she remembers life in her community being very different for her and her brother. Her school was too small for the students, there were not enough classrooms and no books.

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When World Vision came to the community, new classrooms were built and support for educational materials increased.

Advocating for girls’ education was a major part of World Vision’s work.

She studied hard at school and then started a vocation – like an apprenticeship in Australia – and soon after she completed her training she was employed in her first hairdressing job.

She worked hard and saved money and after two years she bought her own small salon.

Another happy customer at Scolla’s salon in Tanzania.

Scolla says she is happy with what she has achieved.

“Business is doing well, busier around December and Christmas,” she says. “The money is not bad.”

Scolla’s favourite things to do at work are plaiting and braiding. As well as her hairdressing she also does wedding makeup for some of her customers.

She has been able to move out of the family home because of the new income she is earning and is helping her family wherever she can.

Scolla prides herself on the good customer service skills that she learnt in her training. Her business has been promoted through word of mouth, which she boasts is the best kind of advertising.

She works hard, seven days a week, and is now even training her assistant to become a hairdresser. “I dream to expand the business one day,” she says.

Scolla is extremely grateful to her Australian sponsor for helping her to fulfil her dream: “I am very thankful for my sponsorship. Great improvements have occurred because of the sponsorship.” z

“(Scolla,) former sponsored child works hard, seven days a week, and is now even training her assistant to become a hairdresser.�

Female education in Tanzania n Education can be the source of livelihood options and access to employment for women in Tanzania. However, many girls have difficulty accessing education for many reasons, including late entry into primary school, early marriage, economic factors, health and gender bias issues. The adult literacy rate is only 67% for females (UNICEF, 2003). World Vision works with communities to address education issues through our child sponsorship programs.

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When sponsorship ends

By Kathy Currie, World Vision International

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arlier this year, I visited a World Vision child sponsorship project high in the Andes Mountains.

We were in our final phases of work in that community.

The parents and young people I met were excited to tell me about improvements in the wellbeing of the children since they started to work with World Vision more than a decade ago. Their faces beamed with satisfaction as they showed me the pictures and statistics that were evidence of overcoming a long history of extreme poverty.

Child malnutrition and family violence had reduced dramatically, small businesses were starting up, and children were accessing quality education. The community’s leaders also introduced me to local government officials who explained that they had changed priorities in order to provide better health and educational services for children in the area. In fact, so much has improved that in the next two years we hope to write to their sponsors with the news that sponsorship will be ending in that community.

We will ask sponsors to celebrate the progress, to say farewell, and we will invite them to sponsor another child in another community that needs their support.

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Development work is very challenging. World Vision works hard to ensure that the community’s priorities are identified and agreed to, and that community members are eventually empowered to continue future development on their own.

But it can be a long and difficult journey, especially among children who are extremely vulnerable, living in areas devastated by conflict, extreme deprivation, or natural calamities. It is the faithful commitment of child sponsors that allows World Vision to make long-term commitments to improve the wellbeing of the children and build resilience in these places.

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Since we make a long-term commitment to work in each community, sometimes a sponsorship may end before our work in the community finishes, which may be for a number of reasons. One of these is when a sponsored child’s family leaves the project area. Leaving the community can be a difficult decision for the family. World Vision staff and volunteers are there in the community, willing to lend a

listening ear to support them as they think through these decisions. Sometimes, however, families leave without telling anyone where they are going or whether they will return.

If World Vision staff members determine that the family or child is unlikely to return, they begin the process of notifying the sponsor. Since World Vision uses sponsor gifts throughout the whole community, these funds continue to benefit the community. Sponsors whose children leave our programme are offered an opportunity to continue to participate by sponsoring another child in the same community if that is possible, or a different location.

When a sponsored child leaves one of World Vision’s programs for any reason, our commitment is to notify sponsors as soon as possible. In the meantime, the sponsor’s contributions continue to provide critical assistance to that community as part of long-term development projects conducted in the community.

Communications from some isolated project areas can be slow due to lack of phones and internet, but World Vision is always working to assure that sponsors remain well informed in a timely way. A recent quality assurance review helped us identify needed process improvements, after we identified that a very small percentage of sponsors had not been informed or had very late notice that their sponsored child left the program. These process changes are already improving the efficiency of communications with sponsors.

I was privileged to witness firsthand the profound changes that resulted through sponsors’ long-term, faithful commitment, and the hard work of the community.

Adolescents, mothers and fathers remembered significant changes in their own families since they began partnering with World Vision. A little girl named Maria, who picked a fistful of daisies and presented them to me with a wide smile, was too young to have any idea of “before and after”. Yet, her vibrant health and joyful spirit were the best testimony to improved wellbeing among all the children in that community. z Kathy Currie is the World Vision International Vice President responsible for child sponsorship across the globe.

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Hi-5’s Philippines diary

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im, Fely, Casey, Stevie and Lauren make up popular children’s group Hi-5. Hugely successful in Australia, they are constantly on the road with their busy tour schedule. But when they travelled to the Philippines with World Vision earlier this year, they were in for an experience of a completely different nature.

A rubbish dump in Cebu city FELY Everyone sat in the van in anticipation of our huge day with World Vision, not knowing what to expect. We arrived at the City Dump after only a 15 minute drive from our hotel – the difference between where we were staying and where we were now was incredible. This is how it is in the Philippines.

The huge shopping centre we had performed in the previous week had a similar slum area less than 10 metres away.

There were mountains of garbage and the smell and humidity were overwhelming. We were welcomed by a group of children standing under a hand-made shelter, who greeted us with huge, infectious smiles. They told us that this shelter, and the shipping container behind, made up their school; I felt very privileged to be shown around. They were very proud of what they had.

STEVIE I was surrounded by paper, plastic, food scraps, human waste and the 30,000 people who call this rubbish tip home. My guide was my new buddy Calv; a young resident of the tip who moved here with his family a few years ago in the hope of a better life.

The children here work all day scrounging whatever they can from the mountain of rubbish, hoping to provide enough scraps to feed their families even a handful of rice. It’s a daily struggle for survival. Even the youngest children have to work hard or they and their families starve. Malnutrition, disease and unrelenting work rob these children of their childhood.

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My senses were in overdrive. I inhaled the heat and the foul stench of the tip with each breath. Rubbish crushed underneath my feet. My heart broke as I saw child after child malnourished, barefoot and barely clothed - but still smiling.

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As I stood on the crest of the tip and looked at the high-rise buildings, at the millions of people who surround this tip and allow this to happen, I felt a rush of frustration and anger.

Then the penny dropped. I realised there was no difference between a businessman who drives past every day and does nothing and a young man from Australia who does nothing.

I fought back tears.

It’s one thing to learn from books or films about the dreadful poverty in the world, but until I was standing on top of this rubbish tip, breathing it in, it didn’t really hit home. I am incredibly thankful that there is a team from World Vision here who never give up, and every day are doing everything they can to help.

A World Vision school TIM The journey to the next location took about two hours.

I knew we were going to a school that many kids were able to attend. Unlike the rubbish dump, World Vision had been working in this area for about 15 years, so I was very excited and hoping to be uplifted - I needed it.

“We toured the school and saw more and more monuments to what World Vision, with support from Australians, had achieved...”

We arrived and the response was amazing. About 12 shiny-eyed children formed positions on the school stage in beautiful white clothes, their Sunday best. The music started and they began to dance. The track was a bit of a tear-jerker and combined with this simple presentation, I was gone!

Tears were making their way down my cheeks with no subtlety whatsoever.

In the time World Vision had been in the area they had been able to assist with clean water, food, shelter and now these children had the gift of an education - a chance to use their knowledge to build a life well beyond poverty. These children had the world at their feet and were raring to greet it with the same enthusiasm as any other child.

We toured the school and saw more and more testaments to what World Vision, with support from Australians, had achieved - like toilets, classrooms and school books. We met former sponsored children who are now teaching at the school and giving back to their own community.

FELY World Vision has had a huge and defining impact on the school and its community. The children in the room smiled so brightly.

I sat down with a young girl named Dara and we drew some pictures together as we talked about her life. She was quite talented at drawing and very well mannered. She told me she had many brothers and sisters all younger than her. She said she was very grateful to be going to school. When she grows up she wants to be a teacher, so she can teach others that anything can happen if you put your mind to it.

“I want to report back to all the people who have helped, do help and those looking at helping.

You are making an immeasurable difference.

The money you are giving, the letters you are writing, the love you are sending, is all making a difference you would find hard to comprehend.� – Tim Maddren

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I taught Dara some hand clapping games and she taught me some of hers. It was a wonderful afternoon. Waving out the window as we drove away we could see all the happy faces and we felt good knowing they were going to go home and talk about what an amazing day they had - just like we would.

had helped them, and she broke down into tears.

We could really see the passion she had and how grateful she was to have a sponsor helping her daughter receive an education. We all felt huge amounts of compassion for families in similar positions.

Visiting a sponsored child

It’s amazing to think that by sponsoring a child you really can help whole families to turn their lives around.

CASEY We then drove to a fishing village to visit the home of a sponsored child. The people of this community were amazing. They were so welcoming and had made a beautiful table of traditional snacks for us, which we just couldn’t resist.

Lauren and myself dove straight into the tasty drink they made from fresh coconut, nuts and melons which was truly delicious. I wish I could buy it in Australia!

We sat down with the sponsored child’s family, to ask her mother how being a part of World Vision had changed their lives. As she spoke the most heart-warming thing happened.

She was holding her baby and talking about how World Vision

LAUREN On the trip home after our emotional, life-changing day we couldn’t stop thinking about what we had just experienced. My views on the world and on my day-today life have definitely changed.

These people made us feel loved and trusted even though we were strangers, giving us the friendship that usually takes years to work up. They had nothing yet had everything love, trust, friendship, happiness, faith and hope.

When I got back to our hotel in Singapore I found I was in for a cold shower as there was no hot water. Instead of phoning reception to complain I thought about the families I had just visited who had no running water, dirty water or no water at all. It was the best shower of my life.

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“Stevie, Tim, Lauren, Fely and myself feel extremely privileged to be World Vision ambassadors.” – Casey Burgess

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CASEY I think about my World Vision experience with Hi-5 every single day. All of these amazing families and children are inspirational and really show you the things we take for granted in life.

We heard so many parents saying that they would not be able to get by without help from World Vision. To be able to experience these villages and play and laugh with all the children was seriously life-changing. I know as members of Hi-5, Stevie, Tim, Lauren, Fely and myself feel extremely privileged to be World Vision ambassadors. z

World Vision is assisting sponsored children and their families with needs such as education, safe water and healthcare. We are working to empower communities to identify skills, increase incomes, care for the environment and access government services, as well as to take part in decision-making.

World Vision also provides emergency relief and rehabilitation for people displaced or harmed by natural disasters or conflict.

In September, the Philippines was struck by two typhoons, the worst to hit the country in years.

Hundreds of thousands of people were affected.

The response from Australians was amazing, allowing us to distribute life-saving aid to those who needed it most. To everyone who donated - thank you. Read about our response to the flooding here: worldvision.com.au/Issues/Emergencies.aspx

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I also want to report back to all the people who have helped, do help and those looking at helping. You are making an immeasurable difference. The money you are giving, the letters you are writing, the love you are sending, is all making a difference you would find hard to comprehend.

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TIM This experience has been amazing. I feel extremely fortunate to have seen this. Because of this trip I have a true understanding of what happens in this busy but small part of the world and what is needed for change. I wish everyone could share this experience because there is still too much poverty that really should only be in our history books.

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Burundi is classified as one of the world’s least-developed countries (UNCTAD, 2002). A large percentage of children are underweight and many families depend on agriculture for their survival. In a fragile climate where the environment is so vital to food production, it’s important that farmers are equipped with the skills and knowledge to work the land effectively.

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World Vision has helped to train Vincent, along with around 100 others in his community, in farming techniques to improve productivity, save money and protect the environment at the same time. The program promotes more sustainable ways of growing crops and raising livestock.

One of the biggest benefits for Vincent and his family has been the introduction of fuel-efficient stoves,

designed to use far less firewood than traditional cooking methods.

The new stoves ensure the safety of Vincent’s family in the kitchen and also protect trees in the area. Trees are vital to ensuring enough food can be produced in the community.

After installing a new stove in his home, Vincent has been spreading the word with the aid of education materials provided by World Vision. ‘‘I am currently sharing the knowledge I learned about fuel-efficient stoves by teaching other community members how to make them,’’ Vincent says.

His wife Virginie is enjoying the advantages of the stoves. ‘‘Using the modern stoves has reduced the time I spend collecting wood, allowing me to be more engaged in other activities,’’ she says.

She told World Vision that she is currently using a quar ter of the wood that she used for cooking before and is also more productive in the kitchen. ‘‘With the traditional technique I could put only one pot on the stove but now I can put a pot of cassava here, a

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Vincent couldn’t be happier. “Fuel-efficient stoves have already transformed my household,’’ he says. ‘‘I am infinitely grateful for the suppor t from World Vision that allowed me to build this very impor tant stove in my home and also to teach others what I know.’’

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Winter in Wutunugurra. “In the mornings we are often woken by the screeching sound that the cockies make as they take off.”

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orld Vision’s Birrung Gallery is working to protect the rights of Indigenous artists as part of its Australia Program.

Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is hugely popular. It has been exhibited in cities like New York, London, Rome, Berlin and Tokyo, to name a few, and the industry has an annual turnover of $500 million.

For Indigenous people in Australia, participating in the art market helps to keep language and culture strong and also provides opportunities for employment, skills development and financial independence.

However, Indigenous artists due to geographical or social factors can often be exploited. The majority of money generated from the industry ends up with investors, entrepreneurs and gallery owners – not with artists or communities.

World Vision’s Birrung Gallery was established with a commitment to support Indigenous artists.

It now represents over 500 artists from around Australia and provides unique Indigenous artwork to collectors and art lovers around the world.

Birrung Gallery ensures that the same is paid to Indigenous artists that is deemed acceptable to non-Indigenous artists in the commercial art world.

What’s in a name? The name “Birrung” is an Indigenous language word meaning “star” and is associated with the celestial dreaming stories of the 29 clans who have occupied the greater Sydney region for 40,000 years.

Birrung Gallery also works with communities, supporting artists’ professional development, advocating for artists’ rights and seeking to improve government policy and industry regulation.

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Artist Janella Akemarra Woodman, 24, grew up in Wutunurrgurra, close to Epenarra Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Her paintings are inspired by the land.

Janella says her two grandmothers have had a big influence on her development as an artist and the three of them often all paint together. Janella has exhibited her work in Adelaide and Alice Springs. She is finding it harder to find the time to paint as she now has a young son but still enjoys her art and is currently planning her next painting, which she said may depict cattle being loaded onto a road train.

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en-year-old Brishti is a World Vision sponsored child. She lives in Bangladesh with her parents and younger brother.

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World Vision’s work in Brishti’s community involves improving literacy and enhancing formal education.

“I like to study Bengali books. I borrow story books from the school library,” says Brishti. Bengali is the primary spoken language in Bangladesh.

As well as reading, Brishti is a budding artist and recently came third in a drawing competition.

Brishti’s family live in a small village in a bamboo and corrugated iron house, surrounded by hills, a river and a market.

She does well at school and has big ambitions for when she finishes her studies. “I want to become a doctor. I want to serve people who need medical treatment,” she says.

Her day begins with breakfast at about 7am. After she has eaten she gets ready for school.

“We use water from the well for drinking, washing and bathing. We collect the water from the next house.

There is also a pond beside our house,” says Brishti.

School finishes at 3pm. Brishti walks home and has something to eat and then does some study. She plays carom (a game similar to billiards) and skipping rope with her mother and brother, or her friends. Her father is not usually home as he is away most nights working as a bus driver.

She walks to school, which is very close to her home, ready for an 8am start. Brishti is in grade four and her younger brother Imtiaz is in grade two.

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Vegies for vitality in Honduras

Gloria’s family is part of a Community Bank organised by World Vision. This has given them, along with six nearby families, access to loans and financial benefits.

The bank designates a specific product for each member and this season Amparo is planting potatoes and cabbage.

Business is good and the family is able to buy the necessities.

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ight-year-old Gloria Elizabeth lives in a mountainous region of Honduras and is a happy and healthy student.

A few years ago though, Gloria was often sick with strong headaches, fever and difficulty breathing. When Gloria was sick she couldn’t attend school.

“With the money we make we buy clothes, shoes and medicines, in addition to other products that we don’t produce such as cauliflower, broccoli, green peppers, beets and lettuce,” says Gloria’s mum.

“Frequent absences from school meant that Gloria had to work twice as hard doing her homework just to catch up,” Gloria’s mother says.

When all of the new vegetables were incorporated into Gloria’s diet, her health improved notably. Gloria’s mum started to include more vegetables in the family’s meals, making salads, soups and mixing the dark leafy vegetables into tortilla dough. Tortillas are a staple in Honduras.

Without constant access to healthy food, Gloria’s condition wasn’t improving. Her parents were growing produce but their harvests were too small. The family was unable to grow enough to generate an income.

Her mum says proudly: “Basically, what we have now are tortillas enriched with vitamin C.”

“We would sell all we produced to the intermediaries and they pay very low prices – there’s not much of a profit with them,” Gloria’s mother says.

Gloria’s health has improved because of her new diet and the healthcare she receives from World Vision, and her brothers and sisters are doing well too. One of the boys was awarded a scholarship from World Vision to undergo vocational training and become a construction worker. He practices his new skills by doing repairs around the house after work.

With the help of a small enterprise grant from World Vision, Gloria’s parents started to grow vegetables such as potatoes and traditional crops like corn and beans. Gloria’s father Amparo switched to new agricultural practices, enabling better yields and better quality produce.

Gloria’s mother is thrilled with how well her family is doing.

“When Amparo began using the techniques taught by World Vision and with the loans from the community bank then our lives started getting better, especially our daily diet.

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Gloria’s favourite: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Ingredients: 1 large head of regular cabbage 3 tomatoes 500g ground beef 1 cup uncooked white rice 1 ½ chopped onions 1 clove garlic 1 sprig parsley 1 teaspoon oregano 1 pinch sugar salt and pepper vegetable oil n Remove the cabbage core, trying not to disturb the leaves. n Place the whole cabbage in boiling salted water and return to the boil. n Remove the cabbage and peel off the outer leaves, placing them back into the water to make them soft. n Sauté the chopped onion, parsley and garlic then add the meat and seasonings. When the meat is brown, add the uncooked rice and water and continue sautéing for about 5 minutes. n Lay the open cabbage leaves on a plate and place a tablespoon of the rice and meat mixture in the middle of each. n Roll them tightly and place the rolls in a pot very close together (so they won’t open during cooking).

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n Make a sauce from the chopped tomatoes and herbs. Pour the sauce until all rolls are covered and weigh them down with a plate to keep them compact. n Bring to a boil and then simmer for 45 minutes, adding more sauce as needed so the rolls don’t burn. n Serve and accompany with vegetables like we do in Intibuca, Honduras!

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t the start of September, I arrived in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. At the World Vision office I was provided with some information and a child protection visitor form to sign.

Bangladesh is a beautiful country – it’s very green, with water everywhere (rivers, lakes, floodplains), and a lot of vegetation. However the stunning scenery is tainted by the blatant poverty everywhere. I had never seen anything like it.

A highlight of course was meeting my sponsored child Kabir and his parents, three younger sisters and aunty. It was really special to finally meet them in person and a joy to be able to exchange smiles despite our language barrier. World Vision staff interpreted for us while we chatted. We were unable to have lunch together as the family are Muslim and were fasting for Ramadan. It was great to experience this because it attests to the fact that World Vision assists people despite their religious beliefs.

Some World Vision staff took Kabir’s family and I to a nearby park so I could walk with them, looking at plants, and play on the playground with the children.

It was great to have the opportunity to share time with them in a way that didn’t require us to speak the same language!

It was a whirlwind visit but an important and memorable one! It was really confronting to see so much poverty but I’m glad when I did, I was also able to see and hear about the positive impact that World Vision is having and the difference they are making to people’s lives.

Since returning home I have already received a letter from Kabir thanking me for my visit and advising that he has told his classmates about it, and that he wants to become a teacher. In the huge chaos and injustice of this world, it is very moving to know that so many people are working to make it better, and that we are able to make such a difference to people’s lives.

I will never forget what I have seen or the people I have met, and will be sure to tell others about my experience!

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A SPECIAL CONNECTION Amy, Glenn and baby Oscar enriched their family life when they sponsored a child with World Vision.

I started sponsoring Melaku Daniel when I was pregnant with Oscar. It was really nice to develop a connection with a child overseas while I was preparing to meet my own child. I also had a special connection with Melaku Daniel because we share a birthday!

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Sponsoring a child helps Glenn and I remember what’s important. We travelled around Asia with Oscar this year and he met and played with lots of children who were living in poverty. These kids were all beautiful and it really hit home that all children are amazing – it’s just so unfair that some are born in circumstances that don’t allow them the same opportunities that kids in Australia enjoy.

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We want to make sure Oscar grows up with compassion and an awareness of how lucky he is. It will be nice for him to write to Melaku Daniel or draw him pictures when he’s a little bit older. It isn’t difficult for us to sponsor Melaku – in fact, I feel as though we get a lot more back than we give.

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Education gives girls hope for brighter futures in Somalia.

Child Rescue: School vital for peace in Somalia Eight-year-old Amal lives in Somalia. The area has long been plagued by conflict, school enrolment is extremely low and enrolment of girls even lower. Only one in four girls in Somalia is primary educated.

With no education and limited future prospects, many children just like Amal have been attracted to guns and violence as sources of income. This has led to a vicious cycle reinforcing lawlessness and conflict.

Access to education, especially for girls, is important in reducing domestic violence and preventing diseases. It results in improved health for both children and their extended families.

In Amal’s community, many families have lost their livelihoods because of poverty and conflict, making sending children to school extremely difficult. Students have been asked to pay school fees that their parents couldn’t afford.

region of Somaliland. It was hoped that if the majority of children had an opportunity to gain basic education, they would learn to live peaceful lives as they grew to adulthood.

Amal’s school was equipped with teaching materials for all classes and teachers were provided with special training and incentives to stay on at the school.

In a matter of weeks, Amal started to notice a big difference in her primary school: “The teachers are more active, they give us work to discuss in groups and ask questions. I can even do difficult sums and get them right,” she says proudly.

Amal says she is also happy with the sports equipment – balls and skipping ropes – that World Vision has supplied to her school. “I enjoy skipping the rope with my friend,” she says.

Many new students have enrolled since the improvements to the school began. A new block of classrooms and latrines is under construction, to accommodate the new students, who can now be sure they can learn in a safe environment.

Often older girls would end up getting married instead of returning to school, limiting their prospects for a life beyond poverty.

The project has also provided training for community leaders and education committees, resulting in improved enrolment of new students. World Vision has been working hard to advocate for girl child enrolment.

For those who made it to school, the standard of education was low. “We would come to school and find only two teachers teaching all the classes from grade one to grade eight,” says Amal.

World Vision hopes that continued activities like these will increase primary school enrolment to 60% by 2011. There is hope for a dramatic reduction in the number of children who succumb to conflict, and brighter futures for children like Amal.

World Vision, through its Child Rescue program, established a project to improve access to basic education in the troubled

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An ethical Christmas, all wrapped up

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t Christmas time more than any other, I tend to find myself reflecting on what it means to be human. Christmas always seems to embody the values that we as humans hold at any given time in history. Some stay fairly constant over the years: family, friends, the spirit of giving and sharing, a well deserved break, even the great Australian barbecue. The traditional meaning of Christmas is alive and well in some part of our minds, yet more and more we are bombarded by brands, by demands on our buying, spending, consuming.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. Shopping does after all underpin a lot of our giving, something that makes this season so enjoyable for so many. We give gifts to express love and friendship for one another. Our collective consumption though seems to have reached monstrous and almost frightening proportions.

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Christmas lights in many cities have been replaced by giant advertisements for some must-have gadget or fashion item and the season seems increasingly stressful, not least financially.

I read some research earlier this year proclaiming that children are now influenced more by brands than by their parents or schools. Our children are experiencing anxiety if they are given a gift with the ‘wrong’ brand; I freely admit I find this disturbing. Especially considering that an unknown quantity of the products in our favourite stores were produced using exploited labour or the work of children.

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If a product costs a few dollars and looks as though it’s worth a lot more, it almost invariably is: if while shopping we exclaim, ‘you couldn’t make it for that!’ usually this is absolutely correct - you couldn’t. Unless of course someone hasn’t been paid in the process and, unfortunately, cheap or free labour is most readily available from children.

This Christmas, though, we can speak loudly with our dollars and consider that other great Aussie spirit: that of a fair go. You may have heard of World Vision’s Don’t Trade Lives campaign (donttradelives.com.au), which celebrated a big win this year when Australia’s largest chocolate manufacturer vowed to make its signature product Fairtrade-certified by next Easter. Ethical trade is essential to development – to seeing farmers and workers paid fairly so that their children can go to school – and we have an opportunity to demand that all trade is fair trade.

We can buy products with the Fairtrade label, or choose to shop more sustainably and meaningfully by selecting a gift from World Vision’s Smiles catalogue, giving communities a ‘hand up’ to get ahead with assistance in agriculture, education or healthcare. For the sister who has everything, why not give her a goat? Or for the green-thumb in your life, a vegie pack for a family in need. These gifts may seem unique and quirky for us, yet they are life-changing for families in the countries where we work overseas.

Christmas is always a time for reflection. As I’ve surely said before, it is never until the end of the year that I truly appreciate what a big year it has been for World Vision.

This year is no exception. Our development work has continued to change the lives of thousands of children worldwide. We are delighted to have welcomed new Australian child sponsors, especially those who joined through our Family Challenge, and we are so grateful to those who have continued their remarkable support for another year.

Each of us will have our own reflections as the year draws to a close. I and many at World Vision will no doubt be considering the amazing work that has taken place in our programs the world over thanks to the wonderful generosity of our supporters. Hearing of the many people in developing countries whose lives have improved this year, with your support, has for me – once again – been the most rewarding gift of all.

Thank you for your support and generosity in 2009.

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he products we buy and use in Australia can affect people in other countries. Sometimes workers producing these goods are child labourers or people who have been trafficked. It is difficult to determine which products are produced using exploited labour.

Don’t Trade Lives and the chocolate industry Criminal networks have been caught trafficking children to work on cocoa farms in West Africa. Hundreds of thousands of children in cocoa fields are subjected to the worst forms of child labour. Major chocolate manufacturers have known about this for at least 10 years.

Don’t Trade Lives is a World Vision campaign, uniting Australians against human trafficking and slavery. Over the past 17 months the campaign has targeted the Australian chocolate industry.

Big steps from the big players More than 25,000 Australians have participated in actions against the chocolate industry, contacting chocolate manufacturers and retailers, signing petitions, holding protests and visiting MPs to demand change. This has resulted in some exciting announcements:

• In April, Mars announced that most of its range will be

certified through Rainforest Alliance by 2020. At around the same time, Coles supermarkets requested stock of Cocolo Fairtrade chocolate for all 750 stores. Woolworths now stocks Scarborough Fair Fairtrade chocolate.

• In August, we received the news that from Easter 2010, Cadbury Australia wills use only Fairtrade cocoa in its most popular product, Cadbury Dairy Milk.

These commitments mean that it will now be easier for consumers to choose ethical chocolate and really demonstrate the power of people campaigning together.

We can make a difference!

What does this mean for farmers?

Commitments like these provide hope of a better and fairer future for the cocoa farmers of West Africa, and in particular Ghana. Fairtrade certification guarantees farmers:

• The security of long-term contracts • Investment in local community development • Improved working conditions • Environmentally sustainable farming methods • Support in gaining knowledge and skills to operate successfully in the global economy.

Cadbury Australia’s decision alone will provide farmers with Fairtrade premiums over $500,000 to invest in local communities in the first year.

Where to next?

Don’t Trade Lives continues to campaign against all forms of trafficking and slavery. In the coming year we will maintain pressure on the chocolate industry, particularly companies like Nestle. We will also look to other industries and shine a light on those industries and companies that are knowingly using exploited and child labour to increase their bottom line.

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Christmas gifts that will make someone smile from here to Tanzania.

If you’re looking for a fun and meaningful gift this Christmas try the World Vision Smiles gift catalogue.

The gift you choose goes to the world’s neediest people on a loved one’s behalf and contributes to World Vision’s work around the world in such areas such as agriculture and environment, healthcare, education and emergency relief.

That’s enough to make everyone smile. Check out the catalogue now online or give World Vision a call.

Gifts that change lives

For Christmas gifts that changes lives visit worldvision.com.au/smiles or call 13 32 40.

1 Select your gifts Gift

Amount Qty

Chicken and chicken feed

$9

Bag of seeds

$10

School materials

$15

A duck

$20

Fish farm

$25

A warm blanket

$30

Emergency food for children

$40

Empower Indigenous leaders

$40

A goat

$40

Market garden starter pack

$45

Maternal and child healthcare

$70

A toilet

$80

Bicycle for a teacher

$100

Train a teacher

$125

A donkey

$225

A stable full of animals

$1,200

Total

I want to make an additional gift of...

An optional donation of $2 will help offset the cost of postage and handling printed cards Total $ For each order, we will send you a blank gift card featuring a photo and description of the gift so you can write a personal message for your friend or loved one.  I don’t need to be sent gift cards, thank you.

Items in this catalogue fall into different categories such as agriculture and environment.

The amount we receive for the item you purchase will be allocated towards our work in that category. Should we receive contributions in excess of the needs in a particular category, we will use the excess in other categories represented by gift items in this catalogue. Amounts quoted are our estimates at the time of publication of this catalogue.

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Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss _____________________________________ Address ____________________________________________ ___________________________ Postcode ________________ Phone Day (________)________________________________ Evening (________)___________________________________ Date of Birth _______/_______/_______ Email ______________________________________________ If you’re already a World Vision Supporter, please write your Supporter Number here.

3 Pay for your gifts If another person’s payment details are provided below (ie. another person will make the payment(s) for your gift) we will issue the annual tax receipt to that person.

 Visa  MasterCard  American Express  Diners Club C10546-A2594-R1176

Name of Cardholder _______________________________________________ Expiry date

Signature _______________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________ OR

My cheque/money order made payable to World Vision is enclosed.  Donations of $2 or more may be tax deductible depending on your own personal tax position.

Mail to GPO Box 9944, Melbourne VIC 3001 We will dispatch your card within 72 hours of receiving your order. You’ll find additional gift ideas in our online Smiles catalogue, which also includes some special features.

Visit worldvision.com.au/smiles to find out more.

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Gifts that change lives

Choose from over 40 life-changing gifts Spread a smile around the world by ordering a lifechanging gift from the Smiles gift catalogue. You can surprise family and friends with a unique and meaningful gift – and at the same time create a lasting impact in the lives of children, families and communities in need. Go to worldvision.com.au/smiles to find out how Smiles works.

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A duck

Ther e’s nothing lame abou t this clever duck .

A contribution to a lives tock program can help provide a family with a duck to produce eggs and valuable offspring. Farm animals are a vital asset in poor rural communities.

Maternal and child healthcare

$70

Care for little ones and mums to be

Family planning information, training for midwives, as well as breastfeeding and nutr ition education for new mums, can protect against illness and improve the health and wellbeing of mothers, infants and their families.

Bicycle for a teacher

$100

There’s plenty riding on this gift...

A bicycle can help a teacher get to and from school with ease, creating more time for learning and lesson planning. Practical items like bicycles can dramatically improve life in isolated rural areas.

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A donkey

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