Poverty is complex. It must be addressed in an integrated and comprehensive manner.

Your simple gift of RM50 per month can help us to find solutions to the myriad of challenges that a child faces growing up in a poor country.

Visit www.worldvision.com.my

p/s: I've sponsored one, from Lebanon. What about you??



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A noble cause.

They basically will pool all the donor's money to set up community projects for the underprivileged.

When I saw the pics of all those ppl in need, I realised how lucky i am in comparison and how these ppl needed our help and from that moment on, I vowed to help in their cause.

//moved from RWI+merged. yes, it's been posted before in this thread. my Gf is a sponsor. - AsenDURE

I did a search and I am surprised that no one has posted this yet. I am not part of this organization asking for help. I just came across it when my colleague informed me that he has sponsored a child. I am very touched by it so I wonder it Lowyat members would like to play a part to help make the world a better place for those who are more unfortunate than us, too.


ABOUT US:
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, World Vision is dedicated to working with the world's most vulnerable people. World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

World Vision helps the poor to help themselves, working with them to build sustainable futures for their children, families and communities through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice.

World Vision Malaysia (WVM) began in 1997 as a Support Office with the aim of raising funds for and awareness of needy children and communities overseas. Among them which WVM is supporting are:

Bati, Cambodia
Yongsheng, Xinjiang and Hebei, China
Coimbatore, India
Singkawang , Indonesia
Marjeyoun, Lebanon
Nalaikh, Mongolia
Mya Nanda, Myanmar
Orlando East, South Africa
Kuan Niang, Prai Burng and Kapur, Thailand
Funds for these communities are obtained via several channels, the key ones of which are:

World Vision Child Sponsorship Programme
World Vision 30-Hour Famine

For more information,
http://www.worldvision.com.my/index.php

This post has been edited by AsenDURE: Jun 15 2007, 03:35 PM

I already have sponsor one too, from India...
thinking to sponsor another one....
Just do watever we can

Tada~~~!!!

To all my friends in LYN, 30 Hour Famine is now open for registration. And here's some information regarding the event.

Date : 15 - 16 Sept 2007 (Sat - Sun)

Time : 12pm (Sat) - 6pm (Sun)

Venue : Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil

Theme : Hungry for HOPE

No. of Campers : 5,000

Currently they need approximately 800 volunteers to help with the event.
And of course, you could choose the task of which you think you are most capable of.

For more information, please log on to World Vision
By the way, this is the first ever bilingual 30-Hour Famine camp

Hope many of you could turn up on the day whether as a volunteer or a participant.

lets all do charity for the better world hope that all forumer that involve in the section are active.. i'll be happy to join u all.

how about donate to yvonnefoong ?

I've been looking for this kind of charity organisation for a long time but I haven't found one, or maybe I didn't know how to find it. So yes thank you for finally solving my long time question and since any of us would spend 50 bux for something so petty, why not help someone right?

Thanks for making this awareness up in the thread. Cheers.

This post has been edited by xavier.emir: Jul 13 2007, 02:54 PM

its better if they have DDDP(direct debit donor programme) for a better and sustainable fund.. just like MAKNA and WWF did..

Anybody go for 30 Hour Famine??

Hi,

They do have direct debit via credit card.

Cheers

been sponsored a Hebei girl for 1 yr+ already....but scared to reply her mail cos keep asking for my photo... hahhaha

aiyo...why u like dat one??

u afraid kena jampi?? hahahahah

i sent my pasport photo over.....and i oso sent a b'day card over.....

cheers

Hey, how do you become a volunteer yea?

i heard from my friend volunteers full already...
if still need the volunteer..pls pm me...

i just started to sponsor 1 thai girl..
last time they do request for volunteers in the webpage.. but i also heard my friend said it;s fulll.... they need enuf volunteers liao..

anybody participant 30-Hour Famine camp ???

I'm also sponsoring a child from Thailand.

Does anyone know what to write to the child actually? I try to make my letters more interesting, but apart from dreary topics like 'myself, my family, my friends, my hobbies', I seem to run out of things to talk. Especially when they have restrictions on what to write which I understand, there are times when I want to ask about the child about Thailand but afraid to do so due to political sensitivity etc.

Do any of you send gifts as well? I'm not exactly sure what to send over "that can be shared among other children" as well, other than sweets, etc.

start slowly lor.....i jz followed the topics only.....i wonder how is Lebanon now....saw news dat it was on war last couple of weeks.....

u know the child's b'day, rite?? i guess the best is to give s'thing simple....about the sharing part, I'm really not so sure....coz we dunno how's the situation over der.....