"To follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God” is the stated goal of the international relief and development organization, World Vision. Although the World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization and is inspired by our Christian values, they serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
Globally, this organization helps transform the lives of the world’s poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries. It s considered the largest child sponsorship agency globally. In the Philippines, World Vision currently helps improve the lives of more than 120,000 children and 16 million Filipinos in 33 provinces and 44 cities nationwide. In fact, my mother has sponsored a child in World Vision and when I asked her if she has plan of stopping it, she said “If only I earn 9 figures a month, I will sponsor more and more children”. Just like her, helping children is one of my goals in life. I often thank God for being so blessed that I have never experienced looking for someone who can pay for my tuition fee. I have never tried going somewhere just to beg for some money in order to survive. I promised to myself that I will not die unless I have accomplished my goal working with the Lord Jesus Christ in transforming the lives of the poor children.
In line with the economic development, “Philippine poverty threshold recorded at PhP15,057 or 26.9% poverty incidence of families in the whole country. In order to send children to school, provide health care and feed nutritious food, parents has to make a way to increase income. However, the lowering of peso purchasing power coupled with unpredictable weather patterns makes poor Filipino families even more vulnerable”. (World Vision, Phils) An access to capital is not enough to succeed without practical trainings towards family economic growth. The organization believes that in order to enable the poorest of the poor families to meet their needs, a holistic and effective economic development intervention is of utmost importance. Economic Development of World Vision in the Philippines upholds the integrated, holistic development rooted in the description of Jesus’ as a child in Luke 2:52. I hope that no matter what criticisms the World Vision would get from other international organizations, they will continue to change the lives of people. I don’t see anything wrong with their deeds and I know that if anyone would take the World Vision away from the Philippine settings, 1/8 of the population would suffer and that is something that I do not want to happen.
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