Last year U.S. donors alone sponsored more than 500,000 children through World Vision Recognizing that parents are responsible for creating a loving and healthy environment for their children, World Vision encourages adults to learn income-generating skills, better farming methods, and health training, and to hear the word of God. In this way, sponsorship improves children's health and nutrition, and also creates a ripple effect that touches whole communities. In recent years, World Vision began operating in larger project areas that link communities together. Local staff who live in the areas where they work become aware of children's immediate needs, as well as root causes of poverty and disease, such as lack of jobs or unclean water. Then funds from sponsors and other sources can address both urgent and long-term problems.
Local connections make World Vision a strong global player.
World Vision has successfully walked this two-way street by developing connections at the grassroots level as well as with church and government leadership. We also coordinate with other international and local aid organizations to maximize our efforts. And women are being recognized as valued leaders, heading our operations in at least 10 countries. World Vision reacts swiftly and resourcefully to international crises. With projects and people in many of the world's most remote locations, World Vision has a ready-made infrastructure to respond to emergencies.