But decisions become confusing when poverty threatens a family's survival. That desperation, combined with a value system turned upside down, leads to actions which we struggle to understand. And God pronounced his creation good. But a fall from his perfect plan necessitated the cloak of Christ to restore dignity to his children. We can lift the burden of poverty so that families can make different choices.
Loans can help parents start a business instead of forcing their daughters to sell their bodies.
And sponsorship ensures that girls as well as boys can go to school. Boys and girls are central to World Vision's ministry, because Jesus is clear on the treatment of children. Humans have attempted to make girls unimportant, lesser forms of life, or mere objects to be bought and sold. But given a chance to live and learn, a little girl can grow into the woman God intended her to be, and the balance of God's creation can be restored.