It has been almost 2 years since my last trip with World Vision (to Bangladesh in April 2010). I have been itching to go on another trip, but unfortunately finances have not allowed me to go. A few weeks ago I received a phone call from the World Vision head office in Mississauga asking me if I could join their DLC (Destination Life Change) trip to Uganda in March as a support worker. Of course I jumped at the chance to go and God provided the funding for the trip! PRAISE THE LORD!
We will be visiting 2 ADP's (Area Development Programs) near Soroti, Uganda. The purpose of the trip is to help other Canadians understand how they can make a difference by choosing to sponsor a child. DLC trips give volunteers the opportunity to experience first-hand how sponsorship impacts the lives of children, families and entire communities. When a Canadian sponsors a child, they become part of a dynamic partnership with World Vision and with the sponsored child's entire community.
World Vision helps provide long-term solutions to poverty that will enrich the life of the sponsored child. The best way to create lasting, transformative change in the life of any child is to address the core issues that keep that child, his or her family and the entire community trapped in poverty.
By combining the financial resources of child sponsors and working with the local staff in the communities they serve, World Vision maximizes the impact of every dollar given. This approach allows World Vision to run programs in the most cost-effective way and achieve lasting transformation for children, families and entire communities.
Through the child sponsorship program, children receive access to essentials like quality education, health, nutrition, agricultural training, clean water and income generation. Addressing the root causes of poverty also means challenging unfair social, economic and political systems and policies that prevent the world's poor from breaking free of the cycle of poverty. The ultimate goal is to help families and communities reach a point of greater self-sufficiency, so that they are one day able to further their own development work without the support of World Vision.
The World Vision portion of my trip will be 2 weeks. When the rest of the team leaves Uganda, I will be staying for another week to visit friends (Happonen's), missionaries who live in Kampala.
You can join me on this trip by:
We will be visiting 2 ADP's (Area Development Programs) near Soroti, Uganda. The purpose of the trip is to help other Canadians understand how they can make a difference by choosing to sponsor a child. DLC trips give volunteers the opportunity to experience first-hand how sponsorship impacts the lives of children, families and entire communities. When a Canadian sponsors a child, they become part of a dynamic partnership with World Vision and with the sponsored child's entire community.
World Vision helps provide long-term solutions to poverty that will enrich the life of the sponsored child. The best way to create lasting, transformative change in the life of any child is to address the core issues that keep that child, his or her family and the entire community trapped in poverty.
By combining the financial resources of child sponsors and working with the local staff in the communities they serve, World Vision maximizes the impact of every dollar given. This approach allows World Vision to run programs in the most cost-effective way and achieve lasting transformation for children, families and entire communities.
Through the child sponsorship program, children receive access to essentials like quality education, health, nutrition, agricultural training, clean water and income generation. Addressing the root causes of poverty also means challenging unfair social, economic and political systems and policies that prevent the world's poor from breaking free of the cycle of poverty. The ultimate goal is to help families and communities reach a point of greater self-sufficiency, so that they are one day able to further their own development work without the support of World Vision.
The World Vision portion of my trip will be 2 weeks. When the rest of the team leaves Uganda, I will be staying for another week to visit friends (Happonen's), missionaries who live in Kampala.
You can join me on this trip by:
- Prayer Support - pray for the safety of the DLC team; the sponsor children, families and communities in Uganda; The World Vision staff at the ADP's as well as in Mississauga.
- Sponsor a Child - I have 3 children that need a Canadian sponsor. For $39 a month, you can change the life of a child, a family and an entire community! I will also have the opportunity to meet your sponsor child and bring them gifts and letters from you, as well as bring you videos and photos of my visit with your sponsor child.
- Read more about World Vision's work in Uganda here.
- Read about the work that Happonens are doing in Kampala by visiting the Caring Hands website.
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