SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — Over our nearly 70-year history, we’ve seen how lives change when a child is empowered. This year, starting with a church in Chicago and a rural community in Kenya, we began to empower children with another choice. For the first time ever, the power to choose a sponsor is in the child’s hands.
News & Stories
Child Sponsorship
Voices
The blessing of being chosen
World Vision U.S. President Edgar Sandoval Sr. reflects on Chosen, a simple but profound twist on our tried-and-true child sponsorship model — how it recognizes the dignity of children living in extreme poverty and emphasizes their God-given potential to change their lives and their communities.
Voices
Chosen: Encountering the ‘thin place of God’s presence’
Sponsors at Soul City Church were the first in World Vision’s history to be chosen by the children. Pastor Jeanne Stevens takes us to Mwala, Kenya, where she caught a glimpse of heaven on earth.
From the Field
A Special Gift empowers a family to choose
Did you know that you can give a Special Gift to your sponsored child’s family that enables them to choose what they need most? For 7-year-old Ndinda Kinguuthe and her family, a sponsor’s gift empowered them to create a home they can feel proud of.
Special Features
Yinka and Mary: A shared ambition
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — An American lawyer finds an unexpected connection with a child on the other side of the world.
Special Features
Shanda and Junior: A desire to help
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — A boy and his sponsor share the experience of childhood poverty and a desire to help others.
Special Features
Regis and Rosemary: A reminder of Jesus
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — Being chosen by 9-year-old Rosemary was a reminder of Jesus’ love for a man once adopted from an orphanage in India.
Special Features
Joel and Collins: A life-changing choice
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — When a former nightclub manager is chosen by an evangelist’s grandson, it confirms God’s call to a new life.
Special Features
Bri and Anna: A glimpse of joy
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — When a young woman from Silicon Valley is chosen by a girl in Kenya, they both encounter joy in the midst of hardship.
From the Field
With a wheelchair, the future is bright for Cynthia
Eight-year-old Cynthia received a wheelchair and her mother learned how to care for it through a USAID-funded and World Vision-implemented program.