World Vision
representatives and former sponsored children graced the book launch of “The
Day My Life Changed”
Every
Filipino will know someone who has been touched by the help of a World Vision
Philippine’s supporters here and overseas. Today, in any given year, World
Vision child sponsors and donors help 1.5 million of our most vulnerable
children. They give these children the opportunity for a better future— their
own, their communities’ and indeed all our country.
That’s evidenced by the many amazing stories of current and former sponsor children. Ace, who is now a policeman looking after his community. Bishop Alconga, who was World Vision sponsor child No 7. Commodore Armand Balilo, our one star General and spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard. The many teachers, nurses, business owners, professionals, amazing parents and grandparents that have flourished through World Vision’s programs since 1957.
Commodore
Armand Balilo went from selling rice cakes as a child to becoming one of our
most prominent public servant. He says: “Years back, I was the one who needed
to be saved and rescued. I grew up in a community where poverty and misery was
a norm. I was selling rice cakes to put food on the table and there were times
when I would attend Sunday School shirtless. One day, a World Vision project
staff approached me and that day changed my life. My wonderful sponsors gave me
the opportunity to create a better life for myself and my family.”
To mark its
65th anniversary, World Vision compiled a book entitled “The Day My Life
Changed” with inspiring stories of sponsor children and how their sponsors
helped them transform their lives.
Award-winning
broadcast journalist and World Vision sponsor, Karen Davila, writes in the
foreword on how her life changed ever since becoming a child sponsor and how
she actively helped in transforming the organization to help more of our most
vulnerable to get their opportunity.
Rommel
Fuerte, World Vision Philippines’ National Director is tasked with taking the
organization into the future. One that he says needs many more Filipinos to
help one of our most vulnerable children. He says: ‘Thanks to our supporters so
many of our children have been able to write their own life story. I am
passionate to see many more stories of transformation being written by our
sponsors and their sponsor children.’
Mr.
Fuerte sure know what he is talking about. He has sponsored a child with World
Vision for over 25 years, started with World Vision in their programs on the
ground and now, as National Director, guides World Vision Philippines and has
led strategies and emergency responses for World Vision for 16 countries and is
a key member of some of World Vision International’s committees, driving among
other topics the fight on climate change, that affects all children in the
world, but ours extremely.
“We hope
that through this book, we find reflected in these pages God’s wonderful plan
for our lives, enclosed with a prayer for our hearts the will to make it so,”
he added.
To know how you can avail the book, visit www.worldvision.org.ph or follow World Vision’s official social media pages /worldvisionph on Facebook, @worldvisionphl on Instagram, and @worldvisionph on Twitter.
About
World Vision
A faith
based organization, World Vision is the world’s leading child aid organization
and committed to helping our most vulnerable children and communities – even if
they are in the most remote and dangerous places.. We help children and their
communities on the ground in over 100 countries while driving change globally
at UN and governments levels on child rights, poverty and climate change.
World
Vision Philippines is the second oldest World Vision national office.
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