DAY 6: The seeds of a brighter future

2011 True Spirit of Christmas Trip, Day 6 from Sri Lanka.

"Before World Vision...it was hard just to survive." Now, thanks to a special farm training program from World Vision, Sunil and Shirani's family has a thriving garden and bright future.

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[WorldVisionUSA]

Hi @fakir0005. Just want to assure you that, with around 97% of our staff being indigenous to the countries in which they work, we really get to know the communities and people we work with. We also work with each nation’s governments to determine where help is most needed. You may also be interested to know that we do have work here in the U.S. Poverty is a big issue and though World Vision is helping many people, we are not able to reach everyone. –Jonathan, WV staff

[fakir0005]

Part 1. These people do not explain how they got World Vision to get involved to help them get out of poverty. I'm an educated person living in USA. I'm living below the poverty levels depicted by World Vision in the third world Countries. I never heard from World Vision offering help. I've poor relatives in countries World Vision has gotten involved in. My relatives never heard from World Vision. Obviously these people r very resourceful & r richer than they pretend to be.

[fakir0005]

Part 2. They've laptops to reach World Vision & other World organizations like UNICEF & present their situations. They pretend to be poor. But they really are not that poor. They probably bribe the social workers to get the help they need. The situation is not as simple as is shown in these videos. The World organization asks for help from the well to do to help the poor. But the poor r not getting the help. It's the crafty people who pretend to be poor who get the help and become richer.

[SerJahPhoto]

Great cinematography...

[SerJahPhoto]

Great cinematography... 

[boyettef]

Simple needs for simple good life