Throughout the years, World Vision has helped a lot of children to having a better future. Currently, over 1.5 million of our most vulnerable children receive assistance from sponsors and donations. They indeed gave and continues to give these children the opportunity for a better future.
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- Their stories are just some of the evidence that through World Vision’s programs, many are given the opportunity and hope to start anew or continue having a better life.
“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.” Commodore Armand Balilo said. Balilo, whom sold rice cakes as a child, is now to one of our most prominent public servant.
For its 65th anniversary, World Vision launches a book entitled “The Day My Life
Changed” with a compilation of inspiring stories of sponsor children and how their sponsors helped them
transform their lives.
Foreworded by Award-winning broadcast journalist and World Vision sponsor Karen Davila, the book started off with an inspiring message evidencing how children have been able to achieve great accomplishments through the love and support sponsor have given them through World Vision. On the foreword, Davila shared 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.
“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.” Says Rommel Fuerte, World Vision Philippines’ National Director, on being tasked with taking the organization into the future.
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.
