2013 FEC Campaign Annual Report by World Vision TE

World Vision’s Campaign

FOR EVERY CHILD

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report 2013

TA B L E O F CO NTE NT S

Campaign-to-Date Results.............................................................................................................2-3 SECTOR UPDATES AND IMPACT Child Protection................................................................................................................................... 4-5 “The Miracle Borehole”.................................................................................................................. 6-7 Christian Witness................................................................................................................................ 8-9 Health.....................................................................................................................................................10-11 Economic Development............................................................................................................. 12-13 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene..............................................................................................14-15 Women and Girls..................................................................................................................................16 Innovation...................................................................................................................................................17

Read their stories..

Betty pg.5

Mariam pg.11

Praveen pg. 15

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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Every child is precious. That’s why World Vision has a history of going all out to save one more child. I was reminded of this when World Vision recently welcomed its newest board member, Dr. Vinh Chung. Vinh is a dermatological surgeon and a member of World Vision’s National Leadership Council. You may already know that Vinh and his family were rescued by World Vision three decades ago when their boat, filled with refugees, was adrift in the expansive open waters of the South China Sea. Vinh is proof that the most extraordinary effort is worth it when you save the life of just one child.

like education and life-skills training, and opportunities for spiritual nurture. We partner with families and communities, because children thrive when they are surrounded by love in healthy environments. Thanks to your generous support, we are well over halfway to our goal of raising $500 million to help children. Among the 9 million people who have already benefited are certainly future doctors like Vinh, as well as teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs, fathers and mothers, and friends and mentors who will make the world a better place for generations to come. Thank you for doing all you can.

Going all out for every child: That is what we are doing once again. We believe in the God-given potential of every child, so we are willing to do all we can to stop the destruction caused by poverty. We know that every child can do remarkable things when he or she has the opportunity for a full and abundant life. World Vision is uniquely able to address the needs of children around the world through our full solution to the complexities of poverty and injustice. This includes tangibles like clean water and nutritious food, essentials

Rich Stearns President, World Vision U.S.

THANK YOU

Your efforts are making a

real & lasting impact in the lives of children around the world.

OVERALL CAMPAIGN-TO-DATE PROGRESS

GOAL: $500 MILLION BY 2015

$381.9 MILLION REACHED

$118.1 MILLION REMAINING

ARMENIA

INDIA

MALI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

BANGLADESH

NIGER

HONDURAS ETHIOPIA

EL SALVADOR

CAMBODIA GHANA

UGANDA KENYA RWANDA TANZANIA ZAMBIA

MALAWI

MOZAMBIQUE

LEGEND

CHILD PROTECTION CHRISTIAN WITNESS HEALTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE

Campaign-to-date achievements (October 1, 2010-September 30, 2013)

CHILD PROT ECTION

1,023,181

people reached through programs that protect children from trafficking and abuse and restore child victims to family and community life

FUNDRAISING PROGRESS $28,900,000 REACHED GOAL: $45,000,000

923,688 CHRISTIAN WITNESS

GOAL Prevent harm to children, protect the vulnerable, and restore the exploited. Reach 2.6 million people with programs that fight child trafficking and abuse.

people ministered to and discipled

GOAL Nurture the spiritual growth of 2 million people by helping them know, experience, and demonstrate the transformative love of Christ. FUNDRAISING PROGRESS $16,100,000 REACHED GOAL: $25,000,000

HEALTH

8,000,000 people impacted by health interventions

GOAL Protect the lives of more than 9 million people through feeding programs, nutrition training, mother and child healthcare, and treated mosquito nets. FUNDRAISING PROGRESS $41,200,000 REACHED GOAL: $45,000,000

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

362,723

children benefiting from their families’ access to financial services, savings groups, and new markets

FUNDRAISING PROGRESS $40,200,000 REACHED GOAL: $85,000,000

2,350,000 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE

GOAL Improve the financial futures of 1.8 million people through small business loans, savings groups, and access to markets.

people provided with access to clean drinking water

GOAL Transform the lives of 7.5 million people by providing access to clean water, improved sanitation facilities, and hygiene training.* FUNDRAISING PROGRESS $175,800,000 REACHED GOAL: $250,000,000

*In addition to the World Vision U.S. fundraising goal, $150 million for water is being raised globally. All beneficiary numbers are based on the global fundraising goal.

CHILD PROTECTION

With your help, World Vision exceeded one of three campaign goals in the continuing work to protect vulnerable children from harm. Through your generous support, World Vision’s child protection programs are making significant progress in our campaign goals to equip families and community leaders, inform and educate about risks, protect vulnerable children, and restore those who have been harmed.

crimes against children and help child victims and their families access social and legal services. These activities, in combination with our efforts to prevent harm to children, have reached more than 1 million children and adults. Thank you for making this breadth of interventions possible as we work to provide comprehensive and lasting impact against child trafficking and abuse.

Together, we have already exceeded our campaign goal for training parents and community leaders to report

Program-to-Date Achievements October 2010-September 2013

858,044

Exceeded Target

children and adults informed about the risks of exploitation and abuse, traffickers’ ploys, and how to keep children from harm Life-of-Program: Target: 1,265,115

14,927

local leaders, parents, teachers, and police officers equipped and mobilized to recognize, report, and respond to crimes against children EXCEEDED TARGET

2,604

108%

Life-of-Program: Target: 13,883

child survivors of trafficking and abuse who have received healing support such as counseling, shelter, or help reintegrating into family or community life Life-of-Program: Target: 3,753

1,023,181

people reached through programs that protect children from trafficking and abuse, and restore child victims to family and community life

Meet Betty

A teenage girl in Kenya resists female genital mutilation and becomes an advocate for other girls.

Betty Chemsta, foreground, celebrates with others who participated in Alternative Rites of Passage (ARP).

Betty Chemsta, 17, is a secondary school student in Kenya. She is the oldest of six children and the only girl. Betty lives in an area where female genital mutilation (FGM) is still practiced extensively. Betty’s mother and grandmother are strong believers in FGM, which practitioners say reduces a female’s libido and thus makes her more desirable for marriage. But her father is against it, because his sister died in labor due to complications from FGM. The procedure is just that— mutilation. It involves cutting the female genitals and has serious adverse effects on a girl’s or woman’s health, particularly in childbirth. Death from the procedure itself is not unusual. There are a number of social consequences for women who do not undergo FGM. In a maledominated community which

adheres strictly to traditions, “If you are not circumcised, you cannot address people in a community meeting,” Betty says. In addition to being denied the right to speak, uncircumcised women are labeled by men as children rather than women and shunned as unsuitable wives. Following the example of the men, peer-aged boys jeer at Betty and others like her. The good news is that when boys pressure or criticize her about FGM, Betty quickly and confidently stands up to them, thanks to the teachings she has received from World Vision in partnership with a community-based organization called Ripot, which mentors girls through a program called Alternative Rites of Passage.

becoming a civil engineer. As a youth who has resolved not to undergo FGM, she is often invited to talk to other girls in her church about how FGM is something they don’t have to accept.

“[Alternative Rites of Passage] taught me the effects of FGM and early marriage. I was also encouraged to focus on education for a better future.” —Betty Chemsta World Vision’s work in child protection provides the education and support to give girls a healthier and hope-filled future.

Betty is eager to be a role model for other girls. She is studying hard in school and has set her sights on 5

T H E M I R AC L E B O R E World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child brings holistic change to Twachiyanda, Zambia.

In Twachiyanda, a region in southern Zambia, water is precious. In fact, the people there have a saying that it’s okay for a few kernels of corn to fall to the ground, but not even one drop of water. World Vision’s first attempt to drill a well in Twachiyanda was in 2005. Four times over the next six years they drilled, and four times they found nothing but dry earth. The nearest source of clean water was a borehole more than three miles away. The women and girls who walked there often had to wait for an hour once they arrived because the water source was so crowded. Often they chose to fill up containers with dirty water from a closer creek, but this water came at a high price. Goats, cattle, and pigs drank from the same stream, and further contaminated the water. People in the village, especially children, suffered greatly from water-borne diseases and parasites. Death was common for children under 5 years old. Reaching this contaminated water was still a three-mile round trip journey, and the long walk often kept the girls from reaching school on time. HOPE RESTORED In November 2012, community members and World Vision staff from Twachiyanda and Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, gathered at a fifth drilling site to pray that they would find water. Emmanuel Opong, World Vision’s WASH regional director in Zambia, uttered this prayer: “God, if water is locked down, let it be unlocked.” God answered his prayer. The miracle borehole provided accessible clean water to 566 people in the community. Almost immediately, the well delivered more than just drinking water. Just two weeks after the water began to flow, an assessment team determined the borehole had more than enough water to support community gardens. 6

Families were excited to plant vegetables, and now plots of land, fenced with stacked branches and twigs to keep animals out, dot the area near the borehole. Inside each fence grows a garden—row after row of lush green vegetables. Formerly faced with malnutrition, the children are growing healthy and strong from the wealth of vegetables. And not only do families have enough to eat, they can also sell vegetables to earn money for other items. Now, mothers can afford to buy school supplies, plates, pots, and even wraps (skirts) for themselves. GRATITUDE CONTINUES Today, more than a year after World Vision found water, the village flourishes. Children are no longer dying from diarrhea or dysentery. Thriving gardens are providing food and a source of income. Children are growing stronger and healthier. Girls no longer get to school late because they are walking to get water. Instead, they are in class on time and are excelling. Community members have also seen eternal changes in their lives. God’s love has been demonstrated through what the village has now come to call the “miracle borehole.” As the villagers offer thanks to God, they also pray for World Vision’s donors who helped to make water in their community a reality. “They have helped us a lot. They have saved lives, and now all we can do is pay them—not in monetary terms but through prayer to God so that God can continue giving them ... strength, long life, and wisdom so that if they can have enough strength they can help other people who need help,” says Memory Handenda, a mother and community volunteer in Twachiyanda.

IN YOUR WORDS

HOLE

Mark and Jennifer Smith pause to share pictures with a trio of girls during a Vision Trip to Ethiopia.

“W

e have seen firsthand the transformational impact of our gifts through World Vision’s ministry. That is why we decided to leave our retirement assets to further this life-changing work beyond our lifetimes. What we see today gives us confidence to invest in World Vision’s future.” —Dave and Anne Robblee For Every Child Campaign Donors & National Leadership Council Members

“I

was absolutely blown away at what World Vision does out in the field, and I came back [from a Vision Trip to Ethiopia] ten times more excited about partnering with World Vision.” —Jennifer Smith For Every Child Campaign Donor & National Leadership Council Member

“W

orld Vision has a bigger plan, has a bigger version, for how to battle poverty, to the point where people can have the dignity to take care of themselves—which is what they truly want to begin with.” —Mark Richt Head football coach for the Georgia Bulldogs For Every Child Campaign Donor & National Leadership Council Member 7

CHRISTIAN WITNESS

With the partnership and prayers of donors like you, World Vision’s Christian witness ministry is helping to transform the lives of children, families, and communities as they experience God’s love in new ways. God has been faithful in multiplying the impact of World Vision’s efforts as we work with churches and church leaders, equipping them to expand and deepen their ministries to children and to their communities.

to 2 million people, and we have already exceeded our goal for the number of children involved in discipleship opportunities. We are showing a slight decrease since our semi-annual report in the number of churches involved in ministry, primarily due to refining our reporting measurement accuracy.

At the end of three years, World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child is nearly halfway to our goal of ministering

Program-to-Date Achievements October 2010-September 2013

165,849

Exceeded Target

children and youth participating in discipleship activities

EXCEEDED TARGET

7,934

106%

Life-of-Program: 157,000

people ministered to and discipled

pastors and church leaders trained in theology and children’s ministry Life-of-Program: 16,000

1,147

churches involved in holistic ministry to serve people in need in their communities Life-of-Program: 4,000

923,688

Program achievements vary from those reported in fiscal 2012 as we make our methodology for measuring program results more rigorous.

Meet Ernesto

A generation of young leaders is emerging in Honduras—youth with a passion for Jesus and a desire to transform their communities.

World Vision’s “Channels of Hope” youth camp, where Ernesto works as a team leader, helps teens grow in their faith.

Ernesto’s natural leadership abilities were apparent early on. At the age of 9 he became student president in his school and several years later, he became involved in forming a youth network. These efforts resulted in a group called the “Youth Network,” which included 15 teens from five different neighborhoods. “We gathered weekly, and God was the center of everything,” says Ernesto. This team of 15 helped their peers learn about making healthy life choices, relationships, self-esteem, and communication. And the teens’ influence spread as World Vision worked with them to create additional youth networks in eight nearby communities. Ernesto and the Youth Network’s commitment is even more impressive since the group was meeting in an area of San Salvador known for violence

and gang activity. Daily shootings and weekly killings are a normal part of everyday life there. After five years of being a strong influence for good among their peers, the Youth Network began to run into problems as gangs fought for territory in their neighborhood. Because of the danger, the team began to meet outside of the neighborhood. And then one of the 15 members, a young woman, was murdered. This might have threatened the cohesion of some groups, but it brought this team even closer together. “This showed us our vulnerability, but gave us strength and unity more than ever” shares Ernesto. The members continue to be involved in activities such as the World Vision “Channels of Hope” youth camp. Ernesto is a team

leader at the camp, working with participants in outdoor activities that involve discussions about values and injustice, which help participants grow in their knowledge and experience of God’s goodness.

“When Channels of Hope arrived, it was a blessing, support, and ally to the new youth who lead within the churches, [also] acquaintances and brothers in Christ for me.” —Ernesto “We began [with] 15 and now we are much more than that. New children and youth with the desire to change the community have entered the network as I did at the beginning,” says Ernesto. 9

HEALTH

Your support of WorldÂ Visionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work to improve the health of millions of vulnerable children and their families enabled us to provide life-saving malaria interventions in Uganda and Zambia in 2013. The funding provided by our generous donors made it possible to protect nearly 1.3 million children and their family members with malaria education, mosquito nets, life-saving malaria treatment for infants and young children, and preventive medication for pregnant women in 2013.

During the past year, WorldÂ Vision also began implementing a mobile health project in Uganda. This project will equip and train 900 community health workers to use mobile phones to disseminate and collect vital health information in the remote villages they serve.

Program-to-Date Achievements (October 2012-September 2013)

4,303,928

insecticide-treated bed nets distributed Life-of-Program: 5,000,000

7,994,608

number of people protected from malaria through nets and training

8 MILLION people impacted by health interventions

Life-of-Program: 9,000,000

Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we now have funding to begin the maternal and child health programs planned through the For Every Child campaign that will reach children younger than 5, including projects that will restore severely malnourished children to health. We look forward to sharing initial results in our next report. 10

Meet Mariam Malaria nets protect Mariam and her family from the constant threat of malaria.

Mariam (right) sits with one of her granddaughters, who now sleeps more peacefully under the protection of a long-lasting insecticide-treated net. .

Mariam (right) sits with one of her granddaughters, who now sleeps more peacefully under the protection of a long-lasting insecticide-treated net.

Since World Vision distributed nets in Mali’s Beledougou area, everyone in Mariam’s household

now sleeps safely, protected from the potentially deadly bite of the mosquito.

“Since the distribution of these nets, none of my children have had malaria.” —Mariam They were protected even during the most recent rainy season, when the community was plagued by mosquitoes. “The lives of our children have been saved,” she says. “We thank World Vision and donors for this wonderful gift of mosquito nets. May God bless them.”

Poverty prevented Mariam, a mother and grandmother from Mali, from providing enough insecticide-treated bed nets to cover everyone in her home. This widow struggled to care for family members victimized by the bite of a mosquito carrying malaria. “My grandchildren regularly fell sick with malaria. The money that was supposed to be used for the children’s education and food was spent on malaria medicine. Unfortunately, in some families, children died of malaria,” Mariam says.

Malian families received long-lasting, insecticidal nets, and more recently benefited from distributions of malaria drugs and rapid diagnostic test kits. 11

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

World Vision’s work in economic development is improving the lives of children and families across 10 countries through sustainable, lasting interventions. Your commitment to World Vision’s work in economic development through the For Every Child campaign is helping to provide secure savings programs, microfinance services, and local value chain development (access to markets for farm produce and other goods) to countless children and adults over five years.

Economic development programs lessen financial stress for parents and improve health, educational opportunities, and housing conditions for the entire family.

Program-to-Date Progress Achievements (October 2012-September 2013)

324,733

people accessed financial services Life-of-Program: 1,230,000

44,825 female clients assisted Life-of-Program: 185,000

74,851 jobs created and sustained

children benefiting from their families’ access to financial services, savings groups, and new markets

Life-of-Program: 330,000

362,723

Program impact achievements reported are higher than those reported in the 2013 Economic Development Sector Report due to data revision.

Meet Domingo

A loan from World Vision helped Domingo start a successful business in the Dominican Republic.

Domingo Donator and his family reflect on the positive impact his small business has had on their quality of life.

For Domingo Donator and his family, broken items are good for business. The 47-year-old husband and father living in the Dominican Republic struggled for years to make ends meet by collecting discarded plastic items to sell to buyers who would send them through a plastic grinder. When he discovered that they sold the shredded plastic to recycling companies for export, Domingo realized he could increase his income by starting his own business. Domingo learned from a family member that he could receive loans from World Vision. Although he had no credit history, he was able to take out a $487 loan to purchase a plastic-grinding machine. His loan officer, Bethania, supported him and

provided guidance while he built the business and repaid the loan. Since then, Domingo’s business has flourished, and life is improving in many ways for his family. Domingo brings in enough work to also employ his sons, Jonathan, 19, and Cristofer, 15.

“We can finally make ends meet and have a better diet,” says Siomara, Domingo’s wife. “The boys are able to pay for their schooling and get clothes and shoes they want with their payment. There is more income in the house and that makes you live peacefully.”

“Unlike other microloan institutions, World Vision not only provides the loan, we actually accompany the clients along the road with advice and encouragement for their business.” —Bethania Encarnacion, World Vision loan officer

Domingo can support his mother, as well. “Every time I make a sale, I give her some money, too,” Domingo says. Looking to the future, he hopes to invest in a larger grinder to increase production. He eventually wants to own a factory and “become an exporter myself,” he says.

WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE

Through three years of faithful partnership with donors like you, World Vision has reached 3 million people with safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), or a combination of these three interventions. Together we have raised nearly $176 million of the $250 million WASH goal for World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child.

Through the For Every Child campaign, World Vision’s WASH funding has doubled since 2010, and we have scaled capacity to reach more than four times the number of people we have served in the past. Currently, World Vision provides a new person with clean water every 30 seconds.

World Vision is now operating the largest nongovernmental WASH program worldwide in terms of funding, people served, and geographic footprint.

Program-to-Date Achievements (October 2012-September 2013)

Exceeded Target

8,717 new and rehabilitated wells and water points Life-of-Program: 11,000

224,051 sanitation facilities built Life-of-Program: 400,000

10,739 communities trained in hygiene practices EXCEEDED TARGET

100.3%

Life-of-Program: 10,700

2.35 MILLION people provided with access to clean drinking water

Meet Praveen

Without a wheelchair ramp and railings in the toilet facility, children with disabilities like Praveen, struggled to stay clean and safe.

Praveen is one of many disabled children who benefit from WASH programs funded through the For Every Child campaign.

Although Praveen’s wheelchair gave him the freedom to move around his school campus, the absence of a wheelchair ramp and railings in the bathroom used to make a visit to the toilet embarrassing and unsafe. Clean water and sanitation facilities in schools improve the learning environment, with the immediate benefits of increased enrollment and retention, and ultimately, the achievement of educational goals. As reported by UNICEF, more than 70 percent of government schools in rural India do not have proper functioning toilets, which results in the low enrollment and retention of students in higher grades. Praveen, 12, is a World Vision sponsored child in India. He has

been affected by polio since birth, and as a result, has lost the use of both legs. Attending to nature’s call is a challenge for him, and the absence of a clean, dry toilet and a ramp for his wheelchair to enter the bathroom used to make that task even harder. Through World Vision’s Campaign For Every Child, renovations were completed at the Sawarda Government Senior Secondary School, including the construction of separate toilets for girls and boys. This intervention benefited more than 270 students studying at the school, one of whom was Praveen. Today, Praveen has access to a clean, dry toilet with handrails and a wheelchair ramp, so he can safely use the bathroom with dignity.

“I [had] to crawl, using my hands, into the toilet, and when it [rained it was] a nightmare. … By the time I [came] back to class, my clothes, hands, and whole body [would] be dirty and wet.” Inclusion of children with disabilities is a central part of World Vision’s mission and an important aspect of the India WASH program. This year, 150 students with disabilities benefited from renovated WASH facilities in 28 schools.

Through the Strong Women, Strong World initiative World Vision has touched the lives of nearly 1.5 million people. Women and girls are often not given the opportunity to achieve their full potential due to pervasive cultural attitudes that keep them in a vicious cycle of poverty. Thanks to you, more women and girls in impoverished communities are enjoying improved health, better economic opportunities, and increased safety and respect, helping them to lift themselves out of poverty.

Thanks to savings groups for women, life is getting better in Mwamba the money, each responded similarly: purchase farming supplies, improve their houses, pay school fees for their children, and reinvest in business ventures. The women also talked about how belonging to the savings group has enabled them to provide more nutritious food for their children and afford medical care for the family.

Savings groups empower women by helping them provide for their families and develop the leadership skills they need to create positive changes in their communities.

A savings group member gleefully dances her way up to collect her share of the group’s profits.

Two years ago, 15 women in Mwamba weren’t able to provide the essentials that their families needed. Then World Vision stepped in to help them form a savings group that transformed their lives. In places like Mwamba, World Vision helps women who have no habit of saving, form groups to save money on a regular basis and borrow money from time to time. Savings groups are an alternative for those who live in poverty and lack access to financial services through other financial institutions. In Mwamba, the women saved money at weekly meetings organized by World Vision. Members who took out loans paid interest to the group. Then in September 2013, the women met to share the profits of their savings and loan activities, as well as their personal stories. Dressed in their finest clothes, they gathered to divide nearly $4,000 among themselves. Individual shares ranged from $124 to $373. When asked how they would use 16

FY13 ACCOMPLISHMENTS CHILD PROTECTION

In Bangladesh, 410 girls engaged in learning, play, and other activities at 20 Child-Friendly Spaces. In Cambodia, 236 child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation (primarily girls) were admitted to shelter care. In Kenya, World Vision completed construction of two dormitories, a library, and a dining hall at St. Elizabeth’s Girls School.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Economic development programs in the Dominican Republic and Zambia are increasing incomes through training and credit that help women create and expand businesses. As a result in both countries, 4,125 women are now accessing financial services through savings groups or a microfinance institution.

WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE

In communities across Africa women and girls are primarily responsible for collecting water, often from unsafe sources. However, an increasing number of them are achieving sustainable access to safe water, freeing up their time for more productive activities. In Mali, Niger, and Rwanda, more than 500,000 people gained access to clean water in fiscal 2013. Meanwhile in Rwanda, more than 70,000 people gained access to improved sanitation, with coverage doubling in the target area.

INNOVATION In 2013, 12 countries participated in pilot projects that have the potential to dramatically reshape the fight against poverty. The For Every Child campaign is the most ambitious initiative World Vision has ever undertaken. This bold step requires new approaches to development in each area of our work that empower poor families to solve their own challenges. Your support of the Innovation Fund is helping change the lives of children and families for the better.

A widow takes a chance on a new way to access clean water

FY13 ACCOMPLISHMENTS CHILD PROTECTION

A pilot project in El Salvador is making strides to eliminate violence, gang recruiting, and child labor by educating residents, engaging teachers in identifying children at risk, and advocating with government officials to enforce child protection laws.

Joyce Auma is a widow who lives about three miles outside of the town of Gulu in northern Uganda. One of Joyce’s relatives lives near one of the first wells that World Vision drilled manually as part of an innovative pilot project to make rural access to clean water easier and more affordable. After seeing the well pump in action, Joyce wanted to have a well installed at her home as well.

CHRISTIAN WITNESS In contrast with the past, Christian leaders in more than 90 communities in four East African countries are joining with their Muslim neighbors to address community needs, thanks to the establishment of local councils known as Faith Based Forums HEALTH Access to quality healthcare in remote, rural areas of Uganda is now a reality, thanks to radio-based learning for village health volunteers. The training has helped reduced referrals of sick children to health clinics by 39 percent.

At that time, the nearest water source was about a mile away, and Joyce and her neighbors paid a monthly fee to collect water there. Joyce applied for an $800 loan to build the well—10 times less than what it normally costs to build a conventional well. As the work crew progressed with this novel, manual drilling technique, she raised money selling vegetables at her shop, and paid the drillers in four installments.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Women in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, joined to address a labor shortage in the garment industry. A pilot project trained 110 women in factory-grade sewing and 58 women in entrepreneurship. WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE New manual well-drilling technology in northern Uganda has brought a ten-fold reduction in the cost to access clean water. Following training of 14 local enterprises in manual drilling, 4,700 people now enjoy clean water.

“When they started drilling this well, my neighbors laughed at me, wondering what kind of well is drilled [this way],” Joyce said. “At first my fears also started consuming me ... but because of the reputation of World Vision Uganda, I started gaining some strength within me.”

Joyce charges six cents for each 20-liter (5.3 gallon) jerry can of water. She typically earns between one and three dollars each day by selling water, and she intends to bolster her income by also selling the produce she grows. Overall, with the new well Joyce expects to earn more than $800 per year, recouping the cost of her well in just one year.

Joyce now enjoys the benefit of her brave decision—clean, safe water. When asked about the neighbors who used to laugh at her, she says, “Hmm, they are now silent, and some of them now collect water from my well.”

Innovation brought Joyce Auma an affordable new well. 17

World Vision Leadership National Leadership Council Chair & World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns For Every Child Campaign Chair & World Vision Senior Vice President Chris Glynn For Every Child Campaign Manager Nathan Mesaros

National Leadership Council Sector Chairs 2013 Child Protection Eric and Mary Vogen Ron and Hollee Kreider

Health Doug and Pat Treff Economic Development Bruce and Anette Grant Stu and Robin Phillips Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene David and Dana Dornsife Mark and Tricia Ratley John and Lila Trull Innovation Craig and April Chapman Strong Women, Strong World Kathleen Treat

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