"Without the help of World Vision, my younger son would not have survived," says Hindiya, deeply moved.
Hindiya, from Ethiopia, is a mother of two sons. As she could not afford to buy enough food, her younger son, now 3 years old, had been suffering from severe malnutrition since he was 4 months old, and was on the verge of losing his life. Her 11-year-old elder son, watching his brother suffer, was just as anxious and heartbroken as his mother.
With the help of World Vision, Hindiya has been able to establish her kitchen garden and learn how to cook nutritious meals, allowing her younger son to have sufficient nutrition intake and regain health. Happy to see his brother recover, Hindiya’s elder son has been able to focus on his studies again and do well in school. "Before, all I thought about was the day of my younger son’s death. Thanks to World Vision, I now dream only about his future!" says Hindiya gratefully.
According to the latest report of World Health Organisation, an estimated 11.4 million children under five are facing acute malnutrition, with 2.8 million of them suffering the most severe form of wasting in the seven countries in the Horn of Africa, such as Ethiopia and South Sudan. With your red packet, you may help the starving children there regain health, lighting up their future!
Climate change has caused extreme weather events to become more frequent globally, with Africa being affected the most. Countries in the Horn of Africa have faced the most severe drought in 40 years. Some regions have been hit by floods after enduring prolonged drought, leading to massive crop failures and worsening hunger.
According to the latest report of the United Nations, Africa, where one in every five people suffers from hunger, is the region with the largest percentage of the population facing hunger. Many impoverished children suffer from malnutrition due to prolonged hunger, and some even lose their lives as a result.
Donate a red packet this Chinese New Year, and you will be able to bless the starving children in Africa!
This year's Your Red Packet campaign will support World Vision's food and nutrition projects to respond to the needs of starving children in Africa. With your red packet, you will be able to provide them with various forms of assistance, such as:
Providing nutritious food to 3 impoverished families for the health of malnourished children to be improved
Supporting 3 impoverished families in establishing kitchen gardens to ensure children have a balanced nutritional intake
Supporting 36 women in attending cooking demonstration sessions to provide nutritious meals for children
If you would like to donate via ATM transfer or direct bank-in, please send us the bank-in slip with your name and telephone number written at the back and make a photocopy for your own reference.
Bank Account (Hong Kong): Bank of China 012-883-0-002552-0
You may also use online bank transfer or scan the Faster Payment System (FPS) QR code (image below) with any supporting mobile banking app to donate. If you need a donation receipt, please mail us the bank-in slip or send the screen capture of the confirmation page (recipient: World Vision Hong Kong) to [email protected], together with your name, phone number and postal address.
In communities where impoverished children live, poverty is a consequence of a lack of resources in the community as a whole. Through Child Sponsorship, World Vision pools donations from sponsors into Area Programmes that help sponsored children, their families and community members, and empower them to be resilient, so that they would become self-sustainable and be free from the poverty trap.
