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December 2022 by Kelly M
Cool place, with a great mission.
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June 2022 by John C.
I have been a sponsor of about a dozen children through the last 20 years. I currently sponser five kids. My wife passed away a few years ago and I had left work to care for a year before she died. Since I do not work currently it is not easy to keep all 5 children but have chose to see it through till these kids leave the program. I really believe in world vision and the work they do. While your relationship with each kid is not as close as I would like, the fact that the money is used to improve a whole village is important to me. Not only do impact one child in the village but hundreds of children are given better healthcare, better education, better living conditions and are kept safe. I have read the complaints about not having as much of a personal correspondence with your child as you wanted, but please look at the greater picture. Instead of saving and nurturing one child you are rescuing a whole village. Children that could face unspeakable poverty are given a new lease on their life in the name of Jesus. In the counries of my sponsored children,girls are trafficked and boys are sold in to work crews or given a gun to fight. I love the progress reports I receive about the whole project. I see all those children smiling and feel in a small way, part of it . I picture a day when my savior will say say well done my child. You saw me naked and you clothed me. You saw me hungry and you fed me. You saw me thirsty and you gave me clean water, you saw me dying and you gave me medical attention. I will say when did I do all of those things Lord. He will say when you helped the least of these, those children you sponsored.
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February 2022 by Lindsey H.
I don't think my kid has gotten any of my letters or packages in Two years they never sent me anything even after giving his family the extra monetary gift
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December 2021 by Linda M.
I sponsored the same child for 4 years.. maybe twice out if those 4 years I received a handwritten correspondence. I kept receiving mail from World Vision asking fir additional donations to help my sponsored child and her village. Everytime I received one of these mailings, it was the same exact photo of the child I sponsored.. so essentially, I've donated about $500 a year and they can't even send an updated photo of the child? It seemed strange because I'm sure she looks different than when I sponsored her at 5 years old. Started researching and it seems many others have had inconsistent correspondences, pushy tactics to obtain more donations and either a similar experience to mine or an altogether different child's photo being sent. Something seems off.. After receiving the same photo of my sponsored child this holiday season with almost the same exact handwritten sentence, I am cancelling my contributions. My donations can go to a more worthy cause in my opinion.
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December 2021 by Naneen Reis
Clean, secure building.
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November 2021 by Gary Herman
I was treated with disrespect the moment I walked in the door. I will never be affiliated with World Vision again.
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August 2021 by Hamster Like
The treatment I received when I walked in the door was rude and judgemental. I will likely never give to World Vision.
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May 2021 by Rachael Boyer
Really effective charity that works to empower children and families out of poverty here in the U.S. and around the world. I've been a happy donor and employee for 15 years!
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January 2021 by Rachel V.
World Vision is a top notch nonprofit! I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya and see their work first hand. They are making a huge impact through providing clean water, access to healthcare and education. After visiting I completely I understand why it takes so long to get letters back. Thankfully in this COVID time they are starting to provide digital letters online which has cut down on the response times. Overall I would highly recommend sponsoring a child through World Vision! They also do lots of good work in the US!
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January 2021 by Makeitso F.
Funding terrorists. Zero stars for you!
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September 2020 by E K.
The donor tour is an incredible experience! I feel like they take you to Africa; literally! So cool. They got an A- from Charity Watch Here, I began my own inward journey. And I'm thankful to World Vision for that. A lot of donors don't actually know what they do... World Vision builds small area development projects about 20,000 people large in really bad areas. So if a war breaks out in Somalia and the leaders of Somalia who receive rations from the UN can't get water to the people, World Vision might step in and drill a well if it gets bad enough. The "I" tells you before the son and the sun were I was and we were in the father as the father is in Jesus and Jesus is in me. However, these stars were stars of their own show in heaven and so it was like that when I worked here. But I can tell you more about that later. Sadly, there's no "I" in World Vision anymore. Don't worry. You are. Truly truly I tell you even if you give because when you give the weight of your heart is lightened because my burden is easy. Even when you're afraid, my beloved sons and daughters, to trust that faith entered into the mind equals your heart overflowing with hope and that hope, when knowledge converts to brotherly affection, in a life full of love on earth and doing good because good spiritual forces in heaven fuel heaven as plant food expedites the creation of good fruit. And because donating to God is good. And this action - donating, is an action that task oriented Jesus followers, faithful World Vision followers, like you, rightfully believe is fueling the faith it takes to find knowledge and the pursuit of heaven, which will keep the spirit of Jesus alive in the kingdom here on earth for years to come. So give!!!
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July 2020 by Alyssa C.
I got to travel to see World Vision's work in Honduras last year, and was so impressed by the quality of their programs and how every villager we talked to glowed when they talked about how World Vision coming to their community changed their lives. In one community we visited another nonprofit had installed a water well years ago, but after they left it broke down and the people didn't know how to fix it. When World Vision came in, they stayed for years (15-20 years on average), built a new well, and empowered the people to create their own water committee and trained them how to maintain and repair the well. They are clearly experts in what they do and have built processes that are sustainable and empower the local people to carry on the change in their communities.
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April 2020 by Laura W.
We've sponsored for over ten years with World Vision and I've had the joy of meeting three of our six sponsored children. We love that our monthly donation goes to help not just the child but their whole community to become self-sustaining in an average of about 17 years. I've seen their work with nutrition, farming, micro-loans, education, vocational training, clean water, sanitation, child protection, and so much more. I've seen the way our small monthly donation goes SO MUCH FARTHER than we ever could've dreamed possible. I've seen communities that have "graduated" from World Vision's help and are now thriving. I admit that not all communities/children are great at writing letters. (Quite honestly, some of my own kids aren't very expressive or great at writing letters, either!) But I have every confidence that the money we spend each month is making a difference in our sponsored children's lives and community. (Children CAN'T THRIVE if their community is suffering. When we help the community, we can help the child overcome poverty in their lifetime. I've seen it and it works!) I don't work for World Vision. I'm just a passionate sponsor. And coming back to letter-writing, I've always received replies to my emails or letters. I generally write every few months and will hear back in about 2-4 months, on average. But one thing I know from having visited some of my kids - they often live in very, very rural areas where the roads are little more than foot paths. World Vision staff will live locally but getting mail in and out is not easy, especially during the rainy season. I think they do a phenomenal job and if people could see the work they do firsthand, they'd be so proud and happy to support this incredible organization.
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March 2020 by Stefan S.
The HR department in Kenya is very unprofessional and is lacking vital competencies. They are filling positions not based on the job/educational background somebody has but on pure sympathy. Hence I can not recommend world vision.
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January 2020 by Starlight A.
I've never had any issues with World Vision. They help people in need and provide regular letters, photos, and updates. They also help communities and not just individuals.
