News and Updates

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A Bountiful Harvest - Microfinance in Myanmar

01 Feb 2023
Latest Updates
Livelihood & Microfinance

Daw Yin was struggling to pay her debts and support her children's education needs. Lockdowns and travel restrictions affected small-scale farmers like her in Myanmar as they could no longer afford farming materials. Microfinance lifted her up with loans with which she could improve her harvest and family's income. 

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The first time someone believed in her - A Sponsored Child's Story

27 Jan 2023
Child Sponsorship Stories

Abandoned by her parents young, Thu felt isolated and alone growing up. When she was ten, however, she met her sponsor. She didn't know it then but the bond she formed with her sponsor would become her lifeline to building confidence.

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Barang - An Orphaned Child in Philippines

27 Jan 2023
Child Sponsorship Stories

8-year-old Barang lost his mother and was abandoned by his father. The orphaned boy lives with his grandmother who struggles to care for him. His life changed when he became a sponsored child. He received help through reading camps to improve his reading and writing skills.

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Chosen at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church

25 Jan 2023
Chosen

"Sponsoring a child is something that is close to the heart of God – even though we may be miles apart from this child, we can share life with someone who is just so far away," said Rev. Jasper Ngoh, Associate Pastor at TACMC.

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Understanding Child-centric Community Development in Myanmar

25 Jan 2023
Youth and Schools

As World Vision Singapore resumes in-person educational trips to the field, we look back at some of the unique learning experiences that students have had from visiting our Area Development Programmes (ADPs) and interacting with local community members and our field teams. In this blog post, three students from Eunoia Junior College share reflections on their visit to Taikkyi ADP and Hmawbi ADP in Myanmar.

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