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We feature write-ups from supporters and staff who are hungry for change and want their voices to be heard.

Youth For Change: Moisi, From Protected Child to Protector of Children

26 Oct 2021
Youth and Schools

23-year-old Moisi is the eldest son of a family with five children. Moisi's father, having lost a hand, has been unable to work. Moisi's mother has struggled with a mental disability for the last 20 years. Their home was built almost 70 years ago but was destroyed by bombing during the 1997 civil war in Albania. His family members lived in the house's animal shelter as all the other rooms in the house had become uninhabitable. With his father in retirement due to physical disability, the family's household finances were strained.

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Youth for Change: Edren, Equipped to Go Further

19 Oct 2021
Youth and Schools

Youth Leader Edren had suffered from the traumatic loss of his father and grandmother from heart attacks because they had failed to receive immediate and urgent medical care in their home located in the remote area of Pangasinan, north of the Philippines. Determined to prevent similar incidences from happening as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edren started Go Bike to offer immediate healthcare in his village.

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Youth For Change: Dola, A Warrior Against Child Marriage

13 Oct 2021
Youth and Schools

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage worldwide. As of 2021, 66% of girls in Bangladesh are married before they turn 18 and 32% are married before they turn 15. In addition, UNICEF has predicted 10 million more child marriages across the next 10 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Four Types of Gifts to Avoid Sending to Sponsored Children

08 Oct 2021
Child Sponsorship Stories

Gifts often go a long way in making an impressionable impact on a child’s life and lend great significance to them.

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For Good: 6 Lives Sponsorship Changed

08 Oct 2021
Child Sponsorship Stories

Have you ever wondered if sponsoring a child really makes a difference? It does! Child sponsorship changes lives, for good. Here are six people whose lives have been transformed by sponsorship in big ways and small – and are now changing the world around them.

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