Babita used to suffer from hunger and diseases. But now, thanks to World Vision’s child sponsorship program, she doesn’t have to go to bed hungry, and she can look forward to growing up healthy.

Thanks to the support of sponsors like your friend, Babita can dream of a future as bright as her smile.

"When I grow up, I want to be a teacher" - Babita, 8, India

Asked how he would describe World Vision’s child sponsorship program, Jean said “it has saved my family from suffering.” Through sponsorship, Jean was given medical treatment to help him recover from malaria. Thanks to sponsors like your friend, Jean’s clean bill of health has inspired him to become a doctor.

“I want to become a doctor because to me, I feel being a doctor is something good.” - Jean, 10, Rwanda

These four girls are among forty-one children from a rural school in the El Potrero community in Guatemala. Their school building is being extended from two classrooms to four, made possible through the support of World Vision child sponsors like your friend. Soon, the children will have a little more space to learn.

These little wooden bikes are a mainstay of economic life in hilly Rwanda. Children can be seen flying down hills at breakneck speed carrying sacks of grain and wheat for their families.

It is said that a young man without a wooden bike has no chance of finding a wife. Thanks to sponsors like your friend, children no longer have to walk long distances carrying heavy seeds and grain.