World Vision India
World Vision India, headquartered in Chennai, is a Christian charitable organisation, registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act of Tamil Nadu 1975. The organisation's primary stated goals are Child and Social Welfare.
History
It all began in 1947, when Robert Pierce began supporting White Jade, a little girl in an orphanage in China, who was abandoned by her parents. Bob gave the warden, Tena Hoelkedoer, his last five dollars and agreed to send the same amount each month to help care for the girl. In 1950, Bob Pierce started World Vision. The child sponsorship programme began in response to the needs of hundreds of thousands of orphans of the Korean War. In 1951, World Vision started operations in India and subsequently set up a single-room office in Kolkata in 1958.In 1960, World Vision India started six childcare projects and worked with institutions for child well-being. A decade later, in 1970, World Vision India embraced a broader community development model and established an emergency relief division. The organisation also attempted to address the causes of poverty by focusing on community needs such as water, sanitation, education, health, leadership training and income generation. The World Vision of India Board was constituted in 1975 and the organisation was registered the following year under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. They also mounted one of their largest relief operations in response to the tidal wave disaster at Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 1977.
In 1990, World Vision India moved from the Community Development Projects to Area Development Programmes. From early 2000s, the grassroots organisation, began strengthening their advocacy efforts, particularly on issues related to child survival. They became more active in working with governments, businesses and other organisations in addressing issues such as child labour, children in armed conflict and the sexual exploitation of women and children.
World Vision India now works in 200 districts impacting around 26 lakh children and their families in over 6200 communities spread across 24 states and 1 union territory to address issues affecting children in partnership with governments, civil societies, donors and corporates.
Financing
In India, sponsorships provide the majority of resources for programmes implemented by World Vision India. Donors and sponsors from 18 countries including over 10,000 Indians sponsor close to 200,000 children in 107 programmes around India. World Vision India programmes also access resources from the Government of India as well as other countries such as U.S., Canada, UK, Japan, Finland and Ireland to mention a few.Child sponsorships
World Vision India's child sponsorship programmes help children in need get access to clean drinking water, sanitation, education, skills for future livelihood, nutrition, health care and participate in an age-appropriate in development processes. The sponsorship amount per month is Rs. 800. It is different from a donation and anybody interested to be part of this sponsorship process can be involved.Area Development Programs
Area Development Programmes are integrated development programme that help communities by assisting the children, families and the community block as a whole achieve the basic standards of the four 'well-beings': physical, intellectual, socio-economic and moral well-being. Each World Vision India ADP touches the lives of 20,000 to 1,00,000 people. There are 162 ADPs spread over 25 states around the country, working in over 5000 communities.World Vision India has various programmes such as Positive Parenting, Children's Groups, Child Parliament, Men Care Groups, Youth Groups, Self-Help Groups and so much to create a holistic development for the most vulnerable children