Antony’s Personal Opinion

Yesterday, I and my wife decided to sponsor a child via World Vision program. What is World Vision? It is a non-profit organization that helps children worldwide to reach their potential by tackling causes of poverty. They basically provides things, such as nutritious food, educational opportunities, health care and many more. Here is the quote from their web site:

World Vision helps transform the lives of the world’s poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries, including the United States. Our non-profit work extends assistance to all people, regardless of their religious beliefs, gender, race, or ethnic background.

We have chosen to sponsor a 9 years old girl from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Why Indonesia? Because Indonesia is our home country. In fact, we are still holding an Indonesian passport. Why Irian Jaya? Because it is the poorest province in Indonesia.

Why don’t we sponsor/donate via Indonesian government directly? The answer is simple. I don’t want our sponsorship to be corrupted by irresponsible person. As you may know that corruption level in Indonesia is so high. Many things are corrupted there. I don’t trust the government.

I just hope that our sponsorship will help (at least) one child there to attend school and have better life….