Vision for Children

Vision for Children is the children's ministry of Vision Beyond Borders. VFC seeks to match poverty-stricken and orphaned children with sponsors in order to meet each child's physical, medical, educational, and spiritual needs.

Vision for Children began in the fall of 2002 with the sponsorship of four children in Kathmandu, Nepal . The program has grown! We are now working to find sponsors for children in 6 main areas of Nepal and for children living in Vietnam and Burma.

Many of the children we serve have been found on the streets after being abandoned. Others are ethnic minorities or were born to mentally or physically disabled parents who simply have no way to care for them. Left to themselves they may fall prey to a host of social evils including child prostitution and other forms of slavery and abuse. Other children in our program are being raised by Christian parents, but due to sickness, death, and often severe persecution because of their faith, they live in extreme poverty with no hope of ever obtaining an education. They could never afford the tuition costs that even public schools require in their countries. In Nepal the cost for public school education can be over a third of some families' incomes, leaving the country with a 70-80% illiteracy rate in some areas. As we minister Christ's love to these precious ones, may His grace abound to them -- body, mind and soul.

Every child in VFC's program is matched with a sponsor. These have included individuals, but we also have groups of people such as family members, friends, church Sunday school classes, and youth groups who are sharing the responsibility of sponsorship together. A monthly amount is designated for each child based on the child' s location and needs and can be submitted on a monthly basis, every six months, or in full for one year. All funds go for the direct use of the sponsored child, his school and/or his orphanage. The sponsorship is a one-year commitment that can be renewed until the child is of age and there are currently 3 categories of sponsorship: $10 Sponsorship which covers the cost of education in Nepal and Bhutan; $20 Sponsorship which covers education and basic living necessities in Vietnam; and $30 Sponsorship which covers education and basic living necessities in Nepal and Bhutan.

Sponsors are invited to write to their children several times per year and the letters are hand-delivered by VBB' s mission teams. Translations are done by our in-country contacts and are then given to the children. All children love to receive letters, especially from a foreign country, but imagine the delight for a child who has been orphaned or abandoned when he discovers that someone on the other side of the world cares for him and is praying for him! Truly this is a picture of arms that are open to the poor and hands that extend to the needy. VFC offers an opportunity to directly affect a child intellectually, physically, and spiritually to the glory of God, our Father. Would you be willing to seek His heart about the possibility of sponsoring a child through VFC? We thank you very much for your prayerful consideration. If you would like more information about child sponsorship, please contact us at vfc@vbbonline.org or call our main office at 307.672.5995.