MISSION STATEMENT

World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.

We pursue this mission through integrated, holistic commitment to:

• Transformational development that is community-based and sustainable focused especially on the needs of children.
• Emergency relief assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster.
• Promotion of justice that seeks to change unjust structures affecting the poor among whom we work.
• Partnerships with churches to contribute to spiritual and social transformation.
• Public awareness leads to informed understanding, giving, involvement, and prayer.
• Witness to Jesus Christ by life, deed, word, and sign that encourages people to respond to the Gospel.

We have been working in Rwanda since 1994. For the first six years, the key focus of our interventions was relief and rehabilitation for the close to 3 million people that were displaced because of the genocide. In the year 2000, we began long-term, child-focused area development programmes in different parts of the country, targeting vulnerable children and their families with interventions in the areas of education and child sponsorship; health and nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; and the economic empowerment of households.

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.