Morung Express News
September 10
Dimapur: The year was 1947. An American doctor by the name of Bob Pierce met a young girl called White Jade who had no place to go to in war-ravaged China. The girl was sobbing inconsolably. Pierce offered to help her. He left White Jade at a hostel run by a woman named Tina with the assurance that he would look into all of her expenses. When Pierce went back to America, he shared his story with friends who in turn vouched to support the downtrodden and the underprivileged. This was how World Vision was born.
Today, World Vision has made its presence felt in 100 countries across the world. In India alone, the ‘reach-out’ organization has spread to 105 districts while the Northeast region can boast of 13 projects.
The World Vision India, OVC Project Dimapur aims to reach out to orphans and vulnerable children. World Vision’s motto is dignity, justice, peace and hope for all. It undertakes Integrated Child Rehabilitation Programmes for children who are deprived of the joys of childhood. Members of the Project also wish to promote concern for these children through the media. With this concept in mind, the Dimapur chapter of World Vision organized an essay and painting competition at the Imliyanger Memorial Center recently. Children from 10 schools participated and brought out their ideas on paper and unleashed their creative imagination through the medium of colours. The topics for the essay and painting competitions were aptly titled Voices of children: A cry to save lives in a poverty stricken world and Unhygienic environment, unhealthy citizens. Program manager of World Vision, Dimapur Samuel Therieh asked the participating students to spread the message of love and support towards the less privileged children while special guest for the occasion Hokali Akato, Secretary of the Naga Woman Hoho spoke on the need to inculcate good habits and added that children could propagate the message of abstinence from intoxicants and unhealthy behaviour.
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