World Vision Archives - The Average Advocate

A Farewell Letter to my Sponsor Child

by Elisa | Sep 2, 2015 | Children-in-Need | 3 |

They Told Me It Was Time To Say Goodbye Recently I received the news that the humanitarian...

Action: Give a Meaningful Gift this Christmas

by Elisa | Dec 11, 2012 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

Give a Meaningful Gift this Christmas This is a guest post by Melanie Johnston. Originally from Tennessee, a vegan into tennis and journalism, Melanie is now with the Air Force studying linguistics. She has a lot of dreams,...

AIDS/HIV 101: Why Should I Care?

by Elisa | Dec 1, 2011 | Global Health | 0 |

Why should we care about AIDS? I was trying to figure out when I started caring about AIDS. I think I knew someone with AIDS briefly, as a kid, before he passed on. I definitely didn’t care about that person. But...

Hunger Sucks: Understanding The Importance of Food in Developing Nations

by Elisa | Jul 21, 2011 | Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Poverty, United States, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

Today I took a woman out to coffee. This was actually the second time I went out the coffee that day, coffee and breakfast with my dad. In the morning we were musing about how we just can’t give to everything, while...