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每个孩子都会有梦想，我们身边的孩子有什么梦想？最新的电动游戏， GUESS牌的牛仔裤，汽车，手表……

有些人梦想成为一名老师、一名舞蹈家、一名伟大的发明家；小小的孩子，可以有大大的梦想。有没有想过其他国家的孩子？

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片断中，Aour, Torb, Mr Tee的孩子可以有什么梦想？这三个家庭的孩子的未来会是怎样？片断中看到的只是冰山一角。 全世界许多角落都有很多相同、 甚至更糟的个案。

有些国家，没有清洁的食水、没有足够的食粮、没有家、失去住所；他们没有的， 不是一些大大的梦想， 而是我们一般人的基本需求。

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在世界宣明会区域发展的扶贫计划，寮国人民的生活素质得以改善。Torb可以实现她上学的梦想、Aour的母亲将得以治疗、Mr Tee的孩子也可以有充足的食物。

我们深信，Torb 、Aour、她的妹妹以及Mr Tee的孩子们，将可以许下愿望，为他们的自己的未来，甚至是他们的下一代，慢慢的彩出美丽的明天。而谁，会有能力给他们开路？

世界宣明会爱心天使–叶剑峰的呼吁

只要每个人肯付出一点点帮助另外一个有需要的人，这个世界就会更美好。

因为你，孩有希望！今天就加入世界宣明会的儿童助养计划，给孩子无穷的快乐，You’ve Got The Power!

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宣明會助養者關心妍早前到孟加拉探訪，在街上看到孩子在拉車、砸磚、拾荒，甚至行乞，為生活奔波勞碌。他們的夢想只是吃一餐飽飯、上學讀書、有棲身之所這麼簡單，為何如此遙不可及？

“我在探訪期間遇上十歲的丁娜。在她的臉上，我看到不應屬於孩童的滄桑。她曾這樣說：「我沒有美好的回憶，現在的日子亦不好過。我只想穿著整齊地上學，可以一日吃三餐。」丁娜還希望將來成為醫生，我心想可能嗎？”

丁娜的媽媽被丈夫拋棄，與丁娜相依為命。她是一名女傭，早出晚歸只換來約港幣八十五元月薪，根本沒有能力讓女兒吃飽和上學。丁娜為幫補家計，便當砸磚散工，一個月掙到約港幣三十元。要把一堆磚頭砸成碎石，對她這個十歲女孩來說實在非常吃力，但丁娜嘆道：「我沒有選擇，因為我們貧窮。」

我也探訪了十歲的拉漢，親眼看到「助養兒童計劃」如何改變一個貧困孩子的生命。拉漢一家六口原本居住在農村狹小茅屋，下雨時會漏水，又沒有衛生設施。他的爸爸以拉車為生，收入僅夠一家餬口，哪有錢送拉漢上學？拉漢更可能隨時成為童工，幫補家計。

幸好，拉漢於三年半前成為宣明會的助養兒童，得到書簿、文具及校服，可以上學去。宣明會更為他的家提供材料，興建一間穩固的房子及廁所，他的爸媽也得到職業訓練、貸款及一頭羊，家庭收入隨之增加。拉漢很喜歡上學，還希望將來成為一個老師。我相信他必定可以夢想成真！

Source : World Vision Hong Kong

Source : World VIsion Hong Kong

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上个月尾(2006年10月)在寒夜中与自己所助养的儿童道别后，言承旭说：「这是我第一次感受到自己生命的价值！」

带着和全球三百万人一样的爱心与期待，世界宣明会首位亚洲儿童助养计划爱心大使言承旭此行深入夜间零下十几度的蒙古大漠，访问自己所助养的两名贫童及由歌迷所助养的一名贫童，虽然寒风刺骨、脸被晒伤冻伤、因天气太干而流鼻血等，却让他经历到前所未有的感动，言承旭表示，过去不大能懂什么是「施比受更有福」，但现在终于能够从和孩子天真、烂漫的互动中，看到生命中最单纯的自己，「也许获得最大祝福的人是我！」

言承旭从十月24日走访蒙古，除了辗转飞行旅程外，还经过长途雪地、大漠，共计7、8个小时的车程，终于到达由台湾爱心人士所资助世界宣明会中戈壁计划区（Dungobi ADP），探访到自己的两名所助养的多尔吉多武（Dorjtovuu）和巴丹（Baldan），由于两个孩子家庭背景的不同，也让他感受到不同的资助情怀。

言承旭所助养的多尔吉多武的父亲因家境贫穷，偷窃他人牲口入狱，因此靠着母亲一人照顾家中五名儿童，家中一个月的收入不到15元美金；多尔吉多武家还曾遭逢祝融之灾，一把大火将所有家当全部烧光，所幸世界宣明会提供社会资源和爱心人士的捐款，使其能有新的蒙古包居住，孩子们能顺利就学，也提供其母亲有就业的机会。

在探访多尔吉多武家时，言承旭听到只有八岁的他，已经懂得骑马为别人家赶羊，以换取家中的一些粮食，令他特别感受良多，「我自己本身也是出身自单亲家庭，特别能体会单亲家庭中妈妈一人独撑大局的辛苦，这让我想到我妈妈独自照顾我和我姊姊的辛劳，多尔吉多武这么小就懂得帮忙家里，我这个年纪的时候却好像还在叛逆不懂事当中…」对应到自己身世的感叹，言承旭希望能够为这个家庭付出更多─在探访多尔吉多武的这一天里，他到学校看他上学、陪他上学，更和他一起玩起篮球赛，玩得满身是汗。最后，甚至把自己随身戴着御寒的围巾，都围在多尔吉多武的脖子上，又心疼他单薄的衣物无法支撑太久，虽然叮咛他早点进入蒙古包里，自己却仍在远处木板围墙的夹缝中偷偷看着孩子进蒙古包中，才安心的离去。

另外一位被助养的儿童巴丹和他的姊姊扬金素（Yanjinsuren），却让言承旭看到另一种希望与爱。巴丹家住在离中戈壁省城约一个多小时车程的荒漠 中，在言承旭探望他们家的那一晚，低温达到零下二十度，而巴丹家的蒙古包中没有电力，靠着烛火照明和牛羊粪便为燃料的取暖设备。

巴丹一家六口人，包括今年八岁的巴丹和十岁的姊姊扬金素在内，虽然身处在贫困和环境恶劣的景况下，却始终以一脸童稚的笑容迎人，而全家人的和乐融融，更让言承旭十分窝心和感动，「在他们一家人的笑容中，我看见了虽然人可能会处在很困难的环境里，但是也不要失去了希望。」

小女孩扬金素和小男孩巴丹，除了教导这位远从台湾来的Jerry哥哥如何生火，如何骑骆驼及玩游戏之外，还让他明白了什么是感恩和奉献。

小女孩扬金素告诉言承旭自己最喜欢画画和写字，而她十分感恩地拿着之前获赠的一只原子笔，喜孜孜地在纸上作画，让言承旭感动之余，现场马上叫所有随行的工作人员和媒体记者捐出笔来，几分钟内，女孩的桌上出现了各式各样的铅笔、原子笔，而她则好好的收了起来，并和一旁的姊妹和弟弟分享。「有一段时间，我抱着她坐在车上，她的小手贴在我的大手上，虽然语言不能沟通，但却好像有了很大的心灵交流，在那一刻，我突然发现，自己大大的身躯，可以全力地保护这个小小的生命，就在这时候，我好像发现了自己生命的价值，是可以付出、可以爱的。」言承旭提到自己这次的关怀体验时，还依稀记得自己和这一家人告别的不舍，曾经如此强烈的触动了心弦。

除了探访自己的所助养的儿童之外，言承旭亦探望了由新加坡医疗团队义助、有先天疾病的小女孩思玛的家，和由歌迷所助养的蒙古受助童纳兰拜亚的家。

今年12岁的思玛，在当地医疗缺乏的状况下，让她大部份的童年都在无法控制排泄下生活，不仅要忍受同侪异样的眼光和压力，连亲生的父亲都觉得她是不祥的征兆，而抛弃母女离家而去。但是思玛的母亲却从不放弃医治她的希望，透过世界宣明会的协助，思玛可以免费地到新加坡就医，并动了几次的大手术，直到今年，思玛的病况已经获得改善，生活开始摆脱困窘的情况。

面对这样一个用生命在奋斗的小勇士，言承旭忍不住问了她对未来是否有什么心愿？思玛说，她想当个药剂师，可以救更多人的命。曾经当过「苏医师」的他，笑着跟思玛说，「将来妳要救哥哥的命哦！」

而由歌迷助养的纳兰拜亚，则是刚好在言承旭造访蒙古期间生日，他特别带了蛋糕、新鲜水果和衣物文具等礼物前往纳兰拜亚的家中庆生，却没想到这是纳兰拜亚十岁以来，第一次吃蛋糕和过生日。因为父亲罹患肝癌无法工作，家中靠着母亲一人每个月不到90美元的收入，要养活家中五口人的生计，虽然经济贫困，但是纳兰拜亚的父亲仍然说出了心中的感谢，「透过您们的资助，让我的孩子可以上学，每年固定寄来的圣诞卡和生日卡，我们都收到了，更是让我们十分的高兴。」在蒙古的寒夜里，一个生日蛋糕的庆贺，配上蒙人用来招待贵客用的羊奶香，并传出了来自台湾的客人们学唱的蒙文生日快乐歌，今夜的蒙古包里，不再寒冷。

在经历了蒙古行之后，言承旭说，「我突然觉得过去曾经有很多的自怨自艾、心情不愉快，都没什么大不了的，看到这些孩子们和他们的家人，都遇到这么多身体的和心理的病痛，都仍然能够坚持活下去，那么，我曾经自以为过不去的那些事，又算得上什么呢？」他说在蒙古每过完一天的深夜里，都在思考自己今天所遇到的人、事、物，希望在看到这些缺乏之后，自己未来可以给这个世界更多的帮助，「就算到世界宣明会的计划区里当苦力也可以。」

除了自己投入资助儿童的行列中，言承旭也希望能鼓励身边的亲人、朋友都加入「资助儿童计划」的行列，「在蒙古很多家庭每个月的收入不到15美元，但是我们只要每个月13美元（马币50元）就可以让这个家庭获得帮助。」在蒙古除了看到受助儿童能够顺利上学，也看到世界展望会在小区里建立医院、水井等，让整个孩子的生活环境更健康、更快乐，他邀请大家一起来帮助这些孩子们，虽然身处困苦，仍能拥抱希望。

Source : World Vision Malaysia

Jerry Yan, the first World Vision Asia ambassador, returning from Mongolia with firsthand experience of child sponsorship

“I realized, for the first time, the value of my life,” said Jerry Yan after bidding farewell to his sponsored child in the countryside of Mongolia at the end of last month (October 2006).

Being appointed as World Vision’s first Asia regional ambassador for 10 countries – Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Mongolia, and Taiwan, the celebrated star has just returned from Mongolia, where he experienced windy chills with temperatures as low as -10°C to -20°C of cold.

On this trip, Jerry met two children he personally sponsors and another child sponsored by his fan in Hong Kong. In spite of the bitter cold, a frostbitten and sunburnt face, and a bleeding nose due to the dry weather, Jerry said he was so deeply touched and finally realized why it is more blessed to give than to receive.

“Perhaps I’m the one who received the most blessing from this.” Jerry explained that through his interaction with the children, he discovered his inner self in the simplest state.

Traveling over snow-clad desert by car for nearly eight hours from Ulaanbaatar, Jerry and media teams from Singapore and Taiwan went to Taiwan-funded Dundgobi Area Development Project to visit families of his sponsored children.

He first met with Dorjtovuu. Due to extreme poverty, Dorjtovuu’s father stole someone’s animal and was sent to prison. His mother has since raised the five children by herself with a salary less than US$15 a month. Their situation became worse when their home was burnt in 2000. However, thanks to support of World Vision and the government, Dorjtovuu’s mother managed to get a job and received a new ger. She is now able to send her children to school.

Jerry was told that Dorjtovuu, at a young age of 8, is tending sheep for neighbors in exchange for some food. “Coming from a single-parent family, I can empathise with the hardships of a single mom who has to support a family on her own.” Jerry admired, “Dorjtovuu has been helping the family, but at his age I was still a trouble maker.”

When finally saying goodbye, Jerry hurried Dorjtovuu back to the ger because he was worried that the child in thin clothes may not resist the bone-chilling cold outdoor. However, he himself did not leave but quietly watched through a fissure on the fence until the child walked into the ger.

About an hour’s drive from the provincial capital, Jerry visited Ragchaasuren and his family after sunset. With no electricity in the ger, the family used candles for lighting and burned animal dung for heating.

Despite their poverty, the family of six, including the 8-year-old sponsored child Ragchaasuren and his 10-year-old sister Yanjinsuren, welcomed the visitors with their most earnest smiles. The family members were very close to one another.

“From their smiles and very strong family bond, I learned that we should never give up hope even in very difficult circumstances.” Jerry said.

Ragchaasuren and Yanjinsuren not only taught Jerry how to set a fire, ride a camel, and play like Mongolian children, but also showed him the true meaning of giving and gratefulness.

He recalled, “I held Yanjinsuren on my lap for a while. She put her tiny hands on my big palms. Though we could not communicate by words, there seemed to be a deep communication between our hearts. At that moment, I discovered the value of my life, that is, to give, to love….”

Also on the visit, Jerry met Tsermaa, a girl who suffered severe congenital disease since birth and has received enormous advanced medical assistance from World Vision Singapore’s donors.

Tsermaa spent most of her childhood in poor health condition, suffering from incontinence. She struggled with discrimination from her peers and was abandoned by her father because she was seen as a sign of bad luck. However, her mother never gave up on her. In 2004 she successfully underwent two operations in Singapore with support of World Vision. She is now recovering well and is able to make friends and improve her studies in school.

When asked by Jerry what she wished for the future, Tsermaa said she wanted to be a pharmacist to save lives.

The last child the crews visited is Naranbayar. He is sponsored by Jerry’s fan club in Hong Kong and was celebrating his 10th birthday during their visit.

Jerry brought him a birthday cake and some presents, only to find it was the first time for the boy to taste a cake and enjoy a birthday party.

Naranbayar’s father had cancer and could not work, so his mother had to support the family of five with a monthly income less than US$80. On behalf of the family, the father expressed their heartfelt appreciation, “Through sponsorship, my kids can go to school and receive greeting cards on every Christmas and birthday. Our happiness and gratitude is beyond words.”

On that special night in freezing Mongolia, the people gathering in the ger were all warmed up by a small cake and hot sheep milk treated by the Mongolian host, along with singing of a birthday song by the Taiwanese guests in Mongolian language.

“This trip was a revelation to me,” said Jerry after experiencing so many stories of adversity and gratefulness in Mongolia. “I used to have many complaints about my life, but compared to these suffering but courageous children and people, my problem is really nothing.”

“Every night when finishing one day’s itinerary, I asked myself, what can I do to make a difference?” Jerry decided to share his firsthand stories with his friends and family and asked them to become a child sponsor.

He appealed, “In Mongolia so many people depend on a monthly income less than US$15, but we can help a child by giving about US$13 (RM50) per month through child sponsorship.”

He has seen that sponsorship helps keep a child in school, provides the child and his family with basic healthcare, potable water, food security, and sustainable livelihood. Through holistic development, the child will be able to live and grow in a healthier and happier environment.

Jerry, World Vision Asia Child Sponsorship Ambassador, will soon go on a tour round Asia to share his sentiments from this trip. He will be in Malaysia on November 27& 28 to share with Malaysians and his fans his experience.

The world is not detached, and sponsorship makes our love connected.

Source : World Vision Malaysia

嗨！马来西亚的朋友，我是言承旭，2006年10月24日，我出发前往零下6度的蒙古，探望我透过世界宣明会所助养的小朋友Dorjtovuu。过去他曾无法上学，寒冬中也没地方可住，但是，透过我每个月的资助，Dorjtovuu开始上学了，可以住在温暖的蒙古包里！

带着全球三百万位助养人及爱心影迷的祝福，亚洲八国世界宣明会儿童助养计划首度共用代言人 ~ 言承旭，10月24日背负简单行囊、风尘仆仆飞向蒙古，展开人生中的首次慈善之行！言承旭开心表示：“对我来说，这是一次相当特别的行程，我非常期待，看过资料之后，我知道旅程会很辛苦，但我相信，亲自去关怀、去感受当地孩子的真实生活，一定有所收获、更会让我们学会珍惜！”

此际，蒙古正值严冬，在零下6度的冷冻中，言承旭除了将探视关怀乌兰巴托的街头游童，更走入游童夜里栖身取暖的下水道，体验儿童生活的艰辛和危险；也将走访由世界宣明会所开发的中戈壁计划区，探望他所助养的两名小男孩，并预备许多小礼物要送给当地的贫苦儿童。

“许多可能是我们视为平常的民生用品、玩具文具，却是他们相当缺乏的。” 生性害羞的言承旭非常喜欢小朋友，“我希望能和孩子们有美好的互动，会表演一点魔术，为辛苦生活的孩子们带来一点点开心。”

马来西亚世界宣明会自2000年开始在蒙古纳赖当地展开儿童助养计划，目前帮助了1,850名贫苦儿童。今年，马来西亚世界宣明会计划新增帮助700名蒙古贫童，以及中国、印度、印尼、泰国及黎巴嫩等共计 5,000名贫苦儿童的生存需要，帮助他们上学去。

此次蒙古之行，言承旭希望透过他亲眼所见，分享蒙古贫童的生存困境，同时也为世界贫童代言，期待透过他的呼吁，邀请更多爱心朋友和他一同延续这份爱和感动，一起加入儿童助养行列，给贫童上学的希望，一个可梦的未来！

言承旭蒙古之行的感人心情故事，将一一刊登在本会的网页，邀请您和言承旭一起为世界贫童打造更美好的未来，欢迎您加入儿童助养行列，做一个快乐助养人！

Source : World Vision Malaysia

Adam Gilchrist, vice captain of the Australian cricket team and World Vision child sponsor and Ambassador met with Mangesh Rajput, the child he sponsors in Mumbai on 17th October 2006. Facilitated by World Vision Australia, Gilchrist who is in India to play the Champion’s trophy one day international series took time off from his packed schedule to spend time with the child, his mother and little brother.

Speaking about his experience with sponsorship, Gilchrist who started sponsoring Mangesh two years ago said, “Sponsorship is about giving a child an opportunity for a better future through education, clean water and health for the child and economic assistance for the family,”

Eight year old Mangesh Rajput, Gilchrist’s sponsored child studies in the 2nd standard in the municipal school close to the community he lives in. Mangesh’s mother Anita was widowed three years ago and works as a housemaid to bring up her three child, of whom Mangesh is the second.

“Mangesh had a set of questions to ask his sponsor,” said Amit Rathod, Programme Manager, Mumbai West ADP, which works in the community the child lives in, “But as soon as he saw his sponsor he forgot about them.” Gilchrist showed his cricketing equipment and taught Mangesh how to execute a ‘cover drive’ in his own style.

Explaining sponsorship to the media that met him after his meeting with the child Gilchrist said, “The sponsorship money that each one of us contributes is used to build up the community around the child rather than being handed out to one child. This is more sustainable,” he said.

World Vision Australia funds the Mumbai West ADP, where in the last six years sanitation and drainage, access to clean water, and formation of self help groups have been the key interventions. “Basic needs such as health, water and electricity were the main issues when world vision first entered this slum and these have been addressed to a great extent,” reports Kunal Shah, Associate Director, Mumbai Programme monitoring office.

Gilchrist spent the better part of the hour with his sponsored child and gave each member of the family gifts that he had brought with him. Mangesh in return gave him an autographed photo of his family as well as a cricket bat.

Source : World Vision Australia