Comments on: Highly Vulnerable Children: What Special Needs Do They Have?

By: Betty Hammond

Betty Hammond — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:09 +0000

I was really happy when I received the three pollyanna gift that I was suppose to get for my co worker and one was this organization. I was very happy to donate to this cause. God’s many blessing be upon you as you continue the good work!

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:30:46 +0000

Kees,

With HVC, our intention is to uphold the same policy that we have for HIV.

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:51:05 +0000

Hi, Chris,

I meant, would the sponsor be aware of the child receiving HVC? I know that the sponsor doesn’t know if a child is HIV positive, unless the child or their family decides to share that. Is that the same with HVC? I.e. a sponsor wouldn’t be told.

Kees

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:15:42 +0000

Kees,

A child is not “enrolled” in HVC and there is no code or label on the child’s account identifying a child as receiving HVC help. That’s for the sake of reducing the possible stigma. Our church partners identify the children and administer the assistance.

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:47:02 +0000

Hi, Chris,

Would the sponsor know if their child is also enrolled in HVC?

Kees

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:03:53 +0000

Andrea,

HVC is not a stand alone program per se. It’s not something a child is “enrolled” in, like with the child sponsorship program.

Instead, HVC is a complementary intervention working with our core programs, child sponsorship, child survival and leadership development.

HVC has the objective of bringing stability to the lives of the most vulnerable children. These are children who are not able to attend school or lead “normal healthy lives” because they lack the very basics in life.

Since every child in our program is vulnerable in some way, we rely heavily on our church partners to identify children who are most in need of this intervention. We also don’t single them out from other registered children.

We don’t have a code or other label identifying them as HVC. That’s for the sake of reducing the stigma/trauma they might already have suffered or experienced.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:34:12 +0000

This is a great program!! I’d always wondered about how Compassion dealt with extreme high risk children(children suffering from no parents and being HIV postive or children at risk of becoming part of the sex trade etc).Now I know!! I’m so glad to see this program and I hope that it gets started in places like Thailand,Indonesia and India where children are at extreme risk of being sold as slaves and into the sex trade..Please keep us updated!!!

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:56:44 +0000

Vicki,

I spoke with Lillian, and she said that we currently have this intervention only in Africa. We are working on the strategies that are most effective in assisting the children, and do plan to extend this initiative to other countries in the future.

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:38:52 +0000

It’s wonderful to hear about this program. Just another way that Compassion meets the needs of each child individually. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Andrea G

Andrea G — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:04:51 +0000

Is there any way to find out if your own sponsored child is part of the HVC program?

I suspect that my sponsored child may be in a similar situation as the girl in the example. If she is NOT in the program, is there something more that I can do for her beyond sponsorship and sending substantial financial gifts twice a year?

If you click on the link to my blog, you can read her story. If someone has more information for me, please contact me. I seriously want to help Azalech in as many ways as I can.