Global Poverty Monitor

The service ended shortly after, and we all went to the Maputo World Vision office for a short meeting. We met with Ventura again, and some more of the World Vision staff. We discussed our experiences in Tete and they asked us for our opinions on the development work that is being carried out. Near the end of the meeting, Ventura asked those of us who are child sponsors why we starting sponsoring in the first place. Serena asked me to answer since I’ve been a sponsor for the longest, and so I explained about always having wanted to sponsor a child, but deciding to wait until I was financially able to continue the commitment, and then watching the documentary about the little boy in Kenya and what his life was like. I spoke for a few minutes, and kept looking over at Ventura to see what he was thinking, but his expression gave me no indication. A few more questions were asked, and then the meeting was wrapped up as we had to move off to the airport. As we stood up to leave, Ventura came over to me and thanked me for my story, and said that it was very moving. That really meant a lot to me considering he is so high up in World Vision Mozambique.