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Special Report 2013

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Over the last year, your suppor t mea water pipes so 1,0 nt we could cons truct new 24 people, includ ing 524 children, clean water. We can now access suppor ted health education events more than 600 pe attended by ople to reduce th e incidence of dia and other disease rrhoea, malaria s and to improve nutrition. We prov mentary food su ided supplepplies to older m embers of the co helped ensure th mmunity. And we at more than 6,0 00 people across access to rural he the region had alth centres.

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More opportunit ies to learn In 2012 we’ve fo cused on those wh o have been forc out of school be ed to drop cause of work or family commitmen study centres that ts by creating run evening classe s. We were also the renovation of able to suppor t a school building to create a far be environment for tter studying 360 children. Your help also enabled 20 new toilets fo us to build r 10 schools in th e area and to pa towards tuition fee y contributions s for some of the most vulnerable community. children in the

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Myanmar, or Burma, is the largest countr east Asia. For y in mainland most of the southpast 50 year by a series o s it has been f military gove ruled rnments. Toda underway, bu y, political refo t many peopl rm is e live in extr the countr y eme poverty. were also de Parts of vastated by C 2008, which yclone Nargi killed more th s in May an 138,000 pe ople. Your sponso red child’s pr oject is locate hilly region o d in f northern M yanmar. Transp a remote and communicat ortation and ion are difficu lt, as some vi accessed on llages can onl foot or by ho y be rse. World V communities ision is work in Myanmar ing with to improve liv to healthcare elihoods and and educatio access n. The work in Tiddim has you are supp brought hope orting and new opp people as th ortunities to e project mov local es towards its next phase.

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Lifecycle of a World Vision sponsorship programme

TIDDIM community is in Phase 2

Phase 1

Partnership with community established. Communities and World Vision plan long-term projects together.

Phase 3

Phase 2

Years 10-close: Building long-term solutions together

Years 4-9: Building skills together

Years 1-3: Building trust and laying groundwork

World Vision and communities work together so children and families benefit and participate in projects such as education, nutrition, clean water and healthcare.

Communities equipped to continue improving child well-being including education and health. Children should be cared for and protected in a loving environment.

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