[Vision Club/Sponsored Children] The World Vision, where the children's "rejuvenation" and the repeated use of photos have occurred, is now involved in the "smoking, alcohol, and sports car" controversy among the children!
Some donors said that they started sponsoring a child through World Vision about 8-10 years ago. In recent years, they have received annual reports and found that the sponsor has grown up, but they are so mature that they are older than me. Searching for the name of the boy provided in the report on instagram revealed that a man with the same name and similar appearance was found. He was shocked to find that he was "smokers, alcohol, and sports cars!", and his life is very colorful!
After the donor privately communicated with the other party, he received a reply and never applied for sponsorship. After talking, he asked for money. The incident made the donors angry and attracted the attention of a large number of netizens.
World Vision Hong Kong responded on the official facebook page, saying that it is contacting the Albanian office to follow up the incident.
A Hong Kong man who sponsored a child through World Vision recently searched for the full name of the sponsor on Instagram and found a man with the same name but with a similar appearance. He found that the man in the photo was "smokers, alcohol, and sports cars!" ".
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A large number of netizens flocked to the fb page of World Vision Hong Kong to inquire about the incident, and received a reply saying "Thank you for your message. We attach great importance to the opinions of donors. We are now contacting the Albanian office to follow up the incident and contact the donors to follow up."
The questioning donor posted on Facebook yesterday (5th) that he started sponsoring children through World Vision many years ago. At first, the sponsors were Cambodian girls and they were sponsored from childhood to entering middle school. Later, he received a letter stating that The girl has grown up and is capable of self-reliance, so she suggested that he switch to sponsoring other children, and he agreed now.
The donor continued that he had received photos of new sponsors from 8 to 10 years, and had reports and Christmas cards every year. Therefore, he had no suspicion. It was only recently that he received the annual report again. The road is bigger than me", it is no longer what a child was back then.
Since the report had the full name of the sponsored person, he looked for a needle in the haystack on Instagram and found a man with a look very similar to the sponsored report. The other party also uploaded multiple photos of traveling in mountains and water, and said bluntly "X ! Tobacco, alcohol and sports car!", "I am rich."
The Hong Kong World Vision stated that "we are now contacting the Albanian office to follow up the incident, and at the same time contacting donors to follow up."
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The donor later chatted with the suspected sponsor on the social platform, but the other party did not know the sponsorship at all, and said that the family members were also unaware of the sponsorship, and even believed that the World Vision was “fraud”. Ask the victim to give money.
The host could not help suspecting that the long-term sponsorship program was a scam. He collapsed in the article and said, "I sponsor you, don't even know that you are a firm stream. I dare to ask me to carry the money", "Is this the child I sponsored?? ????".
The donor found an account with the same name as the sponsored child on Instagram, and found that the other party had a colorful life, even smoking and drinking, and taking photos with famous cars.
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The incident attracted the attention of a large number of netizens, and they questioned whether Xuan Ming would spend resources in the hands of people in need. Regal", "It's up to you to say what I should say, I will have today's beautiful scenery", "Fluent in English...the old are comfortable."
However, there are also netizens who wonder if it will just happen to have the same name and surname.
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In February of this year, World Vision Hong Kong had a "rejuvenation" incident involving sponsored children. It was suspected that the photos were repeatedly used in emails and annual reports, and even changed. Vision once apologized for the handling of the photos, and later found the victims of the incident. Thanks to the sponsor’s support for helping the boy to make the film, and the relevant regional project manager of the Ethiopian office said that the incident involved a human error of misposting photos, and the process of electronically processing the photos of sponsored children is now being carried out.
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