Liu is currently preparing to take part in more of World Vision Malaysia’s community development programmes and hopefully meet the kids she has been sponsoring face-to-face for the first time.Liu joins a list of notable Malaysians including former Miss Universe Malaysia Deborah Henry and media personality Owen Yap as World Vision Malaysia advocates focused on freeing children from the vicious cycle of poverty.
Liu has also been to put the inconveniences of modern life into perspective thanks to a heightened awareness of the struggles faced by vulnerable communities. “Girls are the most affected in communities that lack access to clean water because they are the ones who are tasked with collecting water from faraway sources.
According to Unicef, a staggering 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services such as toilets and latrines and 800 children die every day as a result of diseases linked to contaminated water and poor hygiene. “As much as I can try to impart these values to him, he needs to see it himself. There’s so much you can do as an individual. The roots of World Vision can be traced back to 1950 when Christian missionary Robert Pierce gave his last US$5 to a girl who had been abandoned by her family in China.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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