My trip with World Vision has shocked me, I was exposed to great poverty and suffering on an extremely large scale. I expected the people that we met within the villages to be different from me somehow, perhaps less moral or honorable to work in such a profession. But as my trip went on, I realized what genuine, kind and caring people they were. If born into that life, I would have had exactly the same fate as all the other young girls within the village – who were simply born into a life where they have no choice.
What has given me hope is that even the small amount of work that World Vision has done in the communities to date, has made a genuinely huge difference to people’s lives already and given them optimism for the future. The young girls working in commercial sex work that I have met here, have had their childhood stolen and their innocence taken away because they have been given no choice and no way out. The World Vision 24 Hour Famine campaign will allow boys like Abhishak to receive treatment that they deserve, will give girls like Rakhee a carefree childhood without enforced responsibilities and hundreds of mothers hope for the future – that they will never have to force their children to work in commercial sex work in order to ensure their survival.
I'm pleased that i have had the opportunity to visit Jaipur and meet people who are, with the help of World Vision, working to change their lives and the lives of their children. I have been given hope and it has reinforced my belief that the actions of even one person in the UK can help change the life of someone in a developing country.
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