A heart for the poor

Freedom Aiga is dedicated to improving the life of his sponsored child Salim...

Freedom Aiga is a long-time World Vision supporter and Child Sponsor who lives in South Auckland with his family. His sponsor child, six-year-old Salim, lives in a village called Kabuga in Rwanda.

Freedom's absolute dedication to improving Salim's life is inspiring. A few years ago he was made redundant - it came at the worst possible time. He had four young children of his own to look after and a mortgage to pay. However, he and his wife Penny drew on their emergency savings to ensure they could continue to support Salim.

Freedom says it was a struggle but they'd do it all again. He's now working full-time as the operations manager for Qantas Courier Services.

Freedom says he is passionate about Child Sponsorship for two reasons. "First of all it's part of my Christian values to help those in need and secondly, I believe in people. I believe if given the chance, we can all make a valuable contribution to society. We can make a difference".

Keep an eye out for Freedom in our latest World Vision television commercials!

How can you get involved?

• Inspired by Freedom's story? Please sponsor a child.
• Already sponsoring a child? Why not share your story?

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