Philip’s Annual Progress Report

Pierre Faye - Posted on July 6, 2009

Monique receives a warm welcome when she enters Philip’s parent’s house. She greets everybody and starts interviewing Philip and filling the annual progress report

When Monique, the child supervisor entered the gate of the compound, Philip could not hold back his emotion. He is so glad once a year to have the opportunity to touch base with his sponsor, through the annual progress report. Let’s follow Monique to see how the process of how the progress reports assembled.

Monique, 26, is a dedicated community volunteer. “The motivation to work with children thrives in my heart since I meet World Vision in 2001,” says Monique.

Because she lives in the village, she is a kind of transmission belt between sponsors and the children. She knows very well the value of letters and she is the first one to see the joy beaming on the faces of sponsored children when they get letters from their sponsors.

She translates the letters for the children from English into their local languages and she helps them respond to their sponsors in their own letters.

Monique wakes up early this morning to start her work. She has to walk from one compound to another to see the some of the children on her file list. Before she is done, she will have visited all 246 children in her community. Philip, 7, is just one of many houses she will visit today and in the coming days and weeks.

“What is your preferred subject in class?” asks Monique.

“Reading and writing,” answers Philip.

The discussion goes on and Monique asks to Philip what other activities he is participating in after class and about his performance at school. Then, she takes his weight and height and asks about his health status. All the data during this discussion with Philip is recorded in the Annual Progress Report which will soon be sent to his sponsor.

After this step, another important phase of the evaluation consists in letting the child express him or herself through a personalized drawing and/or a message for his sponsor.

Philip takes the colored crayon and using a dried tree’s trunk as a desk and starts drawing.

“I am happy to draw for my sponsor,” says Philip, with a broad smile.

This is how the process of an annual progress report finishes. Monique is a key person whose dedication is praised. Every year, she helps hundreds of children to fill their out their Annual progress reports to help the sponsors get updated information from their children.

Each year you should receive the annual progress report for your sponsored child—although the time of the year that this process is carried out can vary depending on where your sponsored child lives.

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