What is the biggest misperception about Christian Children’s Fund, now ChildFund International?
That we only work with Christian children. We have always worked with children of all faiths, but sometimes people did not understand that. We have not included religious education in our program since the ’70s, so the new name is not changing at all what our programming is about. So this is an opportunity to clarify the issue. Q: Last year Christian Children’s Fund celebrated its 70th anniversary. What are some major accomplishments since its founding? A: I don’t have the final number, but we have provided more than $2 billion in services to kids in countries all over the world. Surviving 70 years is an accomplishment; many companies don’t even survive years. But the biggest accomplishment is all the kids that we have helped over those years. I was in Uganda about two months ago, and I met an alumnus of our program; his name is John. He is now in his 40s, and he has formed an alumni association of formerly sponsored children in Uganda who are all adults. He is trying to mentor the nex
