FAQ

Short-term mission opportunities arise throughout the year. Usually these trips involve two to three weeks of mission led by both Visionledd and WOW (Women for Orphans and Widows).  We also offer a longer term mission opportunity through our partner agency Hands at Work in Africa (handsatwork.org).   

90% of all donations go directly to community-enhancing projects with WOW communities. WOW reserves 10% for administration and marketing costs.

WOW is a ministry of Visionledd, founded on the same Christ-centered vision to motivate, educate, equip and empower people and churches with a compassionate, effective response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.  WOW, through donor support, is the "transformational" outreach of the ministry.  By equipping widows with training in income-generating activities as well as providing nutritious meals for orphans and vulnerable children and so much more, we are able to bring the love of Christ to the community in a powerful and meaningful way.

Out of the 40 million people living with HIV in 2005, over 25 million of them were living in sub-Saharan Africa. An astounding 3.1 million people died of AIDS last year alone. By 2012, it is estimated that 45 million will have succumbed to this deadly disease. 9,000 people are dying because of AIDS every day!

Visionledd and WOW empower and equip local indigenous churches with the necessary resources to come together and identify the greatest needs in their community. After assessing community needs, African churches -- together with our partnering agencies -- engage volunteers in carrying out the community-enhancing projects chosen by that community.

Visionledd and WOW work in communities where the HIV prevalence rate is the highest and where the help the people who live there are currently being given is the lowest.

Funds are monitored through partnership agreements between Visionledd and our partnering agencies. These agreements define how, where and when funds are dispersed. Agreements also require partnering agencies to provide timely reports on the distribution of funds and its projects.

Our international program director visits the field on an on-going basis to monitor and evaluate the impact of the programs. 

Local churches train their volunteers in basic health care and then send them out to visit the sick and the dying in their homes.  During their visits, Home-Based Care workers may clean a patient's home, prepare a meal, spend time hugging, holding and talking with small children or hold a dying patient's hand.  Most importantly, Home-Based Care workers listen and pray with the sick and dying.  No patient will ever have to die without knowing the love of Christ that compels a Home-Based Care worker to volunteer their time.

In some circumstances we do send missionaries to work with our partnering agencies but this in not a part of our strategic focus. Our primary goal is to mobilize God's Church to respond to the needs of orphans and widows. We act as a conduit between those who want to help and those who so desperately need help.