The Incredible Value of Child Sponsorship Programs | Bri'Anne Parkin | TEDxMarylhurstU

Bri'Anne Parkin travels to Uganda to work in a child development center. She knows the children personally and has witnessed the positive outcomes of those that have been sponsored throughout their education. Bri'Anne sponsors four children, and she has seen their lives drastically impacted because they've been given a chance at a brighter future.
Bri'Anne Parkin is a 2015 honors graduate of Marylhurst University. She has spent the past three years traveling and volunteering, particularly in an orphanage in Uganda, East Africa. After she graduated, she moved to Uganda for three months to develop her new position as the Child Sponsorship Advocacy Director for the NGO Transforming Uganda. Bri'Anne is passionate about advocating for the children she knows and cares about in Uganda and considers this her dream job.
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