Area Developement Programs (ADPs) are:
- Child-focused: Children are included as agents of change in the communities.
- Community-based: ADP design and implementation is based on community needs and priorities.
- Empowering: World Vision helps to build the capacity of the people themselves, and empower them to carry out their comunity development processes.
- Long-term: World Vision commits to long-term funding and involvement with communities - from 10 to 15 years.
- Multisectoral: Interventions address the multiple causes of poverty and injustice.
- Funded by multiple sources: Funding comes from a combination of child sponsorship and public and private funds - as appropriate and where possible.
- Sustainable: Empowered communities are able to sustain improved livelihoods.
