Jenny Teo
Communications Manager at World Vision Singapore

What is your job like?

I oversee and manage the marketing & communications team at World Vision Singapore. Together, we are responsible for conceptualising and executing marketing and communications initiatives across multi-platforms, channels and media with the goals of creating brand awareness, increasing sponsor-donor acquisition, advocacy, and donor transformation.

What do you enjoy about your job?

Knowing that I’m in a place where I can actually help make a difference in the lives of needy children and their families around the world. And helping to provide the channels of transformation, not only for the lives of our beneficiaries, but for those of our supporters and donors as well.

I also enjoy working with my team and colleagues – everyone shares the same passion and heart for serving the poor so it is a joy to work alongside each other as we help one another overcome the daily challenges of meeting and achieving our goals.

What are some highlights/achievements in your job?

There are many highlights. Some of the more memorable ones were meeting those whom we seek to serve in person – like when I helped lead a child sponsors’ visit to Phu Cu, Vietnam, in January 2008 and we had the chance to interact with the children and communities who are supported by World Vision Singapore. Or when we met two former street children and heard their real-life testimonies of how their lives have been transformed for the better through the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Vietnam, which World Vision Singapore also supports.

Also, the ongoing support by our donors helps validate the work we do and reinforces my faith in the goodness and kindness of humanity.

Why is World Vision a great place to work?

This is an organisation that does a lot of good things. World Vision has served more than 100 million people in almost 100 countries. 3.6 million children are benefiting from child sponsorship while almost 1 million orphans and vulnerable children have received care and support. World Vision responds to disasters and humanitarian emergencies around the globe while advocating basic rights for those who can’t speak for themselves – mainly, children who are living in impoverished conditions.

The staff who work in World Vision make it a great place to work. Within the World Vision International partnership exists a general camaraderie that is fostered by our common vision – that is to provide every child with the fullness of life.

What are your future career goals that you would like to achieve?

To continue to raise awareness for the humanitarian issues we are trying to address and to help more needy children and their communities break from the cycle of poverty and achieve a better quality of life.