The Journey of Hope makes you appreciate everything you have

Josheen Joy from Delhi, India has spent weeks showing The Base shoppers through Munni’s House.

The house was erected by World Vision to help New Zealanders understand the reality of living in one of the world’s poorest developing countries.

Wintec marketing graduate diploma student Josheen has doubled as a part-time staff member at World Vision to introduce shoppers to daily Bangladeshi life.

“We have been doing this campaign for a while, we have done this in Auckland, Christchurch, and now Hamilton. The display  is about this girl Munni, we are trying to show and rebuild the house she has in Bangladesh,” she said.

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Josheen said the best part of working at World Vision was that New Zealanders do not realise 12people live in the small house.

“The oldest familty  member sleeps on the bed and the rest of them on the floor.

“People use dirty water for drinking, washing, and cooking. If I ask New Zealand children who visit Munni’s house if they would drink the water,  ten out of ten, that is all of them, say no,” Josheen said.

“We have tried to teach kids to appreciate things.”

In the house there are some low quality grains Bangladeshi children eat but it is hard to get proper nutrition from that.

“That is the most common reason kids get stomach aches,” she said.

The saddest part is girls aged between  10-11 who are forced to marry because parents think if there is someone giving them food their kids can be strong and alive.

By helping people to understand the Journey of Hope “we are giving them a tour and at the end ask them ‘would you like to sign a sponsorship’ and most of them  say yes,” Josheen said.