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Sponsor a Child
Your commitment and support has changed your sponsored child’s life. And when more and more children get the opportunity to change their lives for the better, more families and more communities are able to rise to self-sufficiency.
If you’re able, please sponsor another child today, so another child and another family can have a better life.
Sponsor a child who is struggling to survive extreme drought in East Africa.
A record-breaking drought has dried up the local water sources people throughout rural East Africa depend on for drinking and watering livestock, leaving them not only without clean water but without income for food and other basic needs. Millions of children are at risk for starvation, even in urban areas, which are impacted by economic inflation. When you sponsor a child in Kenya or Ethiopia today, you’ll become a direct lifeline of survival for that child and their family. Your sponsorship will support a child living through the drought to improve their access to nutritious food, clean water and critical medical care. Best of all, you’ll be able to connect with the child and their family directly, allowing you to see the impact you’re making in their lives firsthand. Become a sponsor and make a difference for a child in East Africa today.
SEARCH FOR A CHILD
HOW SPONSORSHIP WORKS
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Search for a child to sponsor
Who will your new friend be? When you find the child who speaks to your heart, we'll connect the two of you so you can start your sponsorship journey together.
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Your gift is multiplied
We combine your gift with gifts from other caring sponsors to make life better where your sponsored child lives. We partner with communities to help them transform into places where every child can dream, achieve and contribute.
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Stay in touch
“Dear Jose” … “Dear Mariama” … “Dear Dwi”: When you communicate with your sponsored child, you’ll learn all about who they are and who they want to become. Your friendship can help those dreams become reality.
Learn MoreWhat is child sponsorship? How does it work?
Child sponsorship is about connection. When you sponsor with ChildFund...
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Personal
Your sponsored child will write to you and send pictures, and you’ll receive updates about how the child is doing — connecting you with your sponsored child and his or her family and daily life.
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Community
Your gift combined with contributions from other caring sponsors creates a steady stream of funding to the countries where ChildFund works. Sponsorship allows entire communities to feel the ripple effect of your generosity so they can transform themselves into places that nurture the potential in every child, including your sponsored child — connecting you with your sponsored child’s community.
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support system
You’ll see how we work with local partner organizations, families, educators, community leaders and local governments to help protect children’s rights to education, nutrition, water, health care and other essential resources — connecting you with your sponsored child’s circle of support.
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Fight poverty
You will become a source of hope for the child you sponsor, and for that child’s family and community, too. You will be helping your sponsored child to develop and access their true potential, so they can build better lives for themselves and their communities — connecting you with the fight against poverty.
How do you sponsor a child?
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Choose a child
Choose a child whose background and interests speak to you.
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your GIFT IS MULTIPLIED
Your monthly $39 sponsorship donation will be combined with other sponsors’ gifts to support the work local organizations do to help children in their communities grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe.
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stay in touch
Build a relationship with your sponsored child, as you exchange letters and photos and receive regular updates. And you can even arrange to visit!
Where can you sponsor a child?
Please explore more about the specific programs we have in each of the 24 countries where we work.
