About Child Sponsorship

Connect

with a child in need

Sponsor a child for $48 per month.

Find a child to sponsor

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Help change lives

What's child sponsorship about

Tackling poverty

Your $48 a month means children can get better access to life’s basics and live healthier, happier lives.

Joining a movement

You’re partnering with generous sponsors around the world. Together, we make a real difference.

Brighter futures

As your sponsored child gains what they need to thrive – their friends, family and community do too. That’s the kind of change that lasts.

A special connection

Get to know your sponsored child through letters, photos and updates. You can even visit them!

"My sponsor encouraged me to study hard and become a nurse."
- NITA FROM CAMBODIA (PICTURED CENTRE)

Sponsored child Nita smiling and showing a textbook with other children at a primary school in Cambodia.

Support Lasting Change

How does child sponsorship work?

As a sponsor, you help transform a child’s world. That’s because you support community-led projects that help families overcome poverty for good. Depending on needs in each area, projects can focus on:

Food and agriculture

Upskilling families so they can grow more nutritious food and regreen land

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Education

Giving children a quality education, for a better start in life

Clean water

Improving hygiene, sanitation and access to safe water

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Family incomes

Training households so they have the resources to look after themselves

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Health

Ensuring good nutrition and access to medical care

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a strong partnership

How you’ll be helping the community

Sponsorship programs usually last 10-15 years or more, depending on local needs. Here’s what happens.

Tackling poverty’s causes

We partner with communities as they plan projects to meet their unique needs. Your sponsored child and others start to gain life’s basics. The future looks brighter!

Setting up for success

As life improves for vulnerable children, we track and celebrate progress. Communities learn what works best and set up their own systems to build on their success.

Ready for the future

Communities become self-sufficient and can continue the work we started together. So, we celebrate and gradually move on to another area in need.

Because of our community-focused solutions, for every child you help, four more children benefit.

Start your journey

What you’ll receive when you sponsor a child

Emile, a World Vision sponsor, wearing a button-up shirt and proudly showing a framed photo of his sponsored child. — *Emile sponsors Prince in Zimbabwe.

All the essentials

Get started with a welcome pack, an introductory letter from your sponsored child and your My World Vision account.

News and updates

See progress reports, photos and videos about your sponsored child and their community. It’s all in your personal online account.

Chances to connect

Exchange letters and learn about each other’s lives. We make it easy for you to write to them from your account. You can even visit them!

The joy of helping

Enjoy being part of the solution. See your sponsored child grow as their world changes for the better.

Sponsoring a child means that I can give back.

Merryn and her family sponsor two children – Shantal from Zimbabwe and Jean from Rwanda.

Frequently asked questions

Supporters often tell us that the best part of sponsoring children is seeing the real difference they are making in a child's life. And the best place to see this change unfold is in your My World Vision online account – your personal window into your sponsored child’s world. Writing to your sponsored child is also a great way to learn more about them and the difference you are helping to make in their community. Most sponsored children love to receive letters and cards from their sponsors. It can be a great source of encouragement for them to know that someone far away cares about them and their future. There are three ways to correspond and build a connection with your sponsored child: 1. Send a greeting card or letter supplied by World Vision. To make it easy to keep in touch, at special times during the year, you’ll be given the opportunity to send them a card or letter – including at Christmas and for their birthday. 2. Send an eLetter to your sponsored child from your My World Vision account. It’s a quick and easy way to write to your sponsored child. Simply type your message, attach photos if you wish, then hit “Send". Your eLetter will be sent to the World Vision office in your sponsored child’s country. It will be printed, translated and passed on to your sponsored child. You can expect your sponsored child’s reply to arrive in your My World Vision account, usually within 1-3 months. 3. Write a letter or card and post it to your sponsored child. Many sponsors send a letter, card or postcard directly to their sponsored child's country. You can do this any time. If you send a letter in the post, your sponsored child’s reply will usually also arrive in the mail (and may also appear in your online My World Vision account). Please allow 2-5 months for your reply to arrive. Delivery timeframes can vary due to postal delays or other circumstances beyond our control. If you have any questions about your correspondence, please call us on 13 32 40. You may also find Australia Post’s estimates of international delivery times helpful. Information and guidelines on writing to your sponsored child can be viewed here. Or, for more ideas about what to write, you can read sponsors’ stories and suggestions about letter writing.

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Make a Difference

Sponsor a child today

It only takes a few moments to sponsor a child. But your impact can last a lifetime.

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