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World Vision Child Sponsorship is your opportunity to help change a child’s world. When you sponsor a child with World Vision you become aligned with a specific child living in poverty. Using your donations, we identify the causes of children’s vulnerability and work with their communities to carry out development projects designed to address them. Your $48 a month means life-changing access to clean water, food, health, education and more, helping to address the root causes of poverty and creating transformation and sustainable change in a child’s life. Your regular sponsorship donations are pooled with those of other sponsors around the world for maximum impact and efficiency. Because of this community-focused solution, for every child you help, four more children benefit. As your sponsored child gets better access to the things they need to thrive - their friends, family and community do too. All of this happens while you have the opportunity to build a relationship with a child through letters, photos and updates about them and their community. We’ll send you updates about the exciting changes you’re supporting in your sponsored child’s life and community. You can also exchange letters with your sponsored child if you wish. Many sponsors tell us it’s the highlight of their sponsorship! You’ll find more information on this page or read more about how child sponsorship works and what you can expect.
When you sponsor a child, you can help to change their world. World Vision’s Child Sponsorship Program helps children living in disadvantaged regions to escape poverty. Experience has taught us that the best way to change a child’s life is to transform the world they live in – their family, their community and the local area. As a child sponsor, you partner with us as we work with families, community groups and governments to break the cycle of poverty and create long-term change. Using your donations, we identify the causes of the child’s poverty and vulnerability, and create development projects designed to address them. Our goal is that all children in sponsorship communities will benefit from our work, which can include improved healthcare, education, water, sanitation and food. There are so many beautiful stories of sponsored children who’ve grown up healthy and happy – thanks to generous people like you. Depending on child and community needs, sponsorship projects may focus on: Clean water and sanitation Access to clean water, toilets and hygiene education gives your sponsored child better health and more time and energy to learn. Health and nutrition Quality local health services and health and nutrition education for families give your sponsored child a chance to grow up strong and protected from preventable illness. Food and agriculture Skills for families to grow more crops and better protect the environment give your sponsored child the food they need to lead a healthy, active life. Education and child rights Quality education and protecting child rights give your sponsored child knowledge and skills and the freedom to have a brighter future. Income generation By supporting communities and families to improve their incomes, you can help your sponsored child reach their full potential as they gain access to life’s essentials.
We’ll call you to answer any questions you may have. Your sponsored child will send you a letter (within 12 weeks). We’ll give you tips and hints for writing back. You can access your My World Vision account. It's set up just for you, with regular updates about the impact of your giving. You can also write to your sponsored child, update your details and view your tax statements. During your sponsorship - We'll post regular news, videos and photo updates to your My World Vision account. Read about your sponsored child’s activities, health and education. And see the progress you’re supporting in their community. - Quickly and easily connect with your sponsored child. You can post a letter, or send an eLetter straight from your My World Vision account. - Consider visiting your sponsored child – it can be a life-changing experience! You’ll be kept in the loop with emails about child sponsorship and other World Vision news. - On special occasions, including birthdays and Christmas, we’ll make it easy for you to send a card. (Sponsored children love to hear from their sponsors!) - Your sponsored child will send you a message at Christmas. - You’ll receive annual progress reports about your sponsored child’s health and education, and community achievements you’ve supported. - And we’ll send you an annual tax statement in July detailing your donations in the past financial year. Every community is different – what you receive and its timing may vary depending on your sponsored child’s unique context. If you write to your sponsored child, we recommend you allow at least three months between letters for delivery and response.
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