Do you want to make a direct connection with a country and a young person? Individual charities facilitate child sponsorship around the world. Child sponsorships are programs that match children in need and suffering with sponsors around the world. However, child sponsorships do not usually count as emergency aid and are not offered so much for countries with an acute emergency situation, but are more a form of cooperation for sustainable development.
When you sponsor a child, the charity organization usually does not forward your donation directly to the child you have sponsored, but your monthly contribution benefits the child as well as the family and the environment. For the children this can be education, sufficient nutrition, access to medical care or access to safe drinking water. Sponsoring a child costs from 1 Dollar or 1 Euro per day.
Please note: Child sponsorships are not without controversy. There are supporters and opponents of this type of aid. Sponsorships, for example, are counted as earmarked donations and cause more administrative work for aid organizations than contributions that are not earmarked. In addition, you bind yourself to an aid organization for a certain period of time and have to expect contributions starting at 350 dollars per year. On the other hand, child sponsorships strengthen the bond between donor, child and community in the target country and make the aid concrete.
DONARE has selected four reputable organizations that generally allow sponsorships.
Plan International Child Sponsorship
A sponsorship through Plan International provides children with schooling and professional training, as well as clothing, food, medical care and education. Not only the sponsored child is supported, but also the family and the surrounding area, so that the living conditions there should improve in the long term.
Become a sponsor of a child
https://plan-international.org/sponsor-a-child/
Please note: You might be redirected to one of Plan International’s country organizations. You can contact one of the member organizations or country offices to apply for child sponsorship.
Plan International's country organizations
Save the Children Child Sponsorship
When you sponsor a child, the organization does not give your donation directly to the child you have sponsored. Rather, Save the Children combines your monthly contribution with the support of other sponsors to promote aid projects in the respective community.
Become a sponsor of a child
https://support.savethechildren.org/site/SPageNavigator/sponsorship.html#!/
Please note: You may be directed to one of the Save the Children country organisations.
Save the Children UK does not currently offer the possibility to apply for child sponsorship.
WorldVision Child Sponsorship
The organization believes that lasting improvements in the lives of children in need are only possible if their environment is changed. The help of a World Vision sponsorship is therefore not limited to the sponsored child, but his or her family and the child's community are also involved in the support.
Become a sponsor of a child
https://www.wvi.org/child-sponsorship
Please note: You may be directed to the support office of your respective country. You can contact one of the national offices directly to apply for a child sponsorship.
- World Vision US
- World Vision Germany
- World Vision UK
- World Vision Ireland
- World Vision Australia
- World Vision Canada
- World Vision New Zealand
- World Vision Hong Kong
- World Vision South Korea
- World Vision Taiwan
ChildFund International Child Sponsorship
With ChildFund International, you can sponsor a child in Africa, Asia or the Americas. Your monthly sponsorship donation will be combined with other sponsors’ contributions, and goes to local partner organizations in the community where your sponsored child lives. Based on the needs of local communities, programs such as health care, clean water, nutrition support, education, and childhood development programs are funded.
Become a sponsor of a child
https://www.childfund.org/sponsorkids/
Please note: ChildFund International is part of the global ChildFund Alliance network. Eleven child-focused charities build the network. You can contact one of the partner organizations to apply for a child sponsorship - not all offer the program.
Partner organizations