HOW DOES DCI CHOOSE WHICH CHILDREN TO SPONSOR?
The local school committee, consisting of teachers and other respected people of the community, identify the most vulnerable children in their community. These children generally have dropped out, been abandoned, are working, or orphaned. They may be street children or from the poorest of the poor families. They range in age from six to twelve and come from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds. The committee creates a list of children who have already dropped out of school during the last few years, and a second list of students of high academic caliber who are in danger of dropping out soon due to poverty. Our field officer then visits the houses of those children and convinces their parents to send their children to school. Our officer makes a formal written agreement with the parents to keep the child in school.
