Is Child Sponsorship an effective way to help?
The best way to change the life of a child is to change the world in which they live. By sponsoring a child, you will help to bring about long term changes in their community, which will make it a much happier and healthier place in which to grow up. Your sponsorship contributions will help fund vital development work in areas such as healthcare, and education – whatever the community needs most. This work is carried out in partnership with the local people. The most vulnerable children are selected by the community.
By sponsoring a child, you help bring long-term changes to their community, creating a happier and healthier environment in which to grow up. Click here to learn how World Vision helps transform a community through child sponsorship. Are the funds given to World Vision handled responsibly? Yes. World Vision accounts for every dollar. Of the funds given to World Vision in 2008, 82.1 per cent went directly into programs that help children, 11.9 per cent went to fundraising services, 6.0 per cent was allocated to administration. Audits are conducted regularly by external firms to verify the accuracy of World Vision’s financial reporting. Click here to read World Vision’s Annual Report. How are children chosen for sponsorship? Community members help identify the most vulnerable children in the area. Then, the families of these children are asked if they’d like to be part of the child sponsorship program, with the understanding that the benefits will be shared by everyone in the community.
Yes. The best way to change the life of a child is to change the world in which he or she lives. By sponsoring a child, you will help to bring about a lasting change in the child’s community and enable the child to grow up in a much happier and healthier environment. Your sponsorship helps fund areas such as healthcare, agriculture, and education—whatever the community needs most. We do this in partnership with the local people. The most vulnerable children are selected by the community to be a part of the Child Sponsorship programme. When you become a child sponsor, you can see for yourself the progress of your sponsored child’s development and also that of the community.
