What is an Arms of Love sponsor?
The Arms of Love child sponsorship program is very unique. Most sponsorship programs provide “supplemental care” for children. To qualify for such a program, the children must already have a home and someone who cares for them, usually a parent. Through the sponsorship program, the children may receive needed assistance in the way of meals, clothing, or school supplies. Other programs help improve living conditions within an entire community, which benefits all of the children living in that community. These kinds of programs can be very valuable in assisting children-at-risk, but they do not operate as the primary or exclusive source of the children’s support. The child you sponsor through Arms of Love is a child who is in our full time legal custody, who lost his family through a combination of death, abandonment, and abuse. Your sponsorship helps us provide the house that your child is living in; the houseparents and other staff who care for your child; three good, varied, well-bala