Why sponsor a child?

The Child Sponsorship programme was developed to overcome two major barriers to achieving their dream of giving every child the chance to be educated:

• 25% of the children were not able to go to school at any stage as their parents could not afford the fees (there is no free schooling as we have in the UK);

• of those who were lucky enough to start at school, the drop-out numbers in the 2nd term were very high due to the parents being unable to keep up with the payment of the fees.

The situation of so many children unable to go to school contributed to many of the social problems in the area such as child labour, prostitution and so on.

The community decide which children are most in need of the support which the sponsorship scheme provides.  As well as being able to attend school, some children are eligible for their uniforms and meals to be provided through the scheme.

The scheme is successful - many sponsored children have gone on to university or other forms of higher education.

There are different schemes for co-ordinating sponsorship.  Choose the one which suits you best.