The life-changing impact of child sponsorship

You can change a child's life – and yours. Your support will provide essentials like nutritious food, clean water, education, healthcare, protection and family income. You'll empower a child and their community to break free from poverty and build brighter futures for themselves.

One of the best parts of child sponsorship is the joy you can share with your sponsored child! Like Nancy and Georgie, a life-changing connection is waiting for you. “That was more than I expected, and more than I would have ever wanted,” says sponsor Georgie. And because of our community-focused solutions, for every child like Nancy you help, another four benefit too.

"I felt like there's someone out there who cares," says Nancy, former sponsored child

Nancy from Kenya was told she’d never go far. “A girl was considered inferior to a boy,” she says. But when Nancy was 11, Georgie decided to sponsor her. Their connection was life-changing.

Georgie’s practical support and words of encouragement helped Nancy become one of the first girls in her community to finish high school and reach for her dreams. Today, Nancy helps thousands of people as a humanitarian aid worker.

“Georgie, you see where your money went?" asks Nancy. "That what you did is what made me choose my current career... And is still driving me to do it for someone else."

Sponsor the next Nancy

"Right now, I'm able to cover my kids' school fees and clothes by selling vegetables"

Susan dreams of being an engineer or pilot, but famine was threatening her future. The rains have failed for the last three years in Susan’s community in Kenya, and the goats and cattle that families rely on for food and income were dying.

For children like Susan, less livestock meant hunger and the risk of having to drop out of school to work or be married off as a child.

But with sponsors like you by their side, a new borehole has been a game-changer for Susan's community. They have water for livestock and the community farm is full of kale, cabbage, beans, tomatoes, avocados and more. Thanks to sponsors like you, Susan, her family and community are building a hunger-free future.

Sponsor the next Susan

"I am truly grateful to all of you that my son was able to enjoy and learn from here"

Korno and his classmates in Bangladesh are having fun singing, dancing and playing. But with sponsors like you, they're doing even more. They’re laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning through the Learning Roots programme.

This early education programme equips preschool-aged kids with the tools they need to succeed when they start school. At new local preschools that sponsors like you helped set up, girls and boys are learning early literacy and numeracy skills.

"Each child's dream is special. I aspire to see every child fulfil their dreams," says Sanchita, a preschool teacher. When you sponsor a child, you partner with their community to see them to succeed in school and beyond. Thank you!

Sponsor the next Korno

"Sponsoring children has been an enriching experience for our family. Exchanging cards and letters nurtures a bond with our sponsored children."

Raewyn & Brent, child sponsors

"Every girl should have the freedom to chose what they want to do with their life and who they want to marry. I know we will make a huge difference."

Trish, child sponsor

"I feel so proud to be giving a young girl the chance to access clean water, go to school, get healthcare, and fulfil her hopes and dreams." Kat, child sponsor

What is Child Sponsorship?

Child Sponsorship changes children's lives by transforming the community where they live. Using your donations, we identify the causes of children's poverty and vulnerability and create development projects to address them. Child sponsorship pairs one sponsor with one child and allows you to connect through letters and photos.

If I sponsor a child where does my money go?

Through Child Sponsorship, World Vision transforms the lives of your Sponsor Child’s whole community; enabling your child, their family, and their wider community to have access to better healthcare, education, water and economic opportunities.

To change a child’s life, you have to change the world in which they live. Your money does not go directly to your sponsor child, or their family, but enables World Vision to work with their entire community to have an even bigger impact and make long-term sustainable change for everyone. As a member of this community, your Sponsor Child receives the benefits of this incredible change and their own lives are transformed. It’s a pretty incredible change to be a part of!

How long will I sponsor my child?

In most cases, it will be throughout their childhood and into their teens. Many children remain in the sponsorship programme for the duration of World Vision's work in their community. In this way, you could follow their journey into young adulthood.

In some cases, children leave the sponsorship programme unexpectedly. For example, the child's family may move away from the area World Vision is working in. If this happens with your sponsored child, we will let you know as soon as possible and offer you sponsorship of another child.

Most children will be in the sponsorship programme until their community has begun to reach most of its goals, and become self-sustainable. As a project comes to a close we will let you know of the achievements in the community so you can celebrate with us, and we’ll offer you another child to sponsor so the development process can begin again in another community.

Can I sponsor more than one child?

Absolutely! We love it when sponsors invite more than one sponsored child into their lives!

Here's how it works: If you want 3 kids to choose you, we’ll print and display 3 copies of your photo at the choosing party, and a different child will choose each photo. By the end of the choosing event, you'll have 3 sponsored children!

Change a child's life — and yours