Monthly sponsorship from $42 covers food, school fees, uniforms, books, healthcare and a dedicated case worker for one child living in extended-family or community-based care. We do not run orphanages we keep children in families. You receive an annual letter, a school report, and a tracked line in the ledger.
We do not run orphanages. We do not place children in residential care. The evidence is unambiguous: institutional care harms children, even when it is well-intentioned. Every child in our sponsorship program lives with extended family, kin, or a vetted community-based caregiver in their own community. Our role is to cover the costs that the family cannot, and to provide a case worker who walks alongside both the child and the caregiver for as long as the support is needed.
Sponsorship covers the whole household economy: school for the sponsored child, but also food for the caregiver's grandchildren, healthcare for the auntie, repairs to the home that keeps everyone in it.
Whole-householdEvery sponsored child has a named, in-country case worker visiting at least monthly. Our caseload ratio is capped at 1:24. The case worker is also the safeguarding contact and the conduit for your annual letter.
1:24 cappedSponsorship is committed for a minimum of 36 months and typically continues into vocational or tertiary education. We do not run telethons. We do not feature children's faces in marketing. Their dignity is non-negotiable.
36-month minimumBelow is the costed household disbursement target for an active sponsorship at $42/month, based on partner-context modelling. Some children's actual costs will run higher (medical, special education); some will run lower. Once the program launches, the realised average will be published as the FY ledger closes.
Locally-sourced staples (maize, rice, beans, oil, salt) plus protein and produce supplement, sized to the whole household. Procured by the caregiver from a vetted local market; receipts logged in the ledger.
Term fees paid directly to the school, uniforms tailored locally, exercise books, pens, exam fees, and contributions toward shared costs (school feeding levy, building fund where applicable).
Allocated share of the in-country case officer's salary, transport and training. Includes monthly home visit, school check-in, safeguarding screen, and the writing of your annual letter.
Routine clinic visits, immunisation schedule completion, malaria nets, dental check, and a contingency line for acute illness. Specialist care covered separately when needed via the medical reserve.
Modest cash transfer to the caregiver to offset opportunity cost of caring (forgone wages, childcare, increased household load). Paid monthly via mobile money to a verified phone number.
Pooled reserve fund for sudden medical, educational or housing needs that exceed the monthly budget. Drawn under the case officer's signature with country-director sign-off above $200.
$42/month. 36-month minimum. One named child. One named caseworker. Letters, receipts, and the choice to step back any time you need to.
