Existing Sponsors
My Sponsorship
As a sponsor, you're part of an amazing community supporting children growing up around the world. The connection you have with your sponsored child is unique and we hope you enjoy it.
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues, your sponsorship experience may be different than usual. You can find the latest details, including information about sending letters and visiting your sponsored child, in our COVID-19 FAQs for sponsors.
During this time we'll continue to keep you updated about the impact your sponsorship is having around the world and should you need to change your contact details at any time, just let us know. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Coronavirus
Information for Sponsors
In these unprecedented times, we want to reassure sponsors of the steps we’re taking to protect the children and communities we work with against the coronavirus outbreak. Please read our CEO Rose Caldwell’s message on our response.
We have not received any reports of the children we work with being directly affected by the outbreak and our work in communities, where possible, is continuing.
Thanks to your support, we’ll continue to implement effective hygiene practices and make sure the communities we work with are equipped with the materials and training they need to prevent the spread of diseases, to help children stay healthy.
Find out more in our coronavirus FAQs:
The impact of your letter
Children love hearing from their sponsor
Send your letter on an amazing journey
Last year, sponsors’ letters helped to improve literacy for 1.4 million children
Visit your sponsored child
Some of our sponsors visit their sponsored child to see for themselves how Plan International’s work is raising the community out of poverty.
Visiting your sponsored child will leave you both with treasured memories and a closer bond, and give you an insight into another culture.
"Meeting May and her family was a wonderful experience. We were invited for lunch with her extended family, teachers, community leaders and Plan International workers. We didn't seem to notice that we didn't speak each other's languages."
- Sara Stirling
Gift a sponsorship to a loved one
Whether it’s a birthday or another special occasion, sponsorship makes a unique and wonderful gift that, now more than ever, will be truly appreciated by a child living through the toughest circumstances.
Your loved one can exchange letters and photos with their sponsored child and see the amazing difference sponsorship is making.
Give someone an incredibly special experience with the gift of sponsorship.
Your role in keeping children safe
Safeguarding children and young people is at the heart of what we do – and our child sponsors have a unique role to play in keeping the children we work with safe.
That's why we ask all our sponsors to follow some key guidelines when they write to, visit, or share information about their sponsored child.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER CHILD SPONSORSHIP?
Many of our sponsors continue to support their sponsored child right up until they turn 18. But what happens after a child leaves our sponsorship programme?
We spoke to four inspiring graduates – Evelyn, Elizabeth, Tort and Ronald – to discover how sponsorship changed what happened next in their lives.
Update your contact details
Use the update your details form to let us know if you've changed your address or personal details
Leave a legacy
When you leave a donation in your will, you give an incredible gift to future generations.
Featured stories
A year like no other
As we publish our Trustees Annual Report 2020, we share some of our highlights from the past year.
Seven ways our work transformed lives in 2019
We look back at the incredible impact your support has had in the last 12 months.
Nine ways your support has changed children’s lives in 2018
We look back at the incredible impact your support has had in the last 12 months.
‘That little lift of joy’
Singer and actor Beverley Knight explains why she loves being a child sponsor.