Sponsorship: A gateway to a new world
Sponsorship: A gateway to a new world
Through sponsorship, you can learn all about a child’s country, while helping support their entire community to lift themselves out of poverty.
From providing children with an education to giving the community access to clean water and sanitation facilities as well as helping communities adapt to emergencies and disasters, child sponsorship supports so many projects within a community.
What’s even better is you still get to have that one-to-one connection with your child, exchanging letters and photos throughout the year. Finding out about their family, school, favourite food, and sports that they might play – among lots of other things! And child sponsorship isn’t just for adults, it's a fantastic experience for children too.
Two families tell us what it means to them
A unique friendship
I’d say to my friends that sponsoring a child from a different country is a very good idea. Because it’s a gateway to a new world.
Baxter, 11, child sponsor
Baxter and his family sponsor a boy called Luis from Peru with Plan International UK. Their support has given his community better education and better sanitation. Through exchanging sponsorship letters they get to really understand how Luis and his community have grown. Their unique connection will last a long time.
A better chance
It’s critical that men support girls to become educated and have equal life chances.
Justin, child sponsor
Justin and his two teenage daughters, Lottie and Lucy, sponsor a girl in Ghana with Plan International UK. Their support means she can receive a quality education and equal opportunities in life. Lottie and Lucy enjoy sponsoring a girl as it has felt more personal and relatable. They often reflect on certain times in their lives and how similar they are, but also how drastically different their worlds are.