Orphan Sponsorship

Orphan sponsorship FAQs

• What is orphan sponsorship?

  Your sponsorship is a mercy to a child, helping them to break the cycle of poverty, and give them the opportunity that all children deserve – a chance to be healthy, protected, and educated. Importantly, sponsorship also ensures they get to stay in school, so that they don’t have to work to support themselves and their families.

  Entrust your sponsorship to our 33 years of experience in caring for orphaned children. Be a mercy to an orphaned child, and each month you support a child, you’ll receive blessings too. £40/$60 per month helps to cover the cost of:

  • food

  • shelter

  • clothes,

  • healthcare, and

  • school supplies.

  You can also give your sponsorship in a one-off annual payment of £480/$720 per year.

• Where does the money go when I sponsor my orphaned child?

  Funds received via the 1-2-1 Sponsorship programme are given to the orphan child’s primary carer, whether this is the child’s mother or a family guardian. The mother or guardian has discretion to spend the funds on the child’s wellbeing, education, shelter or living arrangements. The spending of each household varies from one family to the next.

• Does the child I sponsor go to school?

  Yes, if the child you sponsor is old enough and able, then the child you sponsor will most definitely be attending school as per our 1-2-1 Sponsorship programme criteria.

• Can I contact the orphan child that I sponsor?

  Due to our safeguarding measures and policy, we do not allow donors to contact the orphan child. We provide you with updates on the child’s development and growth twice per year, so you can know the impact your funds are making on the child’s life. However, we do not allow direct contact for the child’s betterment.

• Can I communicate with the orphan I sponsor via letter, email, Zoom or any other means?

  The donor will receive two reports each year on the progress of the child's development and updated photos. We do not have the function to allow donors to write to the children at this moment in time. We do not encourage donor visits to the orphans either due to safeguarding issues. While we understand that donors want to meet the children or speak to them often, this requires safeguarding measures to be in place that will allow us to ensure the child and their mother/guardian is always protected.

• How often do I get updates on the orphan child I sponsor?

  We currently issue mid-year and annual reports; these include updated pictures of the child, as well as information on their current wellbeing and performance in school.

• Is sponsoring a child like adopting a child?

  By sponsoring a child you are providing monetary assistance to ensure they have access to a quality education and a better quality of life. However, this is not like adopting a child as you have limited or no access to the child directly. They are aware of your sponsorship and will be receiving the donations; in turn you will receive two reports a year on the child’s progress.

• How do you define orphan?

  An orphan child is a child without a father or both parents.

• How do I sponsor a child?

  You can sponsor an orphan child by visiting our website and setting up a direct debit or making an annual donation. You can also call us and our donor care team will assist you in sponsoring a child.

• Can I sponsor more than one child?

  Yes, you can sponsor as many as you like.

• Can I sponsor a child in the UK?

  We do not sponsor orphans in the UK but in developing countries across the globe instead.

• Is this project Zakat applicable?

  Yes, however you must specify this when making the donation so we can ensure that we can apply this.

• I don’t live in the UK; can I still sponsor a child?

  Yes, we have Human Appeal Offices throughout the world that you can sponsor via. Our HQ is in the UK and you can sponsor directly from our website.

• How do you select the orphans who receive sponsorship?

  We apply a strict programme criteria for orphan sponsorship programmes, all child must meet our minimum requirements for the orphan sponsorship programme so that we can ensure we are reaching orphans most in need.

• How does the sponsored child benefit from my support?

  The primary benefit is the child receiving a quality education, and that by providing monetary support the funds are spent on improving their quality of life.

• If the orphan’s guardian receives the money, how do you know they spend it on the orphan?

  Our programme stipulates that the child must be in education, while the mother or guardian of the child has discretion to spend the funds to as they deem necessary to support their local needs.

• Can I send extra monetary or non-monetary gifts?

  You can send additional monies to the child by either setting up a second fund for the child or via one off donations. Due to the design of our programme, we advise you send monetary gifts so that the guardian or mother of the child can buy gifts for the orphan according to their local needs.