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Sponsor an Orphan and Be Their Light in the Dark

Over 10,000 orphaned children are waiting for a sponsor right now. For just £40 a month, you can give a vulnerable child food, shelter, healthcare, and the chance to stay in school — a complete lifeline, delivered by trusted hands in 15 countries.

 

Building a Legacy. Changing Lives — Every Single Month.

52,531 orphans sponsored globally

35 years of caring for orphaned children

Orphan welfare officers present in all 15 countries

639 sponsored orphans now in university

Child protection training and safeguarding policies in every country we operate

The Orphan Crisis: Why 10,000 Children Are Still Waiting

Every day, around 5,700 children lose a parent. In a single moment, their world changes entirely. Instead of thinking about school or play, they must now worry about food, medicine, and a safe place to sleep. Without urgent support, many are forced to leave school altogether — left vulnerable to malnutrition, exploitation, and abuse.

The devastation in Gaza has made this crisis even more acute. More than 56,000 children have been newly orphaned since October 2023, and 41% of families in Gaza are now caring for a child that isn't their own. These children have lost not only their parents, but their sense of safety, stability, and hope.

Right now, 10,415 children registered with Human Appeal are waiting for a sponsor. Your donation can restore a child's routine, keep them in school, and surround them with the care and protection every child deserves. With 35 years of experience and teams on the ground across 15 countries, Human Appeal ensures your mercy reaches those who need it most.

Give a child a chance of a brighter future

The Orphan Who Change the World

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How We Deliver Your Mercy — From Donation to Child

Transform the life of an orphaned child by:

Warming their hearts and comforting their minds

Providing orphans with suitable, dignified clothing, and keeping them warm and dry throughout the year.

Ensuring they receive nourishing meals

Your sponsorship helps to provide regular food to the child you sponsor, allowing them to thrive.

Providing safe and secure housing

Having the stability of a home to return to at the end of the day helps children to focus in school and provides them with the security and stability that all children need in order to flourish.

Guaranteeing and protecting their learning

Sadly, sometimes children are forced to work in order to keep themselves and their families fed. Providing their caregiver with a regular income helps orphans to return to school, pay for their learning materials, and build a brighter future.

Supporting the whole family

When a widowed mother has an income for one of her children, the whole family is supported through shelter and food, and through the easing of the financial burden on the family.

Ensuring they receive health and medical care

Providing orphans with proper health care, routine check-ups and immunisation.

How we ensure your sponsorship is used well

Your sponsorship doesn't disappear into a fund. It follows a clear, accountable journey from the moment you give to the moment a child benefits.

  • We verify every child's need through rigorous risk assessments.
  • We conduct checks and safeguarding training for all staff.
  • We have a designated child protection coordinator in every country.

Multiply Your Blessings — Sponsor an Orphan

Ramadan is the month when good deeds are multiplied x70 — and no act carries more weight than showing mercy to an orphan.

When you sponsor an orphan during Ramadan, every pound you give carries the multiplied reward of the holy month. Obligations fulfilled in Ramadan — including Zakat — are multiplied 70 times. Give your Zakat to sponsor an orphan and let your charity work for you in this life and the next.

Don't let the last 10 nights pass without planting a seed that grows all year long. Set up your monthly sponsorship today, and let your mercy reach a child every single day — long after Ramadan ends.

Multiply Your Blessings — Sponsor an Orphan
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The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ — himself an orphan — promised those who care for orphans a place in Jannah, gesturing with his forefinger and middle finger held close together.

Bukhari

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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.

For £40 a Month, You Can Change a Child's Future — Give Now. One sponsorship. One child. A lifetime of impact. Be the reason an orphan stays in school, eats a warm meal, and dares to dream again.

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Human Appeal is committed to providing aid in the country or programme that you select. In the event we complete the programme, exceed the required funds, or are denied access to a particular country for reasons beyond our control, Human Appeal reserves the right to reallocate your donation to another programme where it is needed most.

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