Take the step and become a child sponsor!

In our world there are around …

· 200 million child workers

· 200 million street children

· 10 million child prostitutes

· 600 million children who live with less than one euro per day

· 35 000 children who die daily from malnutrition and preventive diseases

· 40 million children aborted annually…

Together we can make the difference! Strategy for child sponsorship programmes: New programmes will be operated in limited periods, usually for 10 to 15 years from the beginning of the programme.

Our goal is to encourage and inspire the communities in the developing countries to improve their life-management on their own. Encouraging and inspiring is done by participatory training and small-scale literacy, water etc. programmes. The goal is that in every community there are model families, who are a healthy influence to the entire community. A sponsorship child is an important member of his or her community. By following the life of an individual child we are able to see the change our programme is promoting. The support given to the child benefits the entire community.

Your chance to help

A sponsor makes a commitment to provide a specific donation for a child. The amount of the donation is specified for each programme. Funds sent to the children will support the entire community. A sponsor can be a person, group or company. The sponsor will receive a picture and information about the programme. The person/s in charge of the programme communicate/s between the sponsors and children. They report the progress of the programme in annual sponsor letters. Direct communication between the child and the sponsor may, in the family of the child, generate expectations and hopes that eventually cannot be met by the sponsor. The persons in charge protect the sponsor from these pressures. They also know the child’s cultural environment and the level of standard of living and therefore are able to communicate in a such way that has permanent benefit and joy for both parties.

 

Give a better future to a sponsorship child!

Child sponsorship programmes:

Bangladesh

      Education of Dhaka slum children’s

      Faridpur children’s homes

Bosnia-Herzegovina
      Supporting Roma community

Ethiopia

      Supporting poor families

India

      Machilipatnam children’s homes

      Regional Development Programme in Mumbai

Kenya

      Kakamega Rehabilitation Centre for disabled children

      Maasai girls' Rescue Centre (new)     
      Homa Bay orphans
      Street children of Nairobi

     

Colombia

      Street children

Tanzania

      Mwanza aids-orphans
      Tanga Youth with Disabilities Community Progr

Thailand

      Slum children of Bangkok

      Nongphai day care and education

      Uttaradit day care and pre-school

Uganda

      Aids-orphans

Fida Child Sponsorship Coordinator: sina.urmas(at)fidadevelopment.fi