Sponsor a Child

How You Can
Make a Difference to a Child

Supporting a child for just £25 a month will help change their life (and possibly yours too!). You’ll get to know your child, hear about their progress in school, and find out their hopes for the future.

Let us choose a child for you to sponsor - one that we're struggling to find a sponsor for
  • Zambia,Kenya,Haiti,Lebanon

Not sure which child to sponsor or you'd prefer not to choose? With this option, we will choose a child for you and send you their details and a photo once you have applied. There are some children who have been waiting some time to be sponsored, so you will have an amazing impact. Your sponsorship will provide an education for them, including free food, as well as a lot of love and care. If you would prefer to choose which country or gender, just drop us an email and let us know.

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Sponsor a child through school in Kenya - and help prevent them working in quarries
  • Choose gender
  • Kenya
  • Hall Mead School

Many children in the Karundas region of Kenya are so poor that they have to work long mind-numbing hours in nearby quarries, just so they can be fed. Your sponsorship will enable them to attend our Hall Mead School, where they receive a great education AND free food, so they no longer have to work. Just about all have lost at least one parent and 1 in 4 is HIV. We will choose a child for you to sponsor, but feel free to drop us an email if you'd prefer a boy or a girl.

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Sponsor a girl through school in Zambia - help her finish her education and avoid early marriage
  • Female
  • Zambia
  • Kids Alive Academy

Change a girl's life by sponsoring her through our Kids Alive Academy school in one of the poorest regions of Zambia. 44% of girls in Zambia do not complete their education, with poverty cited as the main reason. Many are married off so they can be fed, with 59% having had a child by age 19! We only admit the most vulnerable and many have lost at least one parent. Your sponsorship will not only provide a great primary school education, but also free food so she doesn't have to go and work, plus free text books and materials.

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Sponsor an impoverished Syrian refugee child through school in Lebanon
  • Choose gender
  • Lebanon
  • Dar El Awlad School

Most of the children we serve at our 'Dar el Awlad' school in Lebanon live in abject poverty in makeshift shacks near Beirut. All are years behind with their education, some severely traumatised by what has happened to them. Your sponsorship will enable one of these children to come to our school and receive not just a great education, but also a lot of love, care and support, including specialised trauma care, life skills and family support. We will send you the child's details once you have signed up (if you'd prefer a girl or boy, please let us know in the Notes section at Checkout). Thank you so much!

Sponsor a Syrian refugee child >
Sponsor an impoverished child through school in the Dominican Republic
  • Choose gender
  • Dominican Republic
  • Eva Russell School

Our schools in the Dominican Republic serve some of the poorest and most vulnerable children in all of Latin America. Your sponsorship will not only enable the child to attend one of our schools, but will also provide free food, life skills, family support, Christian input and trauma care for the many who have suffered trauma (often caused by neglect, abandonment or abuse).

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Why Sponsor a Child?


1. Meet a child’s basic needs. Sponsoring a child enables us to meet their most important needs – food, education, health monitoring, individual attention, and above all, lots of love!

2. Make them feel special. Many of our children have been badly neglected in the past. To have someone from a different country specifically choose and engage with them, has a massive impact on their levels of self-worth.

3. Develop a meaningful relationship. By interacting with your sponsored child through letters and emails, you can develop a meaningful relationship. And you can teach any children you may have in your life about the importance of sharing with other children who are in desperate need.

"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me." Mark 9:37 (NIV)

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Let us choose a child for you to sponsor - one that we're struggling to find a sponsor for
Zambia, Kenya, Haiti, Lebanon

Not sure which child to sponsor or you'd prefer not to choose? With this option, we will choose a child for you and send you their details and a photo once you have applied. There are some children who have been waiting some time to be sponsored, so you will have an amazing impact. Your sponsorship will provide an education for them, including free food, as well as a lot of love and care. If you would prefer to choose which country or gender, just drop us an email and let us know.

Sponsor a child through school in Kenya - and help prevent them working in quarries
Choose gender
Kenya
Hall Mead School

Many children in the Karundas region of Kenya are so poor that they have to work long mind-numbing hours in nearby quarries, just so they can be fed. Your sponsorship will enable them to attend our Hall Mead School, where they receive a great education AND free food, so they no longer have to work. Just about all have lost at least one parent and 1 in 4 is HIV. We will choose a child for you to sponsor, but feel free to drop us an email if you'd prefer a boy or a girl.

Sponsor a girl through school in Zambia - help her finish her education and avoid early marriage
Female
Zambia
Kids Alive Academy

Change a girl's life by sponsoring her through our Kids Alive Academy school in one of the poorest regions of Zambia. 44% of girls in Zambia do not complete their education, with poverty cited as the main reason. Many are married off so they can be fed, with 59% having had a child by age 19! We only admit the most vulnerable and many have lost at least one parent. Your sponsorship will not only provide a great primary school education, but also free food so she doesn't have to go and work, plus free text books and materials.

Sponsor an impoverished Syrian refugee child through school in Lebanon
Choose gender
Lebanon
Dar El Awlad School

Most of the children we serve at our 'Dar el Awlad' school in Lebanon live in abject poverty in makeshift shacks near Beirut. All are years behind with their education, some severely traumatised by what has happened to them. Your sponsorship will enable one of these children to come to our school and receive not just a great education, but also a lot of love, care and support, including specialised trauma care, life skills and family support. We will send you the child's details once you have signed up (if you'd prefer a girl or boy, please let us know in the Notes section at Checkout). Thank you so much!

Sponsor an impoverished child through school in the Dominican Republic
Choose gender
Dominican Republic
Eva Russell School

Our schools in the Dominican Republic serve some of the poorest and most vulnerable children in all of Latin America. Your sponsorship will not only enable the child to attend one of our schools, but will also provide free food, life skills, family support, Christian input and trauma care for the many who have suffered trauma (often caused by neglect, abandonment or abuse).

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the most commonly asked questions about our child sponsorship programme. If you would like any further information, please email us or call +44 (0)7873 550968.


How much does it cost to sponsor a child?

The cost to sponsor a child is £25 a month. If you can not afford this, please consider our Site sponsorship scheme or just contribute a regular donation each month to our work.

What does my sponsored child receive?

  • Nourishing food
  • Shoes and clothing
  • Basic medical care
  • Education
  • A family-style home for those who are in residential care
  • Individual attention and lots of love.
  • Your support! Many of the children we serve have suffered from neglect - to have someone in a foreign country specifically choose them can have a profound impact on their sense of self-worth.

Where does my money go?

Your money goes directly to the project that your child is part of, less a 15-20% admin charge which we would usually apply.

May I send money or a gift directly to my sponsored child?

No, our offices overseas are not equipped to handle funds sent from sponsors and can’t issue receipts. Gifts can be problematic, as it can cause difficulties with the other children, not to mention the cost and unreliability of the post. However, you can contribute towards a 'treat fund', whereby your extra donation will be pooled with other supporters' treat fund donations and our team will ensure that all of the children in that project get a treat, such as a trip away. Just make a donation in the usual way and specify that you would like it to be used for your child's treat fund.

What do I receive as a child sponsor?

As a child sponsor, you will receive:

  • Welcome card listing child’s favourite activities, foods, etc
  • Introduction to sponsorship and your child’s community/ministry site
  • Ongoing communications that support your connection to your child’s community/ministry site
  • Access to manage your sponsorship account online
  • Option to write or email your child
  • Opportunity to give a special “Christmas treat fund” gift to your sponsored child each year
  • Annual progress report about your child and their community/ministry site
  • Communications directly from your sponsored child twice a year
  • Newsletters to learn more about the challenges facing children and what we are doing to help
  • Closure communication when it’s time to celebrate your sponsored child’s departure from the ministry programme

Can I write or email directly to my child?

Yes, but it must come through the UK office at Kids Alive International, PO Box 1529, Stamford PE2 2YD, or preferably by email at contact@kidsalive.org. Please bear in mind that post can take a LONG time to arrive with the child, especially in our more remote project areas.

What should I write about? Is there anything I shouldn’t write about?

Our children enjoy reading and learning all about their sponsors and their families! Describe your family, your pets, your hobbies, and the type of work you do. Share any special family traditions and how you celebrate special occasions and holidays. Talk about important events in your life and some of your childhood memories. Write some of your favourite Bible verses or stories. Be sure to let your sponsored child know you are praying for them regularly. Be encouraging! Let your child know that God loves them and has a great plan for them. Encourage your child to write back and/or draw pictures for you.

Please be sensitive to the child’s economic situation and avoid discussing the material aspects of your life or sending photos that show your possessions. Please also do not share your home address, email address, or telephone number. Be careful not to use colloquialisms and slang or talk negatively about political leaders/issues. It is very important that you do not suggest that your child comes for a visit or that you will send a particular gift.

Though seldom necessary, we do reserve the right to edit sponsor-to-child communication for age appropriateness, cultural sensitivities, or situations which could be painful for a particular child. It may be necessary on occasion to edit some phrases or idioms that do not translate exactly or could be misunderstood.

What happens if the child I’m sponsoring leaves the Kids Alive programme?

Although we strive to care for all sponsored children in our programmes as long as they are eligible, sometimes the children leave, and reasons can vary. Some are part of migrant working families who are forced to relocate, some have parents who separate or remarry and discontinue their participation.

In the event that your sponsored child departs from the programme, you will be notified through a personal letter. And at that time, you’ll be invited to sponsor another waiting child, from the same project and/or country whenever possible. We know that the connection to your sponsored child is precious, so we want to handle this reassignment process as sensitively as possible.

Will I be the only sponsor for my child?

Because of the range of comprehensive, holistic care that is unique to our sponsorship programme, and because of our desire to keep monthly sponsorship affordable, more than one sponsor per child is typically needed. 

Do My Letters Make A Difference?

An alumnus of our home in Lebanon wrote: “At such a young age, I did not really understand what sponsorship meant. It did not occur to me that every month they were sending money to help care for me at the children’s home. All that mattered was that I had an adopted family who cared enough to write, encourage, and pray for me…If there was someone out there who loved me, then I was worthy of love; and if worthy of love, then worthy of God’s love!”

Your letters are important!

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