You can make a difference

There are three ways you can make a difference to a child's life: You can choose to sponsor a child, you can let a child choose you as their sponsor or you can help children fleeing conflict and disasters through Childhood Rescue.

When you help children in one of these three ways, you will be changing the lives of those living in the world’s toughest places. Children at risk of forced child marriage. Children going hungry or without access to clean water. Children missing an education.

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Change a child's life. And support their community to lift themselves out of poverty.

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Have a child choose you

Some children wait for years to be chosen by sponsors. What if, instead, they got to choose?

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Join us in helping children affected by conflict, disaster and climate change.

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Child Sponsorship

Child Sponsorship pairs you with a child living in one of the world's toughest places.

From £26 per month, you’ll help provide education, food, protection, healthcare, income and empowerment.

When you sponsor a child, you'll receive a welcome pack introducing you to your sponsored child and their community.

They’ll send you letters, drawings and photos so you can watch them grow and develop through the years. And if you want to, you can write back to them too.

You can easily see how your donations are making a difference by logging in to your online account and viewing the latest photos, videos and updates.

I would say to someone who is thinking about sponsoring a child - go ahead and do it, it is the most life changing thing ever!

Shemi

Child Sponsor

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Chosen Sponsorship

Some children wait years to be chosen by sponsors. But what would happen if, instead, they got to choose? For the first time, you can give a child the chance to choose YOU as their sponsor. Chosen Sponsorship gives children the power to take hold of their future, to create change in their own lives, and to transform their community.

How does chosen work?

Sign up and submit a photo

Your name and photo are sent to a community in need where a big choosing party is held (at the moment we're doing this in safer, smaller groups to keep everyone safe from coronavirus).

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A child chooses you

At the choosing party we let the children pick which person, couple, or family they want to be their sponsors from the photos displayed. Then we let you know who chose you! You'll also find out why you were chosen.

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Your gift gets to work

Your donation is pooled with the donations of other sponsors to support community projects such as the installation of clean water taps, improved healthcare facilities, and more to make sure your sponsored child can achieve their dreams.

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See the change

We provide regular updates on how you are transforming your sponsored child's life including videos and photos. You'll receive letters from your sponsored child, and if you'd like, you can even write back and send birthday cards.

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Childhood Rescue

When you donate to Childhood Rescue, you’ll be helping save and protect children living in danger. Children who’ve seen their homes torn apart by conflict and natural disasters.

Children who arrive in refugee camps traumatised and searching for safety. You can help them survive, recover from trauma and rebuild a brighter future.

Give children a life free from fear, and the future they deserve.

How your donations can help communities?

Survive

Too many children are on the edge of survival. Weak with hunger, at risk of disease, homeless. Your donation will help children survive with life-saving food, water, and shelter.

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Recover

During a crisis, many children lose their loved ones, homes, and life as they once knew it. You can help children recover from trauma with counselling and specialist care.

Rebuild

It’s almost impossible to think about the future when you’re fighting for survival. You’ll give children a chance to rebuild their future – to learn, play, and enjoy being a child.

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