Transform a vulnerable boy's life - and a whole community forever.
Vulnerable young boys are often the first to be sent to work to help feed their family or the first to be sent into conflict.
You could prevent that by sponsoring a boy living in poverty. You could transform the life of a child, like Amideu above, and their community.
Child sponsors are able to reach the most vulnerable children in the world, ensuring boys are protected and empowered, and making sure their community thrives and becomes self-sufficient.
Help whole communities
We make a plan with community leaders and the children
See change through their eyes
Letters, photos, videos, regular updates, and an online account
Be their only sponsor
You can form a powerful connection that builds confidence, happiness and hope
Celebrate their progress
See a huge and lasting change in the lives of everyone in the community
By sponsoring a boy, like Fiston, you can help him access the tools he needs to learn - from books to desks to teachers. Your sponsorship can also help fund community clubs and local school buildings, so they’re given the opportunity to get a proper education.
Help fund healthcare assistants in some of the toughest parts of the world and make sure boys, like Muad, living in poverty are protected from malnutrition and preventable illnesses. We'll also use sponsorship money to ensure families living in vulnerable conditions are empowered to protect their child’s health.
At World Vision we work with some of the most vulnerable boys in the world, such as Isaac, who are fleeing war and violence. We use over 70 years of experience to rehabilitate child soldiers, protect families fleeing war and prevent further conflicts breaking out.
You can help make sure families have the means to provide for their children - with your money we'll teach communities like Thabang's about growing stronger and effective farming techniques. We share knowledge of nutrition, helping families feed their children nutritious food and protect them from malnutrition.
We provide water not just for the sponsored boy, like Lepetit, but for his whole community, so the whole area prospers. The freedom to drink water - and not to walk miles for it - means the freedom to learn and play like all children should.
You can help World Vision teach new skills, and support families to start their own businesses. Sponsorship is helping families like Rousse’s from the DRC. Since receiving chickens, his family has boosted their income and can access nutritious food like eggs.
"Being a World Vision sponsored child, I have found opportunities... to follow my dream"
Rahul, from Nepal, was part of a major accident at his house, which lead to the left side of his body being paralysed when he was just three years old. Now aged 17, Rahul has been sponsored for six years.
Through Child Sponsorship, Rahul is benefitting from life-skill development activities and the encouragement of his sponsor. He has become more aware of his rights and he’s even more confident in his artistic abilities.
“Without the encouragement and platforms provided by World Vision, I would never be able to gather my confidence to pursue my passion for art,” says Rahul.
At the age of 14, Rahul started studying fine arts in high school. Thanks to his child sponsor, we were able to support Rahul’s artistic dreams, providing him with opportunities to showcase his art and comic book creations.
Though living with a disability, Rahul refused to let this prevent him from reaching his dreams. He explains, “Being a World Vision sponsored child, I have found opportunities where I have gained the confidence to follow my dream and believe in what I am capable of achieving.”
70 years of experience
We’re an international Christian charity working with all faiths and none
Almost 100 countries
Together we transform the lives of the most vulnerable children
Transforming lives
Our solutions are community led, child focused, bringing hope and transformation
World Vision has had a Child Sponsorship programme for more than 70 years, we pair donors with a vulnerable child who needs protection and empowerment.
Child Sponsorship brings much-needed change to more than just the sponsored children — the benefits you help provide extend to each child's family, their community and other children in need.
This is because World Vision partners, plans and works alongside local community members to help build healthy, sustainable communities for vulnerable children in the world’s hardest places. Learn more about how Child Sponsorship works.
The donation you give doesn't go directly to your sponsored child or family.
For maximum impact and efficiency, your monthly donations are combined with those of other sponsors to ensure consistent support for your sponsored child and their community, as well as other sponsorship communities around the world. This means your donations go much further.
We work with communities for ten years or more, and we only move out when we're sure the community are ready to stand on their own two feet, continuing their development without us. Your sponsorship will usually last until your child reaches the age of 18 or leaves education. But it also depends on how long we've been working with that community.
We'll keep you updated throughout your sponsorship when we're planning to move on from your child's community. If the project where you are sponsoring comes to an end, or you child moves on for any reason, we'll let you know and give you the opportunity to continue your sponsorship journey with a different child who needs the support of a sponsor.
If your circumstances change and you need to stop sponsoring a child, you can do so at any time. If you are thinking about cancelling your sponsorship, please get in touch with us, as there may be other ways in which you can continue your support. The child you sponsor will continue to benefit from the changes in their community and we will do our best to find a new sponsor for them.
All of World Vision's work begins with listening to communities in need. Community leaders work with us to identify the most vulnerable children and families who will benefit from Child Sponsorship.
We work with national governments and other international agencies to identify the regions and communities that are most in need and where the most vulnerable children live. We then meet with community leaders and the wider community to gain a greater understanding of the challenges and the opportunities that exist for them and we develop a long-term plan together, to break the cycle of poverty. Find out more about how Child Sponsorship works.
