Sponsor a girl

Why sponsor a girl?

Right now, thousands of girls urgently need sponsors to help them build a fearless future. Girls all over the world are being forced into violent realities like child marriage, child labour and abuse. Every single minute, 23 girls enter child marriage.

But these girls don’t need your pity – they need your anger.

Child Sponsorship pairs you with a child living in one of the toughest parts of the world.

By sponsoring a girl, you'll see that girl have more power over her future. You'll help her stay in school, so she can break free from the cycle of poverty and achieve anything she sets her mind to.

We urgently need child sponsors to transform girls' lives today.

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Girl 12 years old

Your donation will change the life of your sponsored child and help transform their community.
Donations over £26 per month will go towards funding our wider work overseas or in the UK.

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To achieve lasting change in the child’s community, Child Sponsorship is a minimum monthly donation of £26. Please click here to donate a smaller amount towards our work with children living outside a Sponsorship programme.

How sponsoring a girl helps

For £26 a month, you will join our incredible community of child sponsors who, like you, are dedicated to giving the most vulnerable girls a brighter future.

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Sponsor a girl to go to school

With the help of people like you, we work to make sure girls at risk across the world get to go to school so they can help transform their own life, and their communities.

World Vision is working with girls like Neha, now 18, to help girls access education and protect them from harm. We helped Neha escape child marriage and continue her schooling, and now she’s training other girls on their rights and the importance of education.

A young girl from Kenya sits on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest.

Protect girls from harm and abuse

Every minute, 23 girls are married before reaching adulthood. We work with parents and communities to train, inform and support them to improve girls' rights.

When you sponsor a girl, you're helping us to protect vulnerable girls like Lente, 12, from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, changing today’s lives and the future lives of young girls around the world.

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Girls' health

Because of their periods, girls are missing out on a week of school every month. This is due to stigma causing embarrassment, and not being able to afford the resources they need to be comfortable, known as period poverty.

Susma, pictured, remembers being sent home from school because of the stigma around periods. Now, at 18, she’s doing whatever she can to break down the taboo, including visiting schools to teach girls and boys about how to make sanitary pads.

A teenage girl in Ethiopia stands smiling at the camera with her arms crossed

Girls are empowered

We make sure girls have a voice from a young age so they are able to help shape what happens in their community.

Azeb, 18, is a former sponsored child from Ethiopia. She is now a leader of a child parliament that works to promote children’s rights and gender equality in her community. Plus she shares what she learns with her family, classmates and community leaders to increase awareness of child protection issues like FGM and child marriage.

16-year-old sponsored girl in DRC holding a bowl with dough for Cassava bread

Income

Families who can earn their own income are more free and better able to afford to send their daughters to school. We train women in skills such as farming, set up savings groups and help them to start businesses.

Miradi, pictured above, is a 16-year-old from DRC. Thanks to Child Sponsorship, World Vision was able to support her family to set up a business making and selling cassava bread. Her parents use this money to buy essentials and pay for Miradi's school fees.

For £26 per month you can

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

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How Child Sponsorship changed Nancy's life

The kind of change she wanted to see in that little girl’s life is what I’ve always remembered. If I make it out there, then Georgie will be happy.

Nancy

Former Sponsored Child

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70 years of experience

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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

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How sponsoring a girl changes her life

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Miriam, 18, Kenya

When Miriam* was 12, she was beaten and raped by her uncle. She told her parents, but her father didn’t believe her and kicked both Miriam and her mother out of the home. Thanks to child sponsors, she receives psychological and trauma recovery support in a rescue centre. Now, Miriam supports other girls to stand up for their rights.

^{*Name changed to protect her identity}

Monika, 18, Bangladesh

Monika's mother and her sister were both forced to marry at a very young age. But the training she received as a sponsored child taught her that every girl has the right to determine her own future - and it inspires the work she does today. Monika is president of the youth forum in her community, and her team has stopped 10 child marriages.

12 year old girl in Malawi smiling with arms crossed

Leon, 12, Malawi

Severe flooding in Malawi has destroyed crops, directly impacting Leon's family's agricultural income. But thanks to child sponsors, her family received four goats, which are helping to generate an additional income through goat rearing. Now, Leon can focus on her education and reach her God given potential.

Girl in Cambodia smiles as she sits at a school desk amongst peers

Vanny, 9, Cambodia

Girls in Cambodia often face obstacles to receiving a quality education, with schools lacking essential educational materials and facilities. Thankfully, sponsoring girls like Vanny ensures that she gets the opportunity to receive an education and build a brighter future.

Indonesian eight-year-old girl and her mother sat on a bench laughing and smiling

Aprilia, 8, Indonesia

Aprilia faces a variety of challenges due to her disability. But child sponsorship has been transformative, ensuring Aprilia's family are empowered to financially support her education at a school for children with disabilities. Alongside this, the letters from her sponsors are inspiring her to keep working hard and overcome obstacles.

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Nadepe, 7, Kenya

As the youngest child, Nadepe remains behind to look after the home while her siblings go to school. However, child sponsorship is changing her life because now, Nadepe can begin to get an education and experience fullness of life.

FAQs

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 one child — the benefits you help provide extends 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.
With World Vision, you can sponsor a girl for just 85p a day, or £26 a month. This amount enables us run community-lead sponsorship programmes that not only helps your sponsored girl, but benefits four more children too. Learn more about how much child sponsorship costs.
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.
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 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.
As well as the peace of mind you’ll get knowing you are helping a young girl live her best life, your sponsored child will write letters to you, you’ll get photo and video updates on her achievements and create a lasting bond. This goes two ways, and you can also write letters and send presents to your sponsored child.