What is Child Sponsorship?

For every child you help, four more children benefit too!

Your monthly contribution will be pooled with other sponsors’ donations to collectively support projects that address local needs. Beyond helping your sponsored child, their family and other children within the community will benefit as well!

For just $45 a month, you can contribute

Education

Quality education and a conducive learning environment, empowering and equipping children to build a brighter future

Clean Water

Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), protecting children from diseases and reducing child mortality rates

Health

Improving children's health, equipping mothers and communities to help protect themselves from everyday illnesses

Livelihoods

Providing sustainable livelihood skills and development, to ensure families and communities are equipped for the future

Child Protection

Protecting children from abuse and injustices through education and the establishment of support systems

Become a Sponsor

As a sponsor, you get the opportunity to...

Build a friendship

Each child is uniquely sponsored by one sponsor - YOU! Connect with your sponsored child through letters and gifts

Transform a child’s world

Your sponsorship donation joins forces with other sponsors’ donations to support projects that meet local needs

Celebrate their progress

Witness the impact of your donations through our progress reports and see the change you’re helping to make possible

Witness a brighter future

You are helping to prepare and equip your sponsored child’s community to continue its own development in the long run

Become a Sponsor

Choose a child with needs and circumstances dear to your heart. Embark on a journey of a lifetime today!

Discover their journey

Find out what sponsored children and child sponsors have to share on their transformational journey.

Meet Stephen

Former sponsored child now entrepreneur in Kenya

Meet Egi

Former sponsored child now medical doctor in Indonesia

Meet Kim

Former sponsored child now teacher in Cambodia

Meet Andrea

A child sponsor since she was 14 years old! Find out how Andrea saves up to fund her sponsored child

Meet Beverly

A mother of 2 and child sponsor for 13 years! Find out how Beverly embarked on this meaningful journey

Meet Felicia

World Vision Singapore's goodwill ambassador! She sponsors 7 children from Bangladesh, Myanmar, West Bank, and Zambia

Become a Sponsor

Countries We Serve

Choose a community close to your heart and sponsor a child in need. You can select a child by birthday month, gender, or sponsor an orphan or a child who has waited more than 12 months.

Explore the countries where World Vision Singapore runs our Child Sponsorship programmes:

  • Southeast Asia
  • Rest of Asia
  • Middle East & Africa

Sambour
Cambodia

Ende
Indonesia

Taikkyi
Myanmar

Antique
Philippines

Son Tra
Vietnam

Wazirpur
Bangladesh

Dornod
Mongolia

Selenge
Mongolia

Sindhuli East
Nepal

Lindula
Sri Lanka

Yaya Gulele
Ethiopia

South Hebron
West Bank

Musosolokwe
Zambia

Mpalo
Malawi

Funyula
Kenya

Read Transformational Stories of Child Sponsorship

Child Sponsorship Stories | Hunger Crisis
10 Facts About How Health Shapes a Child’s Future

Health is the bedrock of people’s livelihoods and well-being. Here are 10 facts about how health shapes your sponsored child’s ability to learn,...

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Child Sponsorship Stories | Hunger Crisis
Enough To Get Through the Day: Sambath’s Story

Sambath and her family had to face the storms of hunger and malnutrition alone. But everything changed with the help of World Vision.

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Child Sponsorship Stories | Hunger Crisis
From Struggle to Strength

Ei, a young girl in a village, witnesses the struggles of children facing hunger and a lack of education. Through support from World Vision, her...

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Child Sponsorship Stories | Trip Reflections
Memories from Visiting My Sponsored Child in Nepal

Meeting up with a “stranger” whom I have known for the past 8 years was a great highlight for this trip, being able to see him and have a face-to-...

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Child Sponsorship Stories | Trip Reflections
A Journey of Inspiration and Impact

This trip gave me invaluable insights into the remarkable initiatives by World Vision in Sindhuli East. It was a life-enriching experience filled...

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Child Sponsorship Stories | Trip Reflections
A Trip Like No Other - Ende, Indonesia 2023

Ende, Indonesia has always been a place of personal significance for me. Having been raised by a kakak from Ende, I have subconsciously...

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Child Sponsorship work?

Child Sponsorship works very simply! By contributing $45 every month, you provide your sponsored child, his/her family and community with basic needs, love and care through your sponsorship support. In turn, you will receive annual progress updates and can even correspond with your child.

A child’s life is transformed through your sponsorship!

  • The sponsorship money you send is pooled with that of others who sponsor children in the same community that your child is in.
  • Collectively, your support enables World Vision to provide benefits such as education, healthcare, nutritious food and clean water for the children through an Area Programme (AP). Parents of these children will also receive useful skills training and income-generating opportunities to help them attain self-sustainability in the long term.
  • An AP is World Vision’s signature approach to fighting poverty and transforming lives. Through APs, World Vision identifies where we work and who we work with, and then carry out development activities specific to an AP’s needs.

To sponsor a child today, click here.

How are children chosen for sponsorship?

We work with community representatives to identify the areas of greatest need. The community then chooses children from those needy areas for sponsorship. This list of needy children is verified by our staff and the children become representatives for the Child Sponsorship programme.

World Vision workers fully explain the concept of Child Sponsorship and inform families that all members of the community get to share in the benefit. 

Participation in all World Vision programmes is voluntary, and sponsored children and their families choose to be a part of the programme. We always respect the rights of families to make decisions about this.

How long does Child Sponsorship last?

Ideally, Child Sponsorship is a long-term commitment lasting for the duration of our work in a particular community, which typically lasts for 10-15 years.

But how long child sponsorship lasts will be different for each sponsor. Some sponsors join us at the beginning of our work in their sponsored child’s community and others join us towards the end.

Sponsorship can end for a number of reasons. These include:

  1. Our work in a community is completed.
  2. Your sponsored child finished school or began to earn an income.
  3. Your sponsored child’s family moved away from the community in which World Vision is working.

Whatever the reason, we’ll notify you when your sponsorship comes to an end. At that time, we can discuss how you can continue your sponsorship with another child.

Why is community development important in Child Sponsorship?

When a community is stable and productive, it can provide for its children’s long-term well-being; the most effective way to improve children’s well-being is to strengthen their community’s ability to provide for it.

The well-being of a child is dependent on their families and community. In order to thrive, children need to grow up in an environment that can provide the essentials for today, together with hope and opportunity for the future.

Through the years, many communities have leapt from brokenness to hope with the help of World Vision's Child Sponsorship programme. The goal is for the community to achieve self-sustainability. World Vision plans and works alongside local community members to find solutions that will change the future for their children, and their children’s children.

How does World Vision decide which community to work with?

We work with community representatives to identify areas that have the greatest need.

Afterwards, the decision to commence a sponsorship programme is made with the communities. An assessment is carried out by local World Vision staff alongside community representatives, local authorities and other non-government organisations in the area.

Before we commence a sponsorship programme, the following things must be in place:

  1. Community understanding and commitment to the programme
  2. A basic level of security and stability in the community
  3. Access to remote parts of the community and basic communications so that we can regularly visit and monitor children’s well-being

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