Sponsor a child this Christmas

Change their life. And their whole community from £26 per month.

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Change a child's life this Christmas

As another year of uncertainty comes to a close, children in the most vulnerable places face more risk now than ever before.

But imagine if this Christmas, for the first time, you could help a hungry family eat until they are full. Or help a girl get water for the first time without fearing for her safety.

By sponsoring a child you can provide a family with life-saving food and so much more - from healthcare to education, and the chance for the whole community to break free from poverty.

Make this a Christmas of Firsts.

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How Child Sponsorship works

With Child Sponsorship you can change the life of a child – for good.

When you sponsor a child with World Vision, you’re helping to transform their family and community too.

Debby, 7 using a water pump with her friend Brendah, 10 in the foreground looking to the camera

Your sponsored child

You'll help improve the life of your sponsored child and other vulnerable children in the community through access to nutrition, healthcare, education, clean water and a safe environment. Sponsoring a child helps create the teachers, nurses and community leaders of the future.

A young girl holding a bowl of eggs, and a boy holding an egg in each hand. Standing in front of their family smallholding in Myanmar

The child's family

Your sponsorship will make sure families have the means to provide for their children. We help families gain a stable income so they can afford all of life's essentials, like healthcare, nutrition and education.

Children in Zambia run happily towards camera

The community

Your sponsorship will help the whole community to thrive, not just survive. Depending on the needs of the community, we work with them to plan and implement development projects that are lasting and sustainable. And when a community has everything it needs to continue its own development, we move on.

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The impact of Child Sponsorship

Together through Child Sponsorship, we can make a 'first' possible for you and a vulnerable child: the first time a family gets clean water. The first time a hungry child receives a full meal.

Boy from Kenya smiling while sitting down on a bench in his family's climate-smart agriculture farm.

The first time not going to bed hungry

Nine-year-old Joshua from Kenya was too familiar with the pain of going to bed on an empty stomach. But since child sponsorship has opened to the doors for climate-smart agricultural training for the whole community, Joshua eats three times a day.

“Nowadays, there is something to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I am able to sleep well and my stomach does not hurt at night.”

Teenage girl from Ethiopia carrying a tub of water on her back and smiling at the camera

The first time not having to skip school to fetch water

Getting clean water has been the biggest challenge for the Abaya community in Ethiopia. No one felt that more than 17-year-old Netsanet who instead of going to school would make the two-hour trip to fetch water. Thanks to child sponsors, Netsanet’s community now has a water pump and taps, just five minutes from her home.

“I was overjoyed on the day the water sources started providing clean water. There is no friend that I did not call and tell!”

Girl from Cambodia in a school uniform sitting at a desk in a classroom and smiling at the camera

The first time their school had safe sanitation

Nine-year-old Vanny from Cambodia loves to learn. However, she would often miss school due to being sick. That’s because until recently, the school didn’t have adequate running water. That changed when World Vision partnered with the school and provided handwashing stations.

“Before we didn’t wash our hands at school because we didn’t have enough water. When we didn’t know how to wash our hands, we would carry viruses on our hands. I had to miss school when I got sick.”

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How Child Sponsorship works

What child sponsors say

When Shemi had her first son, Adam, it made her want to do something for other children without the same opportunities as him. Her sons watched Rachael grow up letter by letter, rushing to open the envelopes, each time amazed at the transformation.

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

Make this Christmas count

Children need your help in some of the world’s toughest places. What if 2022 ended with a child feeling safe, maybe for the first time?

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Why World Vision

70 years of experience

Experts in transforming communities and children's lives.

Almost 100 countries

Trusted worldwide to provide water, education, food and emergency response.

200 million children

We've helped more than 200 million children to achieve their dreams.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can easily sign up to sponsor a child by choosing a child above or by calling our Supporter Care Team on 01908 84 10 10.
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.
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.