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Child Sponsorship transforms the lives of vulnerable children in Sierra Leone.
We work with children and their families in Sierra Leone, where we prioritise healthcare, quality education, long-term development and helping communities recover from the devastating impact of the Ebola epidemic.
Together with the help of child sponsors, we're working in Sierra Leone to shield children from the ravages of disease and improve the health of children and their families.
By becoming a child sponsor, you can give children in Sierra Leone power over their own future.
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
Education can transform a child’s life and break the cycle of poverty. We’re improving basic literacy and numeracy and working alongside communities to help them better understand their children's rights, and raise their voices to protect and provide for their children.
We work with some of the most vulnerable children in the world, and protecting children is an essential part of everything we do. Children affected by extreme deprivation, abuse or exploitation, those vulnerable to disaster, or living with a disability.
We work with communities to improve access to food and build effective farming techniques. From protecting the soil, growing stronger crops, to starting kitchen gardens, we're helping families feed their children and saving millions of lives around the world.
We train volunteer healthcare assistants, vaccinate children, and work with vulnerable families to help protect their children from infection and disease. We also help them access healthcare services.
Each year children die from diseases caught by drinking dirty water. Sponsorship helps us build boreholes and clean water taps – so no mother has to choose between her children drinking dirty water, or none at all. Clean water saves lives, keeps children healthy, and in school.
By providing training in new skills, and supporting mothers to start their own businesses, we're helping families gain a stable income so they can afford the essentials, like healthcare, nutrition, and education.
I want to become a nurse when I grow up. Then I can treat people and make them well, so another child doesn’t have to lose their daddy.
Janatu
Sponsored child
Life was good for Janatu until her beloved father died unexpectedly from malaria.
Her mother broke down from stress, and then began to beat Janatu. With no money coming into the family, Janatu had to scavenge oranges and nuts to survive. They only ate once a day.
Janatu moved in with her aunt, but the family were still very poor and she dressed in rags.
Once she got sponsored life got a lot better for Janatu, now 13. She attended school and had a good quality school uniform. The family had enough to eat, she stopped feeling hungry.
Her family are now able to afford health care fees and have purchased a mosquito net so they can sleep safely.
Janatu is happy to be in school and dreams of being a nurse.
75 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
Select one of the children above to sponsor a child in Sierra Leone, or visit our Sponsor a Child page to choose a child to sponsor from another country. Or if you’d prefer, give our Supporter Care team a call on 01908 84 10 10.
World Vision has had a Child Sponsorship programme for 75 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.
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, 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.
If you have further questions about Child Sponsorship or want our help finding a child to sponsor, we’re always happy to help.
Contact our Supporter Care Team on 01908 84 10 10 or email us at supporter@worldvision.org.uk.
Please note your regular donation amount may increase during the period of your Child Sponsorship. If this does happen, you will be clearly notified in advance and will be given the choice to not increase your donation.
