Sponsor a Girl

Why sponsor a girl

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

Why do girls need sponsors? Every year, nearly 12 million girls are forced into child marriage.

Girls in extreme poverty are less likely to be sent to school, and women and girls are more likely to suffer during humanitarian crises. That means they're more likely to become young mums struggling to care for their families, rather than thriving, successful young women with their whole lives ahead of them.

By sponsoring a girl, you'll give a vulnerable girl power over her future. 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. We need you.

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 sponsoring a girl helps

A 16-year-old girl from Rwanda wears a blue school uniform writes maths work on the blackboard to prepare for an exam

Sponsor a girl to go to school

With the help of child sponsors, we work to make sure vulnerable girls across the world get to go to school so they can help transform their own life and their community. When a girl is educated and knows her rights, she’s twice as likely to send her own children to school.

Young teenage girl in bright clothes holding material and smiling at the camera in Bangladesh

Protect girls from harm and abuse

24 more girls are married every minute. We work with parents and communities to train, inform and support them to improve girls' rights. Child Sponsorship allows us to protect vulnerable girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.

A sponsored child in Kenya wears a blue dress and poses next to a brick wall, smiling.

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 poverty meaning they can’t afford the resources they need to be comfortable. We help schools to provide appropriate toilets, run clubs for parents and boys and girls to end the stigma, and teach girls to make their own reusable sanitary pads – giving girls back their dignity so they can take charge of their education.

13 years old girl from Honduras is hugging her grandparents, wearing a blue sash signifying she is the youth mayor of her area

Empowering girls

We make sure girls have a voice from a young age, so they are able to help shape what happens in their community. Nahomy, pictured here, is a sponsored child who has become Youth Mayor of her area in Honduras.

Mother in South Sudan is holding her young son and smiling at him as he smiles to the camera

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.

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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Why sponsor a girl with World Vision

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

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How sponsoring a girl changes her life

Girl in Kenya smiles with school uniform on and cow behind her

Musyoka, 17, Kenya

Since being sponsored, Musyoka and her family have been given, cows, goats, clothes, food and a bed. Her family can now afford school fees, so she can dream big. She says "I want support with my education until University. I want to become a nurse."

Girl in India smiles as she sits in a room

Santoshimatha, 16, India

In Santoshimatha's community, girls are often married far too young. Santoshimatha was sponsored, meanwhile we empowered local people to prevent child marriage. Now Santoshimatha and her community work together to raise awareness and protect other girls.

Girl in China smiles at camera in field wearing a backpack

Zhu, 16, China

Zhu lives in a poor farming community where children in her community struggled to get an education. Zhu was paired with a sponsor. World Vision built classrooms and safe roads, provided solar-powered lamps, books and other teaching supplies. Now Zhu can go to school.

7 year old girl in Zambia holds goat in field of crops

Loveness, 7, Zambia

Drought has made life difficult for Loveness's family. But the five goats the family received from World Vision have made a big difference to their income. Now, thanks to her sponsor, Loveness has a chance at an education and fulfilling her God given potential.

FAQs

Select one of the children above to sponsor a girl, or visit our Sponsor a Child page to choose another child to sponsor. 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 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.
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.