Sponsorship costs £18 per month
Supporting vulnerable families
A child will be supported with scholastics, a uniform and a lunch enabling them to attend school while their caregiver will join one of our Community Development Groups, where they will learn conservation farming and business skills.
Already a sponsor?
If you are already a sponsor you can visit the Family Sponsor Portal for more information and guidance
100% of your donation goes towards supporting a child and their family to become self-sufficient.
your One to one relationship
Providing a ‘complete package’ means that over time families no longer rely on hand-outs but can support themselves.
At the end of the three-year period, families are self-sufficient; farmers have at least doubled crop yield and will be earning enough to feed their children, pay for medicine, send their children to school, and plan for a brighter future.
Just three years of sponsorship means full tummies, educated children, happy families and stronger communities – forever.
How does Sponsorship make a difference?
Unlock a brighter future
Family Sponsorship helps children, families and communities in poverty unlock a brighter future. The impact of your support is far-reaching.
School attendance
In Uganda, it is free to attend school. However, families need money to pay for uniform, stationery, textbooks, school lunch and other resources.
If a family can’t afford any of these things, children will be forced to drop out.Your support will ensure that a child never misses school because their parents can’t afford it.
Sickness
All children get sick. However, in Uganda, children get sick more than most. Your sponsorship enables families to earn money to pay for medicine and clinic bills.
By providing access to clean water, training in health and hygiene, and training in HIV/AIDS prevention, illness and disease are dramatically reduced.Childhood
According to UNICEF, 34% of Ugandan girls are married before they are 18. Many children live in fear of early marriage and abuse. Through sponsorship, your child’s carers will be supported, domestic violence reduces, and family harmony improves.
What’s more, families are incentivised to keep their daughters in school for longer, rather than having to keep them at home to work or marrying them off.
How it works
As soon as you sign up to sponsor a family you will receive a welcome pack which includes a photo and profile. The pack explains exactly how sponsorship works and you can write to your sponsored child immediately if you’d like to.
When you sponsor a family, you get the chance to build up a friendship with them and become like extended family.
You will receive:
- A photo of your sponsored child and their caregiver
- A profile of your sponsored child
- A handwritten letter from your sponsored child at least twice a year
- The opportunity to give a financial gift at Christmas – any received will be pooled to ensure every child receives a gift
- Once a year you will be sent a recent photo so you can see how your sponsored child is growing and developing with your support
Your one-to-one relationship with your sponsored family in Uganda means you will see first-hand how your donation makes a difference. If you’d like to, you can even fly out to Uganda and visit them.
For 60p a day you’ll help to transform the life of a family in Uganda, and the lives of people around them. The ripple effects of your kindness will be felt for many years to come.
OUR PROMISE TO YOU: Sponsoring a family through our local staff means we know what problems your sponsored family faces and what help they need. We aim to achieve as much as possible with every penny you give us.