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Sponsor a Child
OUR PROJECT – Sponsor a Child
Help a child believe in a better future. Let an orphan know that YOU care about them. Sponsorship is the best way to help children overcome barriers and believe in their dreams.
Becoming a sponsor means giving children the chance to grow up healthy, educated and safe – forever changing their life and future. You just might find that it changes you, too.
How it works:
Sponsor an orphan for CAD$60.00 a month! $50.00 of your donation will subsidize the cost at the orphanage and the balance $10.00 will be deposited in a bank account for that child. This fund will be available for the orphan to start a career when they’re ready to take the next step in life!
Be a part of this program where your donations and rewards are multiplied. You will be rewarded for not only having supported an orphan with food and shelter but also for providing a lifetime of stability!
Sponsor a child Now, several convenient ways to donate
DONATE monthly using your credit card / PayPal (monthly automatic payments will require PayPal account
Poverty is not being without money, but being without hope.
BACKGROUND
Children represent roughly a third of the world’s population but account for almost half of all people living in extreme poverty (UNICEF). According to UNICEF an estimated 153 million children worldwide are orphans.
Many of these children who live in orphanages or on the streets are known as “social orphans.” Although one or even both of their parents may be alive, social orphans rarely see their parents or experience life in a family. Some never do.
Studies show that orphaned and abandoned children are at higher risk of severe malnutrition, high mortality rates, lower levels of school attendance, and increased likelihood of child labour. These children are also more likely to be subjected to abuse, neglect, and exploitation, not to mention the grief of losing their parents.
IHRC’s orphan care program has two approaches:
- Preserving Families: We work to aid widow-and-orphan and widower-and-orphan families, as well as other families at risk of disintegration. This includes offering opportunities and support that enable these families to remain safely intact, and also providing the community and other resources to help them thrive.
- Supporting Institutions: When families are unable to provide adequate care, the orphanages are the next best option. Supporting existing orphanages with sustainable funding and strategic leadership is our mission. This includes helping existing orphanages to improve their quality of care.
FIRST PROJECT IN SRI LANKA
We are currently working with two orphanages in Sri Lanka, a girl’s and a boy’s orphanage. Our initial target is to support a total of 60 children from these two orphanages.
The children are from 2-18 years old. As per their age their needs vary, a few of them are special needs children. Therefore, we seek your support in two ways:
- You can sponsor a child for $60.00 a month for one year OR
- You can make a onetime donation that we will utilize to provide for specific needs of children in different age groups.
SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT
One of the other challenges is that there is no future plan for those orphans who leave the care system when they turn 18 years. Our sponsorship package includes a savings for these children from your contributions. For each child, we will allocate $10 month into a savings account, which will be utilised for their higher education, skills training or self employment. This way we will ensure that these children do not end up on the streets again.
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