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Orphan Sponsorship

Sponsor an orphan and make a lasting impact

. SPONSOR A CHILD

“Myself and the caretaker of an orphan will be in Paradise like this,” and he held his two fingers together.

— Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

The Difference You Made

50,000+ sponsored orphans

23,000+ orphans sponsored in Gaza

Sponsorship across 14 countries

What happens when I sponsor a child?

Give a child a chance of a brighter future

A sponsorship kept her father’s dream alive

Eman lost her father when she was young, and her mother became the family’s sole provider, supporting them through sewing, teaching at a madrasa, and tutoring. Eman has been supported through our Orphan Sponsorship programme since 2017, and today she’s studying Computer Science at Hazara University, continuing the dream her father once had for his children.

“He wanted us to study and progress so that we could fulfil the dreams he couldn’t.”

Transform the life of an orphaned child by:

Warming their hearts and comforting their minds

Providing orphans with suitable, dignified clothing, and keeping them warm and dry throughout the year.

Ensuring they receive nourishing meals

Your sponsorship helps to provide regular food to the child you sponsor, allowing them to thrive.

Providing safe and secure housing

Having the stability of a home to return to at the end of the day helps children to focus in school and provides them with the security and stability children need in order to flourish.

Guaranteeing and protecting their learning

Providing their caregiver with a regular income helps orphans to return to school. All sponsored children must stay in school, unless they have a medical reason not to.

Supporting the whole family

When a widowed mother has an income for one of her children, the whole family is supported through shelter and food, and through the easing of the financial burden on the family.

Ensuring they receive health and medical care

Providing orphans with proper health care, routine check-ups and immunizations.

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Sponsorship, Answered

  • What is orphan sponsorship?

    Your sponsorship is a mercy to a child, helping them to break the cycle of poverty, and give them the opportunity that all children deserve – a chance to be healthy, protected, and educated. Importantly, sponsorship also ensures they get to stay in school, so that they don’t have to work to support themselves and their families.

    Entrust your sponsorship to our 35 years of experience in caring for orphaned children. Be a mercy to an orphaned child, and each month you support a child, you’ll receive blessings too. $60 per month helps to cover the cost of:

    • food

    • shelter

    • clothes,

    • healthcare

    • school supplies.

    You can also give your sponsorship in a one-off annual payment of $720 per year.

  • Where does the money go when I sponsor an orphaned child?

    Funds received via the 1-2-1 Sponsorship program are given to the orphan child’s primary carer, whether this is the child’s mother or a family guardian. The mother or guardian has discretion to spend the funds on the child’s wellbeing, education, shelter or living arrangements. How each family uses the money varies from one household to the next.

  • Does the child I sponsor go to school?

    Yes, if the child you sponsor is old enough and able, then the child you sponsor will most definitely be attending school as per our 1-2-1 Sponsorship program criteria.

  • Can I contact the orphan child that I sponsor?

    Due to our safeguarding measures and policy, we do not allow donors to contact the orphan child. We provide you with updates on the child’s development and growth twice per year, so you can know the impact your funds are making on the child’s life. However, we do not allow direct contact for the child’s betterment.

  • Can I communicate with the orphan I sponsor via letter, email, Zoom or any other means?

    The donor will receive two reports each year on the progress of the child's development and updated photos. We do not have the function to allow donors to write to the children at this moment in time. We do not encourage donor visits to the orphans either due to safeguarding issues. While we understand that donors want to meet the children or speak to them often, this requires safeguarding measures to be in place that will allow us to ensure the child and their mother/guardian is always protected.

  • How often do I get updates on the orphan child I sponsor?

    We currently issue mid-year and annual reports; these include updated pictures of the child, as well as information on their current wellbeing and performance in school.

  • Is sponsoring a child like adopting a child?

    By sponsoring a child you are providing monetary assistance to ensure they have access to a quality education and a better quality of life. However, this is not like adopting a child as you have limited or no access to the child directly. They are aware of your sponsorship and will be receiving the donations; in turn you will receive two reports a year on the child’s progress.

  • How do you define orphan?

    An orphan child is a child without a father or both parents.

  • How do I sponsor a child?

    You can sponsor an orphan child by visiting our website and setting up a direct debit or making an annual donation. You can also call us and our donor care team will assist you in sponsoring a child.

  • Can I sponsor more than one child?

    Yes, you can sponsor as many as you like.

  • Can I sponsor a child in the US?

    We do not sponsor orphans in the US but in developing countries across the globe instead.

  • Is this project Zakat applicable?

    Yes, however you must specify this when making the donation so we can ensure that we can apply this.

  • I don’t live in the USA; can I still sponsor a child?

    Yes, we have Human Appeal Offices throughout the world that you can sponsor via. Our HQ is in the UK and you can sponsor directly from our website.

  • How do you select the orphans who receive sponsorship?

    We apply a strict program criteria for orphan sponsorship programs, all child must meet our minimum requirements for the orphan sponsorship program so that we can ensure we are reaching orphans most in need.

  • How does the sponsored child benefit from my support?

    The primary benefit is the child receiving a quality education, and that by providing monetary support the funds are spent on improving their quality of life.

  • If the orphan’s guardian receives the money, how do you know they spend it on the orphan?

    Our program stipulates that the child must be in education, while the mother or guardian of the child has discretion to spend the funds to as they deem necessary to support their local needs.

  • Can I send extra monetary or non-monetary gifts?

    You can send additional monies to the child by either setting up a second fund for the child or via one off donations. Due to the design of our programme, we advise you send monetary gifts so that the guardian or mother of the child can buy gifts for the orphan according to their local needs.

Our Promise

Human Appeal is committed to providing aid in the country or program that you select. In the event we complete the program, exceed the required funds, or are denied access to a particular country for reasons beyond our control, Human Appeal reserves the right to reallocate your donation to another program where it is needed most.

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