Give Children Hope And A Future

With your sponsorship you can change a child's life. Become a child sponsor to give a child a happy childhood!

Sponsor A Child

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Your sponsorship provides:

  • A nurturing and loving home in a family environment.

  • Individualised care that supports the child’s development.

  • A supportive community with stable relationships.

  • Education and training to prepare for the future.

  • Access to health services and medical care.

  • Support to prepare for an independent life.

As a child sponsor you follow your sponsored child on her or his journey through childhood.

When you start your sponsorship, you receive:

  • A welcome pack.
  • A  profile with a photo of the child you sponsor.
  • Updates about the progress of the child once a year.

Sponsor A Child

Frequently Asked Questions

A child or village sponsorship is a recurring financial donation made by an individual, organisation or company, in which the funds are set aside for the specific purpose of supporting the children in the SOS Children’s Villages on a long-term basis.

Although you cannot choose a specific child, you are welcome to inform us about any wishes concerning age, gender or location and we will do our best to fulfil your requests.

Taking on a sponsorship is a voluntary commitment and not a binding contract. Our aim is to build lasting relationships with our sponsors and guarantee financial support for the children in our programmes as well as the supporting facilities. The children in our care leave the sponsorship programme when they leave the program or at the latest when they turn 23 years old.

Your sponsorship contribution goes towards covering the living costs of the children in an SOS Children’s Village. Your support helps us meet their daily needs, and guarantees that they receive quality medical care and education.

When quality schools and medical centres are not available in the surrounding community, we build them. As such, many SOS Children’s Villages have supporting facilities such as SOS kindergartens, SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools, SOS social centres and SOS medical centres. Children living with their biological families in the surrounding communities may then also benefit from SOS schools and health services.

In addition, your contributions may go to helping support an SOS family strengthening programme. These programmes help struggling families in the community, as a means to prevent family breakdown and child abandonment.

We would like to inform our sponsors and donors that 20% of your donation or sponsorship contribution goes towards administrative costs.

You are a key stakeholder in ensuring that sensitive information about your sponsored child is not shared with third parties outside your immediate family or circle of friends. We kindly ask you not to publish pictures or information about your sponsored child or family on Facebook or any other social media.

A child’s right to privacy and the need to observe data protection laws are paramount. This means that sensitive information about a child’s background will never be included on our website or print materials without changing the child’s name. It is also essential to protect the dignity of sponsored children, by not putting their lives on show to the public.

 

OUR IMPACT

Everything we do is aimed at ensuring that children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it grow up with the bonds they need to become their strongest selves. We work with children, young people and families in more than 130 countries and territories, tailoring our services to the unique needs of individuals and communities. We partner with governments, corporations, individuals and institutions to have the greatest possible impact.

In 2022, we reached 2,548,400 people worldwide. We supported a total of 99,300 families; provided for 69,200 children and young people in a range of care options; responded to 25 emergencies with child protection activities.

In Bangladesh, SOS Children’s Villages started its activities in 1972, immediately after the War of Independence, with the objective of delivering alternative family-like care for parentless children. Over the last 52 years, SOS Children's Villages has continuously provided all the necessary care for these children in different children's villages located in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Bogra, and Sylhet.

As of 2023, we have positively impacted the lives of over 65,706 beneficiaries, with 15,492 children and young individuals currently benefiting from various care options.