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Is a 4 year old boy
from Uganda
Anold lives with his parents in a small house made from clay and iron sheets with no access to piped water and electricity. His father makes a monthly income of around $20 making which makes it difficult to provide Anold with basic living facilities.
Anold lives with his parents in a small house made from clay and iron sheets with no access to piped water and electricity. His father makes a monthly income of around $20 making which makes it difficult to provide Anold with basic living facilities.
About Anold's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Kenya
Joyce is a young girl who lives with her grandmother and five other siblings in a small house, far away from her mother. The family's annual incoem is around $350 making it difficult to provide Joyce and her siblings with basic needs.
Joyce is a young girl who lives with her grandmother and five other siblings in a small house, far away from her mother. The family's annual incoem is around $350 making it difficult to provide Joyce and her siblings with basic needs.
About Joyce's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 7 year old boy
from Philippines
Guerrero lives with his family in a house built from light materials. Their house lacks access to water facilities and proper cooking facilities. The household income is around $100 a month and is not enough to suffice for the family's essential needs.
Guerrero lives with his family in a house built from light materials. Their house lacks access to water facilities and proper cooking facilities. The household income is around $100 a month and is not enough to suffice for the family's essential needs.
About Guerrero's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes.
Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 3 year old boy
from Zambia
Andrew is a young boy who lives with his mother and sister. His mother has no reliable source of income which makes it extremely difficult to support Andrew's and his sister's growing needs.
Andrew is a young boy who lives with his mother and sister. His mother has no reliable source of income which makes it extremely difficult to support Andrew's and his sister's growing needs.
About Andrew's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 4 year old boy
from Kenya
Felix lives with his parents in a small house with no access to safe water and latrine facilities. His parents generate an income of less than $240 a year making it difficult to suppport Felix with his daily needs.
Felix lives with his parents in a small house with no access to safe water and latrine facilities. His parents generate an income of less than $240 a year making it difficult to suppport Felix with his daily needs.
About Felix's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 7 year old boy
from Philippines
Chester lives with his family in a house built from light materials with no access to electricity. His father is a farmer who doesn't earn enough income to support the daily needs of his family.
Chester lives with his family in a house built from light materials with no access to electricity. His father is a farmer who doesn't earn enough income to support the daily needs of his family.
About Chester's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes.
Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 10 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Keerthika lives with her parents and siblings in a remote village with no proper water facilities. The household income is around $300 which makes it difficult to provide Keerthika with her daily basic needs.
Keerthika lives with her parents and siblings in a remote village with no proper water facilities. The household income is around $300 which makes it difficult to provide Keerthika with her daily basic needs.
About Keerthika's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survivie on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. Teachers in the communities where ChildFund works often have limited training, and classrooms are under-resourced.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Indonesia
Bonevasius lives with his family in a small farming community. His parents make a monthly income of $80 through traditional farming while struggling to provide the basic needs Bento needs.
Bonevasius lives with his family in a small farming community. His parents make a monthly income of $80 through traditional farming while struggling to provide the basic needs Bento needs.
About Bonifasius's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 6 year old girl
from Uganda
Betty is a young girl who lives with her sibling and grandparents. She helps support her grandparents to make a monthly income of $15, hardly enough to access food, clothing and education.
Betty is a young girl who lives with her sibling and grandparents. She helps support her grandparents to make a monthly income of $15, hardly enough to access food, clothing and education.
About Betty's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Girls in particular face opposition in getting a quality education, and reaching their potential. Many girls are forced to drop out of school early to help look after younger siblings or find work.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Ensure children can receive a quality education by training teachers and providing children with access to extracurricular actitivities to build their skill sets.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to start or grow a business, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases and help them develop to their full potential.
Is a 1 year old boy
from Zambia
Alfred lives with his parents in a rural farming area. His father sells charcoal and practices subsistence farming to generate an annual income of $350 which is insufficient to help provide the family with basic living needs.
Alfred lives with his parents in a rural farming area. His father sells charcoal and practices subsistence farming to generate an annual income of $350 which is insufficient to help provide the family with basic living needs.
About Alfred's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 2 year old boy
from Zambia
Abel lives with his parents in a house built from mud and bricks with no access to electricity. His parents earn around $100 annually through farming and face difficulty providing Abel with proper living essentials for his healthy growth.
Abel lives with his parents in a house built from mud and bricks with no access to electricity. His parents earn around $100 annually through farming and face difficulty providing Abel with proper living essentials for his healthy growth.
About Abel's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 1 year old girl
from Kenya
Wanjira lives with her family in a temporary two roomed house. Through peasant farming, the family generates an income of around $370 a year making it difficult to provide the family with healthy food, healthcare needs and other living essentials.
Wanjira lives with her family in a temporary two roomed house. Through peasant farming, the family generates an income of around $370 a year making it difficult to provide the family with healthy food, healthcare needs and other living essentials.
About Wanjira's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Kenya
Felex and his siblings live with their aunt in a small county. The family's average annual income is $120 which makes it difficult for their aunt to provide for them.
Felex and his siblings live with their aunt in a small county. The family's average annual income is $120 which makes it difficult for their aunt to provide for them.
About Felex's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Secondary school is a challenge for many people in remote communities. Many children are forced to leave before finishing high school, which severely affects their ability to find a good job and provide a stable future.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Renovating classrooms and providing children with school uniforms and educational resources such as books.
Water and Sanitation: Keep children healthy and in school by providing sustainable local water sources.
Livelihoods: Reduce the burden on families in remote communities by providing income-generating activities to help parents pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Zambia
Tembo lives with her family in a small house with no access to running water and electricity. Tembo's parents are small scale farmers who make around $35 per month which is not enough to provide her with the basic living essentials she requires.
Tembo lives with her family in a small house with no access to running water and electricity. Tembo's parents are small scale farmers who make around $35 per month which is not enough to provide her with the basic living essentials she requires.
About Tembo's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 12 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Obishan lives with his family of seven in a house built from plank and rough cement. His parents make a monthly income of $122, making it very difficult to afford basic necesseties.
Obishan lives with his family of seven in a house built from plank and rough cement. His parents make a monthly income of $122, making it very difficult to afford basic necesseties.
About Obishan's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Ethiopia
Abenezer lives with his parents in a mud cottage. His parents practice small scale farming that makes around $400 yearly but is insufficienct to provide proper water supply, educational facilites, healthcare facilities and other basic needs.
Abenezer lives with his parents in a mud cottage. His parents practice small scale farming that makes around $400 yearly but is insufficienct to provide proper water supply, educational facilites, healthcare facilities and other basic needs.
About Abenezer's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. The education system has improved since the regime changed in 1991, but it largely remains inadequate or simply inaccessible for most children. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Primary school attendance rates are low, about 80%.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping students interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help children stay in school.
Child rights: Increase awareness of children's rights and help children become leaders in their communities.
Is a 8 year old girl
from Philippines
Aleiana lives with her grandparents in a house made from light and strong materials. They get water from a nearby well and fulfill their daily food needs by growing sustenance in their backyard.
Aleiana lives with her grandparents in a house made from light and strong materials. They get water from a nearby well and fulfill their daily food needs by growing sustenance in their backyard.
About Alexiana's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes. Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Indonesia
Airin and her family live in a poor community that lacks access to clean water. Both her parents generate a monthly income of around $60 making it difficult to provide for Airin's growing needs.
Airin and her family live in a poor community that lacks access to clean water. Both her parents generate a monthly income of around $60 making it difficult to provide for Airin's growing needs.
About Airin's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygience practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 11 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Sugyana walks to school far away from her village everyday. She lives in a simple house with her parents who struggle to provide her with basic needs with an annual income of $300.
Sugyana walks to school far away from her village everyday. She lives in a simple house with her parents who struggle to provide her with basic needs with an annual income of $300.
About Suganya's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 8 year old girl
from Indonesia
Flafia lives with her family in a small house built from cogo grass and bamboo. The house has no bathroom and proper sanitation facilities. Her father makes a yearly income of $360 and is unable to pay for Flafia's education and other essential needs.
Flafia lives with her family in a small house built from cogo grass and bamboo. The house has no bathroom and proper sanitation facilities. Her father makes a yearly income of $360 and is unable to pay for Flafia's education and other essential needs.
About Flafia's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 6 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Derartu lives in a community that lacks educational facilities, health sanitation and transportation facilities. She lives in a grass covered hut and has to walk long distances to get water from a river.
Derartu lives in a community that lacks educational facilities, health sanitation and transportation facilities. She lives in a grass covered hut and has to walk long distances to get water from a river.
About Derartu's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Girls face even more of a challenge than boys in Ethiopia when it comes to getting a proper education. Girls are expected to perform housekeeping duties on top of school, and marry young.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Women and Girls: Educate communities on the rights of women and girls, and improve child protection to provide safe, encouraging environments where girls can thrive.
Education: Help students improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping them interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help girls stay in school.
Is a 6 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Bethelehem resides in a small grass covered hut with her parents. Their community lacks proper edeucational facilities, healthcare equipment, proper sanitation and transport facilities making it difficult for them to survive.
Bethelehem resides in a small grass covered hut with her parents. Their community lacks proper edeucational facilities, healthcare equipment, proper sanitation and transport facilities making it difficult for them to survive.
About Bethelehem's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Girls face even more of a challenge than boys in Ethiopia when it comes to getting a proper education. Girls are expected to perform housekeeping duties on top of school, and marry young.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Women and Girls: Educate communities on the rights of women and girls, and improve child protection to provide safe, encouraging environments where girls can thrive.
Education: Help students improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping them interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help girls stay in school.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Indonesia
Dhelia is a little girl who lives with her parents within a farming community. Her parents make around $40 per month as farmers and struggle to provide Dhelia with essential needs to support her proper growth as a child.
Dhelia is a little girl who lives with her parents within a farming community. Her parents make around $40 per month as farmers and struggle to provide Dhelia with essential needs to support her proper growth as a child.
About Dhelia's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygience practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 4 year old boy
from Kenya
Cyrus is a young boy who lives with his parents and grand mother. His parents generate an income of around $390 annually through peasant farming making it difficult to provide Cyrus with his daily living needs.
Cyrus is a young boy who lives with his parents and grand mother. His parents generate an income of around $390 annually through peasant farming making it difficult to provide Cyrus with his daily living needs.
About Cyrus's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Uganda
Aisha is a friendly girl who lives with her parents and one sibling in a small farming village. They share torn beddings, sleep on dirt packed floors and lack access to proper healthcare. Even her parents struggle to generate enough income to support the family's basic needs.
Aisha is a friendly girl who lives with her parents and one sibling in a small farming village. They share torn beddings, sleep on dirt packed floors and lack access to proper healthcare. Even her parents struggle to generate enough income to support the family's basic needs.
About Aisha's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 7 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Asinakech is a young six year old girl who lives with her sibling and father in a small rent house. Her father works as a laborer and doesn't earn enough income to support his family's basic living needs.
Asinakech is a young six year old girl who lives with her sibling and father in a small rent house. Her father works as a laborer and doesn't earn enough income to support his family's basic living needs.
About Asinakech's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Girls face even more of a challenge than boys in Ethiopia when it comes to getting a proper education. Girls are expected to perform housekeeping duties on top of school, and marry young.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Women and Girls: Educate communities on the rights of women and girls, and improve child protection to provide safe, encouraging environments where girls can thrive.
Education: Help students improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping them interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help girls stay in school.
Is a 1 year old girl
from Uganda
Dorcus lives with her family in a small rural village that has no access to proper healthcare facilties and safe drinking water. The family makes a monthly income of $15 per month through labor work and struggles to care for Dorcus.
Dorcus lives with her family in a small rural village that has no access to proper healthcare facilties and safe drinking water. The family makes a monthly income of $15 per month through labor work and struggles to care for Dorcus.
About Dorcus's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 7 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Sangavi is a young girl who lives with her parents in a semi-concrete house. Her father earns an annual income of $1028 and struggles to provide Sangavi with her daily needs.
Sangavi is a young girl who lives with her parents in a semi-concrete house. Her father earns an annual income of $1028 and struggles to provide Sangavi with her daily needs.
About Sangavi's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survivie on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. Teachers in the communities where ChildFund works often have limited training, and classrooms are under-resourced.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 6 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Abisethiri is a young preschool girl who loves to draw and play. Her family generates around $70 a month and makes it difficult to meet the demanding needs of the family.
Abisethiri is a young preschool girl who loves to draw and play. Her family generates around $70 a month and makes it difficult to meet the demanding needs of the family.
About Abisethiri's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survivie on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. Teachers in the communities where ChildFund works often have limited training, and classrooms are under-resourced.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 7 year old boy
from Indonesia
Alexandrio lives with his parents and grandmother in a small community. The household income is around $60 monthly and the father struggles to provide for Alexandrio and the family with essential needs and proper care facilities.
Alexandrio lives with his parents and grandmother in a small community. The household income is around $60 monthly and the father struggles to provide for Alexandrio and the family with essential needs and proper care facilities.
About Alexandrio's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential. More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience. .
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 11 year old boy
from Indonesia
Bambang lives with his family in a simple house. His parents are laborers who make a monthly income of $160 while struggling to provide basic needs for Bambang.
Bambang lives with his family in a simple house. His parents are laborers who make a monthly income of $160 while struggling to provide basic needs for Bambang.
About Bambang's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 7 year old boy
from Ethiopia
Abdilmejid is a young boy who loves with his family on a small farmland without professional healthcare facilities. The income of the family is barely enough to provide for Abdilmejid's daily needs.
Abdilmejid is a young boy who loves with his family on a small farmland without professional healthcare facilities. The income of the family is barely enough to provide for Abdilmejid's daily needs.
About Abdilmejid's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. The education system has improved since the regime changed in 1991, but it largely remains inadequate or simply inaccessible for most children. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Primary school attendance rates are low, about 80%.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping students interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help children stay in school.
Child rights: Increase awareness of children's rights and help children become leaders in their communities.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Madhusan lives with his family in a simple house. His father works as a laborer and struggles to provide Madhusan with his daily needs with an annual income of around $500.
Madhusan lives with his family in a simple house. His father works as a laborer and struggles to provide Madhusan with his daily needs with an annual income of around $500.
About Madhushan's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Zambia
Elias lives with his family of nine who are dependent on peasant farming. With an unstable household income, Elias struggles to have access to daily necesseties.
Elias lives with his family of nine who are dependent on peasant farming. With an unstable household income, Elias struggles to have access to daily necesseties.
About Elias's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many young people, particularly those from remote and disadvantaged communities, are forced to drop out of school so they can earn money to help their families. These children often end up in informal jobs, where they have no security and few rights.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide learning resources, and renovate or build classrooms and other school facilities to ensure children can receive a quality education.
Livelihoods: Provide training and resources to parents so they earn money to help pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child Protection: Educate and promote children's rights, and stop violence against children in communities to keep children safe.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Uganda
Anthony is cared for by his aunt who works as a casual laborer. She earns a very meagre income which is hardly enough to suffice Anthony's needs.
Anthony is cared for by his aunt who works as a casual laborer. She earns a very meagre income which is hardly enough to suffice Anthony's needs.
About Anthony's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Zambia
Flavian lives with his three sisters and parents who work as subsistence farmers. The family's annual income is $400 which isn't enough to suffice their daily needs.
Flavian lives with his three sisters and parents who work as subsistence farmers. The family's annual income is $400 which isn't enough to suffice their daily needs.
About Flavian's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 8 year old boy
from Cambodia
Samnang lives with his parents in a house made from wood, bamboo and zinc. They don’t have access to safe drinking water and have to fetch it from a nearby source. Both educational and healthcare facilites are located 1km away from the province and pose a daily struggle in Samnang's life.
Samnang lives with his parents in a house made from wood, bamboo and zinc. They don’t have access to safe drinking water and have to fetch it from a nearby source. Both educational and healthcare facilites are located 1km away from the province and pose a daily struggle in Samnang's life.
About Samnang's Life in Cambodia
Cambodia is recovering from three decades of conflict, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were killed or died from forced hardships under the Khmer Rouge. Despite its growing economy, living standards for much of the population remains low, and income inequality is increasing.
While primary school attendance is rising, many schools are over-crowded and under-resourced. Children from disadvantaged communities often do not have an opportunity to get a quality education that can help them escape generational poverty.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Establish New Generation Schools, which provide modern and encouraging environments where children can thrive.
Child rights: Form children's groups and child forums where children can learn about their rights and have a say in issues that affect them.
Child Protection: Strengthen child protection systems to protect children from neglect and abuse.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Farwees lives in a small village in a house built from mud, sticks, cement and tin sheets. The family makes an annual income of around $600 which makes it difficult to afford basic needs required for their proper development.
Farwees lives in a small village in a house built from mud, sticks, cement and tin sheets. The family makes an annual income of around $600 which makes it difficult to afford basic needs required for their proper development.
About Farwees's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 9 year old girl
from Philippines
Ailyn lives with her family in a small farmland. Her father makes a monthly income of $33 and is unable to send some of his children to school. He also struggles to provide Ailyn with her daily basic needs.
Ailyn lives with her family in a small farmland. Her father makes a monthly income of $33 and is unable to send some of his children to school. He also struggles to provide Ailyn with her daily basic needs.
About Ailyn's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes. Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 3 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Bekelech is a young girl who lives with her family. Her local community lacks professional teachers and basic healthcare facilities and it's even harder to support Bekelech as a child with the minimal income generated through farming.
Bekelech is a young girl who lives with her family. Her local community lacks professional teachers and basic healthcare facilities and it's even harder to support Bekelech as a child with the minimal income generated through farming.
About Bekelech's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
The health of mothers and newborns in Ethiopia is often at risk, since many women do not deliver in hospitals or receive adequate pre- and postnatal care. ChildFund’s programs encourage mothers to deliver at hospitals, and provide nutrition, sanitation and hygiene solutions to keep children healthy.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Maternal Support: Help mothers deliver at health facilities with skilled staff, reducing the high rates of infant mortality.
Health: Increase awareness about diseases that lead to child deaths, and provide solutions that can help save lives.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe water and education to help prevent the spread of diseases that are responsible for child deaths.
Is a 6 year old girl
from Indonesia
Celdiyana lives with her family in a farmland where her father works as a farmer to generate a monthly income of around $50. This does not help suffice the daily requirements of the family.
Celdiyana lives with her family in a farmland where her father works as a farmer to generate a monthly income of around $50. This does not help suffice the daily requirements of the family.
About Celdiyana's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 5 year old boy
from Ethiopia
Adoniyas is a young 4 year old boy who lives with his parents who work as laborers. They live in a house made from wood and mud, they make less than $400 yearly and struggle to provide access to proper care facilities for Adoniyas.
Adoniyas is a young 4 year old boy who lives with his parents who work as laborers. They live in a house made from wood and mud, they make less than $400 yearly and struggle to provide access to proper care facilities for Adoniyas.
About Adoniyas's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
The health of mothers and newborns in Ethiopia is often at risk, since many women do not deliver in hospitals or receive adequate pre- and postnatal care. ChildFund’s programs encourage mothers to deliver at hospitals, and provide nutrition, sanitation and hygiene solutions to keep children healthy.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Maternal Support: Help mothers deliver at health facilities with skilled staff, reducing the high rates of infant mortality.
Health: Increase awareness about diseases that lead to child deaths, and provide solutions that can save lives.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe water and education to help prevent the spread of diseases that are responsible for child deaths.
Is a 1 year old girl
from Uganda
Asha lives with her family in a local tribal community. The family mainly depends on small scale farming that generates around $9 per month which is insufficient to provide vital support for Asha's healthy growth.
Asha lives with her family in a local tribal community. The family mainly depends on small scale farming that generates around $9 per month which is insufficient to provide vital support for Asha's healthy growth.
About Asha's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 9 year old girl
from Indonesia
Aprilia is a young primary school girl who lives with her parents in a small farming community. Her family makes a monthly income of around $35 and struggle to provide Aprilia with essential needs.
Aprilia is a young primary school girl who lives with her parents in a small farming community. Her family makes a monthly income of around $35 and struggle to provide Aprilia with essential needs.
About Aprilia's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 4 year old boy
from Kenya
Fidel lives with his parents in a small farm. His parents also engage in other casual jobs to help generate a yearly income of around $340 which is insufficient to provide Fidel with proper healthcare facilities, education and healthy food.
Fidel lives with his parents in a small farm. His parents also engage in other casual jobs to help generate a yearly income of around $340 which is insufficient to provide Fidel with proper healthcare facilities, education and healthy food.
About Fidel's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 7 year old girl
from Kenya
Christine is a young girl who lives with her parents in a hut made from local materials and mud. Their source of water is from a nearby well that is not safe for drinking. The household income is less than $250 annually and is not enough to meet the basic needs of the family.
Christine is a young girl who lives with her parents in a hut made from local materials and mud. Their source of water is from a nearby well that is not safe for drinking. The household income is less than $250 annually and is not enough to meet the basic needs of the family.
About Christine's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Girls are especially at risk of dropping out of school once they hit puberty. Often they cannot go to school because their parents cannot afford it, or they are forced to stay home and help look after their siblings.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Renovating classrooms and providing girls with school uniforms and educational resources such as books so they can continue their education.
Livelihoods: Reduce the burden on families in remote communities by providing income-generating activities to help parents pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child rights: Ensure girls and the communities around them know what rights children have and how they should be treated.
Is a 10 year old girl
from Philippines
Habal lives with her parents in a small house built from semi-concrete. With an irregular household income of $60 a month, her father struggles to provide Habal with basic facilities.
Habal lives with her parents in a small house built from semi-concrete. With an irregular household income of $60 a month, her father struggles to provide Habal with basic facilities.
About Habal's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes. Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Philippines
Darwin resides in a house built from bamboo, nipa shingles and cogon grass. Their house has no access to electricity or water and they have to fetch water from a local spring. With a monthly income of $40, the family struggles to provide basic living needs.
Darwin resides in a house built from bamboo, nipa shingles and cogon grass. Their house has no access to electricity or water and they have to fetch water from a local spring. With a monthly income of $40, the family struggles to provide basic living needs.
About Darwin's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes.
Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited access to quality school and health clinics.
According to the National Baseline Study on Violence Against Children in the Philippines, boys are more vulnerable to all forms of abuses than girls.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Ensure all children have access to a healthy, nutritious diet and clean water.
Early Childhood Development: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas.
Is a 4 year old boy
from Indonesia
Cornelis is a young child who lives in a small house with his single mother. The monthly income of the family is around $50 per month which is not enough to provide for Cornelis's growing needs as a young boy.
Cornelis is a young child who lives in a small house with his single mother. The monthly income of the family is around $50 per month which is not enough to provide for Cornelis's growing needs as a young boy.
About Cornelis's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygiene practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas.
Is a 12 year old boy
from Ethiopia
Adamu lives in a small village with his parents and siblings. The family's annual income is less than $400 making it very difficult to afford basic needs.
Adamu lives in a small village with his parents and siblings. The family's annual income is less than $400 making it very difficult to afford basic needs.
About Adamu's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
With secondary school attendance rates as low as 26%, families are less likely to emerge from generational poverty. The education system has improved since the regime changed in 1991, but it largely remains inadequate or simply inaccessible for most children. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Increase the capacity of schools, while working with parents and caregivers to show them the best ways to teach their children and foster healthy mental, physical and social development.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help children stay in school.
Child rights: Increase awareness of children's rights and help children become leaders in their communities.
Is a 3 year old girl
from Indonesia
Belfania lives with her family in a small farming community that struggles to get access to water. Her parents make an annual income of around $500 which is insufficient to provide Belfania with basic living needs.
Belfania lives with her family in a small farming community that struggles to get access to water. Her parents make an annual income of around $500 which is insufficient to provide Belfania with basic living needs.
About Belfania's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygience practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 8 year old boy
from Uganda
Abmerck lives with his parents and siblings. His parents are both working and make a monthly income of around $100. They struggle to provide for Abmerck and his siblings with proper care and daily basic needs.
Abmerck lives with his parents and siblings. His parents are both working and make a monthly income of around $100. They struggle to provide for Abmerck and his siblings with proper care and daily basic needs.
About Abmerck's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Many children in remote communities are unable to access quality education. A lack of water in many places means children have to walk long distances every day to collect water and bathe.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Ensure children can receive a quality education by training teachers and providing children with access to extracurricular actitivities to build their skill sets.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to start or grow a business, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases and help them develop to their full potential.
Is a 7 year old girl
from Uganda
Namubiru is a young girl who lives with her family in a small farmland. The family makes a monthly income of less than $15 by cultivating food crops and rearing chicken. They struggles to provide Diana with her daily essentials and basic needs.
Namubiru is a young girl who lives with her family in a small farmland. The family makes a monthly income of less than $15 by cultivating food crops and rearing chicken. They struggles to provide Diana with her daily essentials and basic needs.
About Namubiru's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Girls in particular face opposition in getting a quality education, and reaching their potential. Many girls are forced to drop out of school early to help look after younger siblings or find work.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Ensure children can receive a quality education by training teachers and providing children with access to extracurricular actitivities to build their skill sets.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to start or grow a business, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases and help them develop to their full potential.
Is a 10 year old girl
from Indonesia
Griseria lives with her parents in a small farming community. Her parents make a monthly income of $35 making it difficult for them to provide Griseria with the proper care she requires.
Griseria lives with her parents in a small farming community. Her parents make a monthly income of $35 making it difficult for them to provide Griseria with the proper care she requires.
About Griseria's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 6 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Birtukan is a young girl who lives with her parents and five siblings in a hut. Their local community's health center and school both lack proper equipment. Her father is a farmer who struggles to fulfill his family's daily needs.
Birtukan is a young girl who lives with her parents and five siblings in a hut. Their local community's health center and school both lack proper equipment. Her father is a farmer who struggles to fulfill his family's daily needs.
About Birtukan's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Girls face even more of a challenge than boys in Ethiopia when it comes to getting a proper education. Girls are expected to perform housekeeping duties on top of school, and marry young.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Women and Girls: Educate communities on the rights of women and girls, and improve child protection to provide safe, encouraging environments where girls can thrive.
Education: Help students improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping them interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help girls stay in school.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Bilise lives with her family in a small hut made from mud. Her father has a very low income through farming and cannot provide Bilise access to proper healthcare facilities, healthy food and other basic living needs.
Bilise lives with her family in a small hut made from mud. Her father has a very low income through farming and cannot provide Bilise access to proper healthcare facilities, healthy food and other basic living needs.
About Bilise's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
The health of mothers and newborns in Ethiopia is often at risk, since many women do not deliver in hospitals or receive adequate pre- and postnatal care. ChildFund’s programs encourage mothers to deliver at hospitals, and provide nutrition, sanitation and hygiene solutions to keep children healthy.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Maternal Support: Help mothers deliver at health facilities with skilled staff, reducing the high rates of infant mortality.
Health: Increase awareness about diseases that lead to child deaths, and provide solutions that can help save lives.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe water and education to help prevent the spread of diseases that are responsible for child deaths.
Is a 11 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Isuni is a little girl who lives with her family in a small village. With a household income of $600 anually, the family struggles to provide Isuni with basic necesseities like education, proper clothes and healthcare.
Isuni is a little girl who lives with her family in a small village. With a household income of $600 anually, the family struggles to provide Isuni with basic necesseities like education, proper clothes and healthcare.
About Isuni's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 12 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Munees lives with his family in a house built from planks and tin sheets. With an annual income of $550, the family struggles to afford basic needs.
Munees lives with his family in a house built from planks and tin sheets. With an annual income of $550, the family struggles to afford basic needs.
About Munees's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 12 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Sarith lives with his family in a house built from asbestos sheets with no running water. With an annual income of $550 it's very difficult for the family to meet their daily needs.
Sarith lives with his family in a house built from asbestos sheets with no running water. With an annual income of $550 it's very difficult for the family to meet their daily needs.
About Sarith's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 4 year old boy
from Philippines
Darren is a young boy who lives with his family in a house built from bamboo and galvanized iron with no access to potable water. His father makes around $68 per month as a sales agent making it rough to provide Darren with basic living essentials.
Darren is a young boy who lives with his family in a house built from bamboo and galvanized iron with no access to potable water. His father makes around $68 per month as a sales agent making it rough to provide Darren with basic living essentials.
About Darren's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes.
Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited access to quality school and health clinics.
According to the National Baseline Study on Violence Against Children in the Philippines, boys are more vulnerable to all forms of abuses than girls.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Ensure all children have access to a healthy, nutritious diet and clean water.
Early Childhood Development: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Indonesia
Albertho is a friendly child who lives in a farmland with his parents. His household generates around $50 monthly which isn't enough to suffice for Albertho's daily needs.
Albertho is a friendly child who lives in a farmland with his parents. His household generates around $50 monthly which isn't enough to suffice for Albertho's daily needs.
About Albertho's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygiene practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas.
Is a 9 year old boy
from Vietnam
Lam is a young boy who lives with his parents in a remote village with no access to safe drinking water, proper healthcare and educational facilities. He lives in a wooden house while his father works as a farmer. The income generated through farming is insufficient to meet the family's daily needs and causes daily struggle.
Lam is a young boy who lives with his parents in a remote village with no access to safe drinking water, proper healthcare and educational facilities. He lives in a wooden house while his father works as a farmer. The income generated through farming is insufficient to meet the family's daily needs and causes daily struggle.
About Nhat Lam's Life in Vietnam
Quality of life has improved for many children in Vietnam, but not everyone has benefited. Children who live in remote and difficult access communities are far more likely to live in poverty. Health centres, schools and water and sanitation facilities in regional areas are often inadequate, and there are few quality teachers and health professionals.
Children in remote communities face high levels of malnutrition, which can affect their long-term development. Many children from remote communities do not speak Vietnamese before entering school, which can be a major obstacle and can put them behind their classmates.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Improve schools and train teachers to ensure children from the most remote communties can receive a quality education.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to earn more income, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities in remote mountainous areas to prevent childhood illnesses.
Is a 1 year old boy
from Zambia
Alex is a young boy who lives in a small hut with no access to electricity or running water. His parents make a living through peasant farming and struggle to provide Alex with basic living needs such as healthy food, healthcare facilities and proper clothing.
Alex is a young boy who lives in a small hut with no access to electricity or running water. His parents make a living through peasant farming and struggle to provide Alex with basic living needs such as healthy food, healthcare facilities and proper clothing.
About Alex's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Kenya
Damiano lives with his parents and siblings in a two roomed temporary house. His parents practice peasant farming and make around $350 yearly which makes it difficult to afford basic living essentials.
Damiano lives with his parents and siblings in a two roomed temporary house. His parents practice peasant farming and make around $350 yearly which makes it difficult to afford basic living essentials.
About Damiano's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts.
Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education. Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Many children from remote communities are forced to drop out of school because their parents cannot afford it school fees or supplies.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Renovating classrooms and providing children with school uniforms and educational resources such as books.
Water and Sanitation: Keep children healthy and in school by providing sustainable local water sources.
Livelihoods: Reduce the burden on families in remote communities by providing income-generating activities to help parents pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Cambodia
Chhonly is a young boy who lives with his parents in a small province. The closest healthcare facilities are located over 3km away from the province. His parents are working as farmers who struggle to keep up with the family's daily needs.
Chhonly is a young boy who lives with his parents in a small province. The closest healthcare facilities are located over 3km away from the province. His parents are working as farmers who struggle to keep up with the family's daily needs.
About Chhonly's Life in Cambodia
Cambodia is recovering from three decades of conflict, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were killed or died from forced hardships under the Khmer Rouge. Despite its growing economy, living standards for much of the population remains low, and income inequality is increasing.
While primary school attendance is rising, many schools are over-crowded and under-resourced. Children from disadvantaged communities often do not have an opportunity to get a quality education that can help them escape generational poverty.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Establish New Generation Schools, which provide modern and encouraging environments where children can thrive.
Child rights: Form children's groups and child forums where children can learn about their rights and have a say in issues that affect them.
Child Protection: Strengthen child protection systems to protect children from neglect and abuse.
Is a 11 year old girl
from Kenya
Kananu lives with her mother and three siblings in a small farm. The family earns less than $480 annually and struggle to get proper food, healthcare facilities, school supplies and other essentials.
Kananu lives with her mother and three siblings in a small farm. The family earns less than $480 annually and struggle to get proper food, healthcare facilities, school supplies and other essentials.
About Kananu's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Girls are at risk of dropping out of school once they reach puberty. Many practices that are harmful to girls are still a concern, including early marriage and forced marriage.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide girls with essentials such as school equipment and sanitary pads so they can continue their education and reach their potential.
Livelihoods: Reduce the burden on families in remote communities by providing income-generating activities to help parents pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child Protection: Strengthen child protection in community to prevent girls from being exposed to neglect, abuse and early marriage.
Is a 11 year old girl
from Zambia
Babara lives with her parents in a tribal community. Her parents earn around $400 annually through odd work while struggling to provide Babara with basic needs and proper healthcare facilities.
Babara lives with her parents in a tribal community. Her parents earn around $400 annually through odd work while struggling to provide Babara with basic needs and proper healthcare facilities.
About Babara's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Girls, in particular, have limited opportunities in Zambia. Girls are less likely to finish school and face threats from harmful practices such as early marriage and forced marriage.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide learning resources, and renovate or build classrooms and other school facilities to ensure children can receive a quality education.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to earn more income, which can help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child Protection: Educate and promote children's rights, and stop child marriage and violence against children in communities.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Kenya
Martha lives with her parents and her brother in a small farm. Her family practices subsistence farming and sell sand to construction sites to generate an annual income of around $420. This makes it difficult to support Martha and provide access to basic facilities.
Martha lives with her parents and her brother in a small farm. Her family practices subsistence farming and sell sand to construction sites to generate an annual income of around $420. This makes it difficult to support Martha and provide access to basic facilities.
About Martha's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Uganda
Allan lives with his single mother and three siblings. His mother makes around $25 monthly through small scale farming and struggles to provide a proper living condition for the family.
Allan lives with his single mother and three siblings. His mother makes around $25 monthly through small scale farming and struggles to provide a proper living condition for the family.
About Allan's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Many children in remote communities are unable to access quality education. A lack of water in many places means children have to walk long distances every day to collect water and bathe.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Ensure children can receive a quality education by training teachers and providing children with access to extracurricular actitivities to build their skill sets.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to start or grow a business, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases and help them develop to their full potential.
Is a 6 year old girl
from Philippines
Althera lives with her family and siblings in a small village. Her parents are both working but still find it difficult to provide for their 5 children.
Althera lives with her family and siblings in a small village. Her parents are both working but still find it difficult to provide for their 5 children.
About Althera's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes. Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Is a 11 year old girl
from Zambia
Agness lives with her mother who struggles to make a living. With a household income of $400 annually, her mother struggles to provide Agness with basic needs.
Agness lives with her mother who struggles to make a living. With a household income of $400 annually, her mother struggles to provide Agness with basic needs.
About Agness's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Girls, in particular, have limited opportunities in Zambia. Girls are less likely to finish school and face threats from harmful practices such as early marriage and forced marriage.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide learning resources, and renovate or build classrooms and other school facilities to ensure children can receive a quality education.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to earn more income, which can help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child Protection: Educate and promote children's rights, and stop child marriage and violence against children in communities.
Is a 8 year old boy
from Indonesia
Aji lives in a simple house without proper sanitation facilities and safe drinking water. His father makes a yearly income of $700 and cannot afford proper education and healthcare for Aji.
Aji lives in a simple house without proper sanitation facilities and safe drinking water. His father makes a yearly income of $700 and cannot afford proper education and healthcare for Aji.
About Aji's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential. More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience. .
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 2 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Sasmitha is a little girl who lives in a house built from tin sheets with no access to electricity, safe drinking water and latrine facilities. Her father is a fisherman who makes around $665 annually making it difficult to provide Sasmitha with the proper care she requires.
Sasmitha is a little girl who lives in a house built from tin sheets with no access to electricity, safe drinking water and latrine facilities. Her father is a fisherman who makes around $665 annually making it difficult to provide Sasmitha with the proper care she requires.
About Sasmitha's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survive on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. There are high rates of child malnutrition, which can affect a child’s physical and cognitive development and impact them for the rest of their lives.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Support child-friendly early childhood development centres, which offer play equipment, learning and teaching materials, access to water and sanitation, training for teachers, and robust parent-teacher associations.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, to protect children from the threat of waterborne diseases, which can be deadly if left untreated.
Health: Support and educate mothers on child nutrition, growth and development to ensure their children grow up healthy and strong.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Dinknesh lives with her family in a small hut with no partition for cooking and sleeping. Her household income is below $360 annually making it difficult to provide her with the basic needs she requires for a healthy growth.
Dinknesh lives with her family in a small hut with no partition for cooking and sleeping. Her household income is below $360 annually making it difficult to provide her with the basic needs she requires for a healthy growth.
About Dinknesh's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
The health of mothers and newborns in Ethiopia is often at risk, since many women do not deliver in hospitals or receive adequate pre- and postnatal care. ChildFund’s programs encourage mothers to deliver at hospitals, and provide nutrition, sanitation and hygiene solutions to keep children healthy.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Maternal Support: Help mothers deliver at health facilities with skilled staff, reducing the high rates of infant mortality.
Health: Increase awareness about diseases that lead to child deaths, and provide solutions that can help save lives.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe water and education to help prevent the spread of diseases that are responsible for child deaths.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Kenya
Kamau is an orphan who lives with his grandmother. The family's annual income is below $500 which makes it difficult to access daily living facilities.
Kamau is an orphan who lives with his grandmother. The family's annual income is below $500 which makes it difficult to access daily living facilities.
About Kamau's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 11 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Ashan lives in a house made from tin sheets and planks. The monthly household income is around $122 per month which makes it very difficult for Ashan to afford basic needs like nutritious food and healthcare.
Ashan lives in a house made from tin sheets and planks. The monthly household income is around $122 per month which makes it very difficult for Ashan to afford basic needs like nutritious food and healthcare.
About Ashan's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Child abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect cuts across all segments of Sri Lankan society, irrespective of geographic locality, ethnicity, social status and religion. Incidents occur in homes, schools, educational and childcare institutions, and in detention centres. Though children have rights as adults do, they lack the awareness and power to report and respond to such situations.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Uganda
Mpooya stays with his parents in a semi-permanent house built from bricks and rusty iron sheets. They have no access to electricity or flowing water and with a monthly income of $25 it's difficult to afford basic living needs.
Mpooya stays with his parents in a semi-permanent house built from bricks and rusty iron sheets. They have no access to electricity or flowing water and with a monthly income of $25 it's difficult to afford basic living needs.
About Mpooya's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Many children in remote communities are unable to access quality education. A lack of water in many places means children have to walk long distances every day to collect water and bathe.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Ensure children can receive a quality education by training teachers and providing children with access to extracurricular actitivities to build their skill sets.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to start or grow a business, which will help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases and help them develop to their full potential.
Is a 9 year old girl
from Ethiopia
Belginesh is a young girl who lives with her parents in a small rural village. The family makes an annual income of $400 and find it hard to support Belginesh with proper clothing, school facilities and other essetial needs.
Belginesh is a young girl who lives with her parents in a small rural village. The family makes an annual income of $400 and find it hard to support Belginesh with proper clothing, school facilities and other essetial needs.
About Belginesh's Life in Ethiopia
As Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia has a long and proud history. In recent years, rural parts of Ethiopia have suffered from periodic droughts, which have put immense pressure on the country’s people. Ethiopia still ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world, and inadequate food and water supplies continue to contribute to high levels of child malnutrition and disease.
Education in Ethiopia has been severely stunted by three decades of food insecurity and civil war. Class sizes are too large, and teachers are underpaid. Impoverished families are unable to pay for textbooks, school clothes and other necessities. Girls face even more of a challenge than boys in Ethiopia when it comes to getting a proper education. Girls are expected to perform housekeeping duties on top of school, and marry young.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Women and Girls: Educate communities on the rights of women and girls, and improve child protection to provide safe, encouraging environments where girls can thrive.
Education: Help students improve their reading, writing and maths skills, while also keeping them interested in staying in school.
Livelihoods: Provide income-generating activities to reduce the burden on families and help girls stay in school.
Is a 9 year old girl
from Sri Lanka
Dilakshana lives with her single mother in a house built from mud walls and tiles. With an annual household income of $535, the mother struggles to provide Dilakshana with her daily essential needs.
Dilakshana lives with her single mother in a house built from mud walls and tiles. With an annual household income of $535, the mother struggles to provide Dilakshana with her daily essential needs.
About Dilakshana's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survivie on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. Teachers in the communities where ChildFund works often have limited training, and classrooms are under-resourced.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 12 year old boy
from Zambia
Daliso lives with his family who are dependent on peasant farming. This makes it impossible for Daliso to have access to basic necesseties such as education, clothes, shelter, healthcare and nutritious food.
Daliso lives with his family who are dependent on peasant farming. This makes it impossible for Daliso to have access to basic necesseties such as education, clothes, shelter, healthcare and nutritious food.
About Daliso's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many young people, particularly those from remote and disadvantaged communities, are forced to drop out of school so they can earn money to help their families. These children often end up in informal jobs, where they have no security and few rights.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide learning resources, and renovate or build classrooms and other school facilities to ensure children can receive a quality education.
Livelihoods: Provide training and resources to parents so they earn money to help pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Child Protection: Educate and promote children's rights, and stop violence against children in communities to keep children safe.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Indonesia
Diana lives with her family who work as farmers and laborers. They do not make sufficient income to provide Diana with the basic needs she requires at such a young age.
Diana lives with her family who work as farmers and laborers. They do not make sufficient income to provide Diana with the basic needs she requires at such a young age.
About Diana's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential.
More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching families about healthy hygience practices and how to make nutritious meals from locally-sourced foods.
Education: Put children on the best path for the future by improving early childhood education in remote communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 7 year old girl
from Zambia
Anita lives with her single mother in a small community. Her mother makes an annual income of around $400 through working odd jobs. Anita is not yet in school and her mother struggles to provide her with daily essential needs.
Anita lives with her single mother in a small community. Her mother makes an annual income of around $400 through working odd jobs. Anita is not yet in school and her mother struggles to provide her with daily essential needs.
About Anita's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Girl, in particular, have limited opportunities in Zambia. Girls are less likely to finish school and are at risk of harmful practices such as forced marriage and early marriage.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide learning resources, and renovate or build classrooms and other school facilities to ensure children can receive a quality education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities in remote communities to help children avoid childhood illnesses.
Livelihoods: Take the pressure off disadvantaged families by providing the skills and resources they need to earn more income, which can help them pay for their children's education and wellbeing.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Philippines
Daniel lives in a house built from light materials with his parents. His father earns $94 per month as a farmer and finds it difficult to provide Daniel with basic living facilities.
Daniel lives in a house built from light materials with his parents. His father earns $94 per month as a farmer and finds it difficult to provide Daniel with basic living facilities.
About Daniel's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes.
Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited access to quality school and health clinics.
According to the National Baseline Study on Violence Against Children in the Philippines, boys are more vulnerable to all forms of abuses than girls.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Ensure all children have access to a healthy, nutritious diet and clean water.
Early Childhood Development: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas.
Is a 10 year old boy
from Sri Lanka
Lingathesan lives with his parents in a small house built from plank and concrete. They get water from a nearby well and make an annual income of $550. This makes it difficult for the family to provide Lingathesan with nutritious food, school supplies and other essential needs.
Lingathesan lives with his parents in a small house built from plank and concrete. They get water from a nearby well and make an annual income of $550. This makes it difficult for the family to provide Lingathesan with nutritious food, school supplies and other essential needs.
About Lingathesan's Life in Sri Lanka
Many communities in Sri Lanka are still overcoming the effects of the country’s 25-year civil conflict, which ended in 2009. In 2004, the India Ocean tsunami left 40,000 Sri Lankans dead and many more displaced.
Many families in remote communities survive on informal work, which is usually low-paid and has little security. Teachers in the communities where ChildFund works often have limited training, and classrooms are under-resourced.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Provide training to teachers and implement activity-based lessons in classrooms, ensuring children have access to a quality education.
Child Protection: Educating children and their communities about children's rights nd how to identify and report child violence, to ensure children are safe and protected.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help children prepare for emergencies and learn life-saving skills that will help their families if a disaster strikes.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Zambia
Abigirl is a young girl who lives with her grandmother and sibling within a farming community. Her family are subsistence farmers and struggle to make an income that can support Abigirl's basic needs as a young growing child.
Abigirl is a young girl who lives with her grandmother and sibling within a farming community. Her family are subsistence farmers and struggle to make an income that can support Abigirl's basic needs as a young growing child.
About Abigirl's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 5 year old girl
from Uganda
Ashiraf is a young girl who lives with her parents and three siblings in a remote village. The family earns around $20 per month through subsistence farming which isn't enough to provide for her daily needs.
Ashiraf is a young girl who lives with her parents and three siblings in a remote village. The family earns around $20 per month through subsistence farming which isn't enough to provide for her daily needs.
About Ashiraf's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 3 year old boy
from Kenya
Otieno lives with his family in a small hut. His father is a fisherman who makes less than $360 annually making it difficult to provide Felix with proper educational facilities, healthcare needs, healthy food and other basic needs.
Otieno lives with his family in a small hut. His father is a fisherman who makes less than $360 annually making it difficult to provide Felix with proper educational facilities, healthcare needs, healthy food and other basic needs.
About Otieno's Life in Kenya
Despite Kenya being considered the economic and transportation hub of East Africa, poverty is still widespread across the country’s regional areas. Many of Kenya’s poorest people live in isolated communities, which are prone to climate change-driven droughts. Children, who make up more than half of the population, face serious risks that stem from a lack of food, clean water, and education.
Lack of access to healthcare in rural areas and poor sanitation in urban zones accelerates the spread of preventable diseases. Malaria is one of the nation’s biggest issues, and is a leading cause of death of children under five years old. While HIV infection rates have slowed recently, HIV and AIDS still impact millions of families.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide immunisations, deworming, vitamin supplementations, growth monitoring, antenatal care, and hygiene education.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water to communities, reducing the risk of waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in early childhood.
Education: Provide children with the best start in education by improving learning materials, and renovating and building new classrooms in early childhood development centres.
Is a 1 year old girl
from Zambia
Anna lives with her two brothers and parents in a grass thatched house with no access to electricity and running water. The family's annual income is around $400 through farming but is insufficient to provide Anna with the proper care she requires alog with basic living needs.
Anna lives with her two brothers and parents in a grass thatched house with no access to electricity and running water. The family's annual income is around $400 through farming but is insufficient to provide Anna with the proper care she requires alog with basic living needs.
About Anna's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 9 year old boy
from Indonesia
Agustinus lives with his parents in a small rugged house made from bamboo and iron sheets. Their house has no access to electricity and water sanitation facilities. His father struggles to provide him with his daily essential needs with an annual income of $150.
Agustinus lives with his parents in a small rugged house made from bamboo and iron sheets. Their house has no access to electricity and water sanitation facilities. His father struggles to provide him with his daily essential needs with an annual income of $150.
About Agustinus's Life in Indonesia
Indonesia has become one of the world’s major emerging economies, but it is still home to widespread poverty and inequality. There is a major gap between the experience of children in the regional and remote areas, where ChildFund works, and children in the main cities.
Children in remote areas are far less likely to access adequate school and health facilities, which exposes them to childhood illnesses and diminishes their ability to reach their potential. More than 20 million people live below the world poverty line and Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, which have a disproportionately negative impact on poor and marginalised communities.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Help children thrive and avoid childhood illnesses by teaching children about healthy hygiene practices.
Education: Provide education and life skills development in schools, at home and in the community to build the foundations for lifelong confidence and resilience. .
Disaster Risk Reduction: Help communities keep children safe during emergencies by running disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable areas
Is a 11 year old girl
from Philippines
Duran lives with her family in a small house built from tin, wood scrap and bamboo. They fetch water from a nearby pump and earn a household income of around $122 per month which makes it difficult to provide Duran with basic needs.
Duran lives with her family in a small house built from tin, wood scrap and bamboo. They fetch water from a nearby pump and earn a household income of around $122 per month which makes it difficult to provide Duran with basic needs.
About Duran's Life in Philippines
Rich in natural resources and home to world-renowned tourist destinations, the Philippines is hamstrung by corruption and highly vulnerable to life-threatening natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides and volcanoes. Many children live in poverty, especially in remote villages where there is limited acces to quality school and health clinics.
The Philippines has high rates of child labour. Most children working are employed working on farms, where they face terrible conditions on a daily basis.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Run programs that get children out of child labour and back into school.
Child Protection: Protect children from violence at schools and in their communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevent tragedies during emergencies by training children in child-centred disaster risk reduction.
Is a 3 year old girl
from Zambia
Annie lives with her parents in a small house built from local materials with no access to drinking water and electricity. The family makes a monthly income of $20 making it difficult to provide Annie with basic living essentials.
Annie lives with her parents in a small house built from local materials with no access to drinking water and electricity. The family makes a monthly income of $20 making it difficult to provide Annie with basic living essentials.
About Annie's Life in Zambia
Three decades of oppressive rule following independence in 1964 contributed to Zambia becoming one of Africa’s poorest countries. In rural areas, four out of five people live in poverty. Zambia’s fortunes have improved recently, but decades of underinvestment mean the country is lagging behind in key areas and there is a lack of jobs and opportunities for people.
Many children in Zambia live in poverty and do not have access to adequate schools or health centres. Access to clean water is also a major problem in many communities. Zambia has an extremely high rates of childhood deaths, most of which are preventable.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Health: Provide growth monitoring services to prevent child malnutrition, vitamin supplements, deworming and vaccinations. Families also receive mosquito nets to ward off malaria.
Water and Sanitation: Provide clean water and hygiene lessons to communities to prevent childhood illnesses and child deaths.
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Is a 6 year old boy
from Cambodia
Malit lives with his parents in a house made from bamboo and wood without access to electricity and water. His parents work as small scale farmers who struggle to support the family's needs.
Malit lives with his parents in a house made from bamboo and wood without access to electricity and water. His parents work as small scale farmers who struggle to support the family's needs.
About Malit's Life in Cambodia
Cambodia is recovering from three decades of conflict, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were killed or died from forced hardships under the Khmer Rouge. Despite its growing economy, living standards for much of the population remains low, and income inequality is increasing.
While primary school attendance is rising, many schools are over-crowded and under-resourced. Children from disadvantaged communities often do not have an opportunity to get a quality education that can help them escape generational poverty.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Establish New Generation Schools, which provide modern and encouraging environments where children can thrive.
Child rights: Form children's groups and child forums where children can learn about their rights and have a say in issues that affect them.
Child Protection: Strengthen child protection systems to protect children from neglect and abuse.
Is a 10 year old boy
from Cambodia
Reaksmey is a young boy who lives with his parents who lives in a small wooden house. The nearest educational facility is around 1km away and the nearest medical facility is around 3km away from their house. Reaksmey also helps his parents by collecting firewood to help his parents.
Reaksmey is a young boy who lives with his parents who lives in a small wooden house. The nearest educational facility is around 1km away and the nearest medical facility is around 3km away from their house. Reaksmey also helps his parents by collecting firewood to help his parents.
About Reaksmey's Life in Cambodia
Cambodia is recovering from three decades of conflict, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were killed or died from forced hardships under the Khmer Rouge. Despite its growing economy, living standards for much of the population remains low, and income inequality is increasing.
While primary school attendance is rising, many schools are over-crowded and under-resourced. Children from disadvantaged communities often do not have an opportunity to get a quality education that can help them escape generational poverty.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Education: Establish New Generation Schools, which provide modern and encouraging environments where children can thrive.
Child rights: Form children's groups and child forums where children can learn about their rights and have a say in issues that affect them.
Child Protection: Strengthen child protection systems to protect children from neglect and abuse.
Is a 5 year old boy
from Uganda
Ambrose lives in a small house built from mud and wattle walls. His family makes arouond $25 monthly through farming which isn't enough to provide basic living facilities for Ambrose.
Ambrose lives in a small house built from mud and wattle walls. His family makes arouond $25 monthly through farming which isn't enough to provide basic living facilities for Ambrose.
About Ambrose's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
Is a 4 year old girl
from Uganda
Debra is a young girl who lives with her parents and four siblings in a house built from semi-concrete and iron sheets. Her family practices subsistence farming and generate an income of $20 per month. This is makes it difficult to provide Debra with her basic living needs.
Debra is a young girl who lives with her parents and four siblings in a house built from semi-concrete and iron sheets. Her family practices subsistence farming and generate an income of $20 per month. This is makes it difficult to provide Debra with her basic living needs.
About Debra's Life in Uganda
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, Uganda has endured a military coup, followed by years of dictatorship, ongoing civil conflict and internal displacement. This has had a lasting effect on millions of Ugandans, who have been trapped in poverty for generations.
Poor nutrition, a lack of health facilities and a shortage of trained health staff in remote areas contribute to Uganda having high rates of childhood deaths.
Your Sponsorship helps:
Early Childhood Development: Ensure children get the best start in education and smoothly enter primary school, by renovating and building classrooms, and providing learning and play materials at early childhood development centres.
Water and Sanitation: Provide safe, clean drinking water to prevent children from waterborne diseases, which are some of the leading causes of deaths in children aged under five years old.
Health: Provide immunisations to children and provide families with HIV counselling & testing, antenatal care and education on how to identify and manage childhood illnesses.
How child sponsorship works
The survival, development and future of any child depends on their community. That’s why your sponsorship improves life for both your child and their whole community.
Be part of your sponsored child's life
Raphael’s story of incredible change
“Sponsorship pulled me from nowhere to being able to have a good life in Uganda. It was like a bridge – if that bridge had not been there I would not have been able to get to the other side”
Sponsoring a child is one of the easiest ways to make a difference for children living in poverty. Your monthly contribution will not only help to change the life of your sponsored child, but the well-being of their family and the entire community.
Your generosity will change lives by providing support in education, health, food and nutrition, clean water and sanitation and youth development and vocational skills training.
You will have the opportunity to develop a unique and long-lasting relationship with the child you have sponsored by exchanging letters and pictures over the years and you will receive annual reports on how the child and their local community initiatives are progressing. And if you decide to visit your sponsored child, we will help you plan your trip of a lifetime.
It’s easy to arrange an annual gift of money to your sponsored child to celebrate their birthday, Christmas or other occasion. We have an upper limit on gift amounts, and suggest $20 to $50 per gift, with a total upper limit of $100 per child and family each year.
To set up a gift, please call us on 1800 023 600 or email info@childfund.org.au and we can arrange this for you.
Please note: In Cambodia and Vietnam, gifts to children are handled differently – if your sponsored child lives in these countries, our staff will happily discuss the alternatives available with you.
Our sponsorship program identifies the children and families most in need of assistance within a sponsorship community based on various criteria including family income, assets, number and age of children and desire to participate. The sponsorship program is completely inclusive, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, disabilities, culture or beliefs.
ChildFund country offices, staffed with highly qualified local people, regularly evaluate the programs, double check family circumstances and offer guidance and training to local volunteers in the communities. The emphasis is on providing self-help and opportunities to communities, while also nurturing the health and nutrition of children, and developing the skills that will equip them for happy and productive adult lives.
There are two easy ways to send a gift:
If you wish to make a larger gift, we recommend a gift to the community, as this promotes cooperation and harmony. We will consult with the community to ensure your money helps meet a specific need, such as play equipment or a water project.
It’s easy to set up a gift. Simply call us on 1800 023 600 and we’ll talk you through the options in more detail.
As the future of children is ultimately linked to the situation in their community, ChildFund Australia sponsorship contributions are pooled with funds from other sponsors to help benefit all children and families in the community. This includes enrolled children who are awaiting a sponsor.
Sponsorship contributions help provide education, healthcare, food, safe drinking water, vocational training and income generation skills and child protection services for the child, family and community. The exact blend of program work depends on the needs and context of each individual community, so some or all programs may be active in your sponsored child’s area at any one time.
Active community participation and empowerment is encouraged within ChildFund project areas. Whilst children are at the centre of the locally developed initiatives, the emphasis is on encouraging self-help by providing families and communities with the means to reshape their future.
If you have any questions about child sponsorship, our Supporter Relations Team is more than happy to help! Please call us on 1800 023 600 or email webenquiries@childfund.org.au.