Why Sponsor a Child?

Global Care works in some of the poorest nations in the world, sponsoring some of the most vulnerable children, living in extreme poverty. Despite their desperate circumstances, sponsorship gives these children a bright future. Sponsorship pays for essential healthcare. It provides meals to enable growth and development. It provides uniform for school and the equipment to learn.

But most important of all, sponsorship provides education.

• • Children born into poverty who can access education are proven to break the poverty cycle and become successful independent adults.¹
  • Their education can help their whole family escape the poverty trap, often for generations to come.
  • A community with sponsored children benefits as a whole, gaining the skills and opportunities they need to move forward together.

Where does your money go?

Through your sponsorship gift, your child receives education, clothing and essential materials. Our local children’s worker provides committed welfare and medical support, both at school and in the home.

Accountability is important to us. For every £1 of donated money we spend in the course of a typical year:

89p – Children – supporting vulnerable children and communities.
7p – Management – central administrative costs and fulfilling statutory requirements.
3p – Fundraising – raising funds and building awareness.
1p – Governance – Fulfilling the legal responsibilities of trustees, financial controls, and child safeguarding compliance.

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  Studying Under The Stairs

  *Micha’s father already had ten children by his first wife, when Micha and her brother were born to his second wife. Massive tension between the two women meant the family home in the slums of Kolkata, India, was a place of quarrels and strife.
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  A Hand Up Not A Hand Out

  The odds were stacked against *Reina, who was born with sickle cell anaemia in a desperately poor family in northern Uganda, and then experienced the trauma of being displaced by rebel insurgents at the age of seven.
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  Cathy's Story

  11-year-old *Cathy’s life has always been chaotic. Her father went to prison for drug offences before she was born, and her mother struggled to bring her up as a single parent, living in a slum on a beach in Sri Lanka.