The $460.00 her family earns each month barely covers their daily necessities. Your sponsorship helps fill the gaps of poverty, making a significant impact on her health, education and future.
It takes just one person to create lasting, positive change in Vilma Yaritza’s life. Your monthly gift of $39 is invested in the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in the world.
Nearly 30% of all Ecuadorians live in poverty — a figure that rises to 43% in rural areas. Worse still, nearly half of all children in Ecuador are impoverished, meaning they lack access to adequate education, health and other basic needs.* Just one in every four children have access to a computer, for example, resulting in a digital divide that hinders the educations of approximately 63% of school-age Ecuadorian children.*
Other educational barriers for vulnerable children in Ecuador include teacher shortages and inadequate teaching spaces, economic difficulty in buying uniforms, insufficient school infrastructure, teen pregnancy and a lack of transportation for students whose schools are far from home.*
We work in marginalized communities of Ecuador, where unequal access to health, education and other vital services exacerbate and compound the effects of poverty. Without the interventions made possible through sponsorship, underprivileged children in Ecuador stand very little chance of reaching their full potential.
*Sources : International Organization for Migration – United Nations | National Institute of Statistics and Census — Ecuador | Bureau of International Labor Affairs
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Your monthly gift of $39 is an investment that gives your child access to safe spaces, a supportive team and a proven path to help them envision — and build — a future free from poverty. This essential support equips young people with access to the health, educational, social and emotional learning, life skills and employability resources needed to achieve long-term stability.
As a sponsor, you’ll see your impact firsthand through letters and photos from your child. You can even visit your child in Ecuador!
Note: “Most at Risk” flag are children facing the least stable living circumstances and fewest resources.
Child sponsorship connects two people — a sponsor with a generous heart and a child living in poverty. From toddlerhood to young adulthood, our child and youth development program equips kids with crucial life and job skills to break the cycle of poverty. For good.
At Children International, we believe every child deserves the chance to thrive. And with support from caring individuals and philanthropic organizations, young people around the world are unlocking their potential. As they get older, they gain vital life skills and explore future career paths that help them pursue meaningful work and path out of poverty.
Your role as a sponsor and friend in your child’s life makes all this possible — and lets them know they are not alone in their fight for a better future.
*Tax-deductible
Because of you, I became an engineer, and I’m able to provide for the basic needs of my family. The fact that I am preventing my siblings from experiencing the hardships that I’ve gone through is my proudest achievement.”
I feel grateful for Into Employment. I learned technical skills and the importance of effective communication, problem solving, adaptability and teamwork. I found a job that helped me achieve my goals and at the same time, allowed me to continue my university education.”
Children International is proud to support children, families and communities in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Zambia.
82% of Children International’s total operating expenses fund programs for children and youth. Most of your donation dollars go toward exactly what you intended — supporting children in poverty.
Child sponsorship is a voluntary, ongoing contribution you can cancel at any time — you’re in charge of how long you sponsor (and how many kids you sponsor).
You can change your monthly giving anytime by contacting our Care Team. Your child will continue receiving program benefits, and we’ll find another sponsor as soon as possible.
Children International is a global child and youth development organization working to end poverty for good. Headquartered in Kansas City, we serve 218,000+ children across 10 countries, creating lasting change that helps them reach their full potential.
Ending poverty begins with children. That’s why we invest in programs for children and youth throughout their first two decades of life — strengthening communities through local staff, education and health access, empowerment, career readiness, and partnerships that help families break the cycle of generational poverty.
If you recently attended a concert and received a child packet, you were provided with a code that you can use to begin sponsoring that child. Please click here to go to children.org/start and enter your code.
