The $259.00 his family earns each month barely covers their daily necessities. Your sponsorship helps fill the gaps of poverty, making a significant impact on his health, education and future.
It takes just one person to create lasting, positive change in Liám Vidal’s life. Your monthly gift of $39 is invested in the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in the world.
Despite recent governmental reforms to improve security and reduce social and economic inequality, Guatemala’s widespread poverty and high unemployment rates remain stubbornly static. Still feeling the effects from decades of internal conflict, ongoing violence by armed groups is a major factor that hampers progress and endangers children’s well-being.*
The United Nations reports that nearly one-in-three Guatemalan girls are married or in union before they turn 18-years-old,* and that roughly 70% of upper secondary (high) school age children do not attend classes.* Most Guatemalans still live in rural areas — where the poverty rate of more than 66% is nearly 20 points higher than in urban areas,* and most available work is in the informal economy.
No matter where they live, low coverage and quality in education — and insufficient access to adequate health services — are two major obstacles preventing Guatemalan children and families from escaping poverty.
*Source: United Nations | United Nations | World Bank Group
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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 Guatemala!
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.”
Child sponsorship with Children International begins by connecting two people: a caring sponsor and a child struggling in poverty. From early childhood to young adulthood, our child development program equips young people with crucial life skills and important job skills so they can break the cycle of generational poverty.
Your sponsorship gives your child a broad range of tools and opportunities to escape the hardships of generational poverty.
Through sponsorship, children gain access to our community centers, where they:
Impoverished children who become sponsored benefit from:
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.
