The $403.00 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 Zyrene Liann M.’s life. Your monthly gift of $39 is invested in the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in the world.
We are proud to earn top ratings from some of the most trusted names in the charity watchdog industry for how efficiently we utilize your donations. Backed by independent audits, stringent accounting and financial procedures, and a commitment to transparency and ethical practices, you can be assured that your generosity creates a meaningful and measurable impact for children and youth around the world.
Operating since 1936, Children International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
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Note: Children with the “Most at Risk” flag face the least stable living circumstances and have the fewest resources.
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 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 young people with crucial life and job skills to break the cycle of poverty for good. In addition, your role as a sponsor and friend in your child’s life lets them know that they are not alone in the fight for a brighter tomorrow.
Your support helps provide the resources, guidance, and encouragement a child needs to learn, stay healthy, build confidence, and prepare for the future.
For families facing poverty in the Philippines, school expenses — including uniforms, supplies, transportation and fees — can become overwhelming and may prevent children from continuing their education. Underemployment, rising costs and recurring typhoons or flooding can make it even harder to afford education, health care and other basic needs.
Sponsorship helps ensure children and youth can access Children International’s Path of Opportunity™ program, including assistance that helps them stay healthy, succeed in school and prepare for meaningful work and financial independence.
Children International has worked in the Philippines since 1982 and currently serves more than 50,000 sponsored children in two regions:
Metro Manila
Families in densely populated communities often face underemployment, high living costs, overcrowding and destructive flooding.
The Bicol Region
Many families depend on agriculture and fishing, leaving their incomes vulnerable to seasonal instability and recurring typhoons that can damage crops, boats and local infrastructure.
With support from sponsors, children and families can access resources such as school supplies, education assistance and health care while building brighter, more resilient futures.
Your sponsorship ensures disadvantaged children have access to tailored programs that help them achieve critical development milestones, with caring local staff and volunteers.
When you become a sponsor, it means your child is immediately able to access basic program services for health, education, social and emotional growth and employment.
We develop these programs so that each country can deliver contextualized support to our children based on their specific needs where they live, providing them with more customized assistance and opportunities.
When you become a sponsor, you’ll:
Yes, you can do both. Children love hearing from their sponsors! You can write a letter or send a card or photos online through our website anytime. Visiting their sponsored child is often a life-changing experience for sponsors, which our helpful Care Team will assist in organizing.
Because our holistic child and youth development strategy works, you’ll be providing your sponsored child with a safe place to learn and play, away from the hardship and pressures of poverty. Our unique community spaces allow children and families to access health care and dental emotional wellness resources care, make good decisions, learn important life skills, graduate from school and find gainful employment upon graduating from sponsorship. Today, more than 200,000 children are breaking free from poverty, and more than one million have graduated from sponsorship — all thanks to people like you.
You can make changes to your monthly giving anytime. Please contact our Care Team to adjust, delay or cancel.
