Your monthly gift of $36 will give your sponsored child access to life-changing benefits, like medical care, educational support, life skills and job training before graduation.
As a sponsor, you'll be able to see your impact firsthand through letters and photos from your child. You can even visit!
Use the search tool to find a special child waiting for a sponsor like you!
Children with the "Most Needy" flag are facing the least stable living circumstances and fewest material comforts.
"Sponsorship is something that melts my soul. You are never the same again, especially if you get to meet your child and see the results … It is an indescribable feeling to know — and, in my case, actually hear from a mother — how what I’ve done has changed their lives." 
— Marily R., CI sponsor since 1993
Child sponsorship connects two people — a sponsor with a generous heart and a child living in poverty.
From toddlerhood to young adulthood, our child sponsorship program equips kids with crucial life and job skills to break the cycle of poverty. For good.
1. A safe place, like 70+ community centers around the world
2. A caring team of local staff and volunteers
3. A path out of poverty through life-changing programs and services
You can cancel your monthly giving anytime. Because we've made a commitment that we'll be a part of our kids' lives until they graduate, your sponsored child will continue to receive benefits from the program, and we will work to find a new sponsor as soon as possible.
When you sponsor, we'll send you more info about your child, including a photo and a quick-start guide to child sponsorship. You'll also:
27,397
teen girls get married every day
Our Social & Financial Education and job training programs give girls alternate paths to independence.
1 in 4
report sexual abuse
Our community centers are safe spaces, where staff is trained to recognize and stop exploitation.
20,000
give birth each day
Our peer-led Youth Health Corps teaches teens about their bodies and options.
496 million
women still can’t read
Our community center libraries, computer labs and tutoring programs help girls learn to read to empower their futures.
