Sponsoring a Child

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Sponsorship can create dependency, meaning the child and family will come to rely on their sponsor. This may discourage them from using their own efforts to escape poverty. For example, even if leaving their village to find work elsewhere could be best for them, they may stay put to keep receiving the sponsorship money and other benefits. Children can also become dissatisfied as they compare their life with that of rich westerners they learn about in letters. Feeling they are relying upon the goodwill of a rich foreigner can also lead to anxiety and resentment as they grow up.

 

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SOS Children (or SOS Children's Villages) work in 123 countries and offer child sponsorship in over 100. This includes most of the developing world. SOS is primarily an orphan charity, caring for orphaned and abandoned children (Aids Orphans, Street children, war orphans, disaster orphans etc.), and preventing family break up. Sponsorship mainly pays for providing a loving family for these children. No Sponsorship income is used for UK costs. Less than a third of SOS Children's international income is from sponsorship, and it raises much of its funds directly in the developing world. In the UK SOS have a very low advertising spend and mainly spread by "word of mouse".