Background

Sponsorship offers the chance to form a meaningful relationship between a sponsor and a child from an under developed and marginalised community for a specific period through regular contributions to bring about lasting changes in the life of the child.

60,000 sponsors and donors support the work of Aide et Action in Africa, Asia and in the Caribbean Island. 7553 out of 60,000 are supporting 18 projects in India.

How does your sponsorship help a child?

Your sponsorship makes a difference in a child's life. You'll be helping to provide the most basic needs of your sponsored child like improved education and health care and increased family income. The idea is to lend a helping hand in the development of the child, his/her family and community.

Sponsorship is a practical and humane concept, as the child receives external support while he/she still remains with the parents or guardian and is not uprooted from the family.

Principles of Sponsorship

• To involve the community and share the responsibility for the care, protection and development of children in their own milieu. 

• To ensure that the child gets quality education

• To provide him/her all opportunities of a normal child for growth and development of a normal child 

• To provide economic security for the community to which the child belongs to 

What will you receive as a sponsor?

You will receive:

• A case history giving personal details and photograph of the child 

• Two letters from the sponsored child with a note on his/her academic progress

• A greeting card for New Year

• Annual activity reports of Aide et Action and that of the specific project where the sponsored child is attending schooling  

You can also correspond with your child through letters

You're not obliged to write, but hearing from you is very meaningful to your sponsored child and will boost his/her self-esteem.

Would you like to visit your sponsored child?

Visits are welcome! A visit means you can also see how much the people have been able to accomplish with your sponsorship support. A visit also makes your sponsorship more meaningful for you as well as your sponsored child. Kindly write to the sponsorship department in Chennai office, well in advance so that a visit can be arranged.

What happens to your sponsored child  after your sponsorship support is over?

In normal circumstances, the sponsorship support to a child ends when the child has completed the primary schooling. In such cases the successful children become role models of their society and carry the torch further.