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A Simple Fact: Child sponsorship could change Amenata's life.
Across Africa, Asia and The Americas there are children like six year old Amenata whose smiles are full of hope, but whose dreams may never be realised due to the grinding poverty they live in.
Amenata is lucky, unlike 115 million other children of primary school age, she attends school. However, her family struggles to earn an income and they often go to bed hungry. Unless things change for her family Amenata may not be able to continue her education, and her dream of becoming a nurse may never be possible.
There are many children with stories like Amenata's, some of which you can read here, and all of them share one thing - the hope that you'll sponsor them and help them realise their dreams.
ActionAid child sponsorship gives hope to thousands of children around the world. As a child sponsor, you'll have the chance to help a whole community take control of their lives and end their poverty. Become an ActionAid child sponsor today and find out how you can bring positive change to a child like Amenata.
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ActionAid child sponsor Sally Whitaker has sponsored Reena in India for 8 years. Sally's support has helped bring essentials to Reena's village, as well as helping her get an education. Furthermore, child sponsorship also helped educate Reena's whole community about their rights. Sally and her daughter Phoebe recently decided to visit Reena and see for themselves how their sponsorship is helping Reena's family to escape a life of poverty.
What you'll receive from ActionAid child sponsorship
ActionAid child sponsorship is the start of an incredible one-to-one relationship between you and child in the developing world.
- After you become a sponsor, we'll introduce you to a child with a photograph and some information about their life and the problems they face.
- Then you can then look forward to regular updates direct from the community. You will get two personal messages a year from your sponsored child, along with reports about the difference you are making to so many lives.
- Sponsoring a child with ActionAid is so easy to do. Just follow the link, enter your details, and start changing lives straight away.
Sponsor a child today
"Sponsoring a child is amazing - it isn't just giving money. I get such a lot of satisfaction from the experience because it's so much more personal. You really get to see the difference that you make. And I have become emotionally attached to the children I've sponsored over the years." Gillian Pope
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Setup your sponsorship by phone:+44 (0)1460 23 80 80
Child sponsorship is a wonderful way to bring hope and change to a child living in poverty. Just 50p a day through ActionAid child sponsorship could bring a child an education, and help their whole community access safe clean water, nourishing food and the opportunities they need to change their future, for good. And amazingly, by sponsoring a child you could make this difference today
Frequently Asked Questions
How does sponsorship work?
As a child sponsor you'll have a unique connection with a child. But to ensure that your donation is spent as effectively as possible, child sponsorship funds work in the community where your sponsored child lives. So you help not only the child you are sponsoring but also those who are closest to them - their friends and family.
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