With only one meal of rice and pawpaw a day seven year old Fanta told us she is often hungry. But Fanta doesn't want to tell her dad because he works hard and she doesn't want to worry him.
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"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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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
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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With only one meal of rice and pawpaw a day seven year old Fanta told us she is often hungry. But Fanta doesn't want to tell her dad because he works hard and she doesn't want to worry him.
Despite being hungry Fanta still works hard at school because she knows she is lucky to get an education.
Across the world there are children like Fanta who go to bed hungry night after night, but through child sponsorship you could make hungry nights a thing of the past. And, through updates and messages you receive from your sponsored child, you can see the amazing difference you are making.
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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.
ActionAid child sponsorship is the start of an incredible one-to-one relationship between you and child in the developing world.