Twelve-year-old Ouk lives in a village in Kampot, Cambodia on the frontline of the climate crisis.
Extreme weather, erratic rainfall and rising sea levels in Cambodia are destroying traditional ways of earning a living such as fishing and farming.
And when livelihoods are affected, it's often girls who are pulled out of school to help families survive by supporting household chores or doing odd jobs to make ends meet.
But child sponsorship is helping girls like Ouk to stay in school and receive the education they need.
Thanks to ActionAid’s support, Ouk's school has been able to provide classes on vegetable-growing and gardening so that she can help her family adjust to the changing climate.
We know that when girls get an education, they thrive, and their families and entire communities benefit.
Will you sponsor a girl like Ouk and help give her the tools she needs to adapt to a future marked by climate change?
Sponsor a child for just 65p a day and see the difference you can make to children and their communities.
And if you sponsor a child by 4 June, your gifts will be matched by the UK Government for up to 3 months as part of our She is the answer campaign.
Together, we can make sure the next generation can survive the climate crisis.
As soon as you sign up to be a sponsor, we’ll send you a welcome pack with a photo of the child you’re sponsoring and their story so far. And that’s just the start of the journey you’ll go on together. You’ll get two handwritten messages a year from your child telling you about them and their life – they might be letters, drawings, or postcards – plus detailed updates about how they’re getting on from our staff in their country. You can write back to your sponsored child. Over time you’ll get a new photo at special milestones so you can see them grow and thrive.
What happens when I sponsor a child?
What will my child sponsorship pay for?
Food
Nutritious meals for children and seeds and livestock for families to grow their own food
Education
Schoolbooks, fees, equipment and even a whole new school building in the sponsored child’s community
Clean water
Building wells, purifying water sources, and better sanitation facilities
Healthcare
Medical and dental clinics, basic medical supplies and health education
How is my sponsorship money spent?
80% of the donations we receive through child sponsorship goes overseas (while 20% is spent in the UK on raising awareness and finding more supporters).- Of the 80% overseas gift, 70% goes directly to your sponsored child’s community or, if there is an exceptional need such as a life-threatening emergency, another community within their country.
- The remaining 30% is used to fund other vital work in developing countries, and running child sponsorship so that you can receive messages from your sponsored child, and hear how your gift is changing lives.
- If you sponsor a child from Cambodia (or choose ‘Where the need is greatest’) before 4th June, your donations will be matched pound for pound, for up to three months by the UK Government, meaning your gift will go even further.
- If you choose to sponsor a child from another country, 20% of your donations are eligible to be matched.
- The matched funding from the UK Government will go directly to support our Women-Led Alternatives to Climate Change project in Cambodia.
Cindy Liu/ActionAid
About ActionAid
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Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls.
We are ending violence and fighting poverty so that all women and girls, everywhere, can create the future they want.
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