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When you sponsor a child, their entire community can thrive with them.

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Child Sponsorship partners with communities, creating lasting, positive change in the lives of 1.3m+ children across 50+ countries. 

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From identifying challenges to implementing solutions, the children of families who choose to enrol play a key role throughout the decision-making process.

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Child Sponsorship helps foster trust and collaboration with communities, attracting institutional funding and multiplying the positive impact..

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Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to attend school.  

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Girls in sponsorship communities are less likely to face gender-based violence and early and forced marriage.  

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Sponsorship projects help improve sanitation infrastructure and access to clean water. 

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Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to have access to nutritious and sustainable food sources. 

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Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to be registered at birth, improving access to rights. 

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Children who receive letters from their sponsors report greater health, happiness and confidence! 

When you sponsor a child, their entire community can thrive with them.

map of the world with pins highlighting where Plan International canada works

Child Sponsorship partners with communities, creating lasting, positive change in the lives of 1.3m+ children across 50+ countries. 

vector icon of 3 hands overlapping

From identifying challenges to implementing solutions, the children of families who choose to enrol play a key role throughout the decision-making process.

vector icon of dollar signs on coins

Child Sponsorship helps foster trust and collaboration with communities, attracting institutional funding and multiplying the positive impact..

vector icon of a girl with a pink backpack

Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to attend school.  

vector icon of a girl outline on a shield

Girls in sponsorship communities are less likely to face gender-based violence and early and forced marriage.  

girl using a pump to access clean water

Sponsorship projects help improve sanitation infrastructure and access to clean water. 

food and apple in a basket

Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to have access to nutritious and sustainable food sources. 

icon for a birth certificate

Children in sponsorship communities are more likely to be registered at birth, improving access to rights. 

icon for letters share with sponsored child

Children who receive letters from their sponsors report greater health, happiness and confidence! 

Why sponsor a child?

Purpose

Millions of children, especially girls, are denied access to basic rights. Sponsor a child to support their right to go to school, to be healthy and to enjoy equal opportunities.

Connection

Sponsor a child and share letters, drawings and photos to build a personal connection. You’ll hear firsthand from your sponsored child how your support is making a difference.

Progress

When you sponsor a child, you’ll receive inspiring updates about them and their community and the achievements your support helps make possible.

Community

As a child sponsor, you partner with entire communities to lead sustainable, community-wide change, like improving schools or boosting family income sources.

Why sponsor a child?

Purpose

Millions of children, especially girls, are denied access to basic rights. Sponsor a child to support their right to go to school, to be healthy and to enjoy equal opportunities.

Connection

Sponsor a child and share letters, drawings and photos to build a personal connection. You’ll hear firsthand from your sponsored child how your support is making a difference.

Progress

When you sponsor a child, you’ll receive inspiring updates about them and their community and the achievements your support helps make possible.

Community

As a child sponsor, you partner with entire communities to lead sustainable, community-wide change, like improving schools or boosting family income sources.

A map of Child Sponsorship in action

See Child Sponsorship programs in action through children’s lens with our new interactive map! Discover the positive impact made possible when you sponsor a child and watch as children who participate in sponsorship activities, like mobile journalism training, share a window into their global communities through personally filmed videos.

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Our work in Africa

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See Child Sponsorship programs in action through children’s lens in Africa! Discover the positive impact made possible when you sponsor a child and watch as children who participate in sponsorship activities, like mobile journalism training, share a window into their global communities through personally filmed videos

Watch other sponsored children’s stories

Our work in Asia

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See Child Sponsorship programs in action through children’s lens in Asia! Discover the positive impact made possible when you sponsor a child and watch as children who participate in sponsorship activities, like mobile journalism training, share a window into their global communities through personally filmed videos

Watch other sponsored children’s stories

The Power of Your Sponsorship

When you sponsor a child, you fund life-changing projects in your sponsored child’s community – projects that help children access their basic human rights.

Adequate nutrition

Malnutrition can stunt children's development and pull their focus away from education. With your support, Plan International Canada will teach sustainable farming techniques, support school meal programs, and provide food rations and vouchers in emergencies.

Water and sanitation

Girls often carry the burden of water collection which can mean travelling long distances every day, missing school and being exposed to risky situations along the way. Help girls, families and entire communities gain access to safe, clean water and proper sanitation.

Health care

Each year, around 9 million children die needlessly before they reach their fifth birthday from preventable and treatable illnesses. Together with our sponsors, Plan International Canada works to improve health care for mothers and children, so children have the healthiest start in life.

Education

When you sponsor a child, you help build new schools and work with communities to promote the importance of sending and keeping girls in school.

Family income

Child sponsors help support vocational skills training for youth. This strengthens girls’ economic independence, helping them gain employment and giving them greater decision-making power over their lives.

Child protection

We work to ensure that all children, especially girls, are registered at birth. Without birth registration, children can’t prove their legal age or claim protection under any legislation specifying a minimum age for marriage. Birth certificates also enable children to gain access to critical services and resources.

Adequate nutrition

Almost one third of children in developing countries don't get enough to eat. Malnutrition is the result of a combination of factors that influence a community's health and well-being. With your support, Plan International Canada will teach sustainable farming techniques, provide safe water and sanitation and opportunities for education.

Water and sanitation

Girls often carry the burden of water collection which can mean travelling long distances every day, missing school and being exposed to risky situations along the way. Help girls, families and entire communities gain access to safe, clean water and proper sanitation.

Health care

Each year, around 9 million children die needlessly from preventable and treatable illnesses before they reach their fifth birthday. Together with our sponsors, Plan International Canada works to improve health care for mothers and children, so children have the healthiest start in life.

Education

When you sponsor a child, you help build new schools and educate communities on the importance of sending and keeping girls in school.

Family income

Child sponsors help support vocational skills training. This strengthens girls’ economic independence, helping them gain employment and giving them greater decision-making power over their lives.

Child protection

We work to ensure that all children, especially girls, are registered at birth. Without birth registration, children can’t prove their legal age or claim protection under any legislation specifying a minimum age for marriage. Birth certificates also enable children to gain access to critical services and resources.

Help change a child's life.

Four reasons why you should sponsor a child.

Sponsorship benefits the sponsored child

“I was a very poor child in Colombia, but my Canadian sponsor showed me the world through her letters. Now I am 50, with an MBA and have traveled to 15 countries. Thank you Plan and my sponsor Miss Louise Miller.”

- Carlos Aparicio, MBA, Plan International Colombia Board Member and former sponsored child

Sponsor future role models

"I am a role model for girls in my community, showing them that they can make it too. As an empowered woman, I am able to empower other women through my work as a health worker."

- Thoko, 21, former sponsored child now working for the Ministry of Health in Malawi

Child sponsorship benefits the whole community

“I went to visit my sponsored child, Ruby in Ghana, Africa. The money from sponsors funds so many amazing projects that benefit both sponsored children and the children in their community. It makes more of a difference than you can even imagine.”

- Kaitlyn Strickland, Plan International Canada child sponsor

Sponsorship benefits YOU!

“When I visited my sponsored child, Sidonie it was rewarding to see the significant difference I've made in her life and in the community, especially in such a remote place!"

- Eileen Fernandes-Smith, Plan International Canada child sponsor

The Plan Effect

Plan International’s programs have hidden extra power: They work together with communities to promote deeper, sustainable shifts. Child Sponsorship complements other projects taking place in the community and, by combining forces, ensures families can improve their lives in a variety of important ways. This proven approach helps build sustainable relationships in the community, secure additional partnerships to fund more community projects and respond promptly during an emergency. Lasting transformations aren’t achieved in isolation – your sponsorship plays a crucial role in supporting community improvements.

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The Plan Effect

Plan International’s programs have hidden extra power: They work together with communities to promote deeper, sustainable shifts. Child Sponsorship complements other projects taking place in the community and, by combining forces, ensures families can improve their lives in a variety of important ways. This proven approach helps build sustainable relationships in the community, secure additional partnerships to fund more community projects and respond promptly during an emergency. Lasting transformations aren’t achieved in isolation – your sponsorship plays a crucial role in supporting community improvements.

Champion a Child and Help Strengthen a Community.

In many countries, unequal gender norms mean that girls are less likely to be in school, are often the last to eat when food is scarce and face risks like child, early or forced marriage and gender-based violence, especially during crisis.

With over 85 years of experience, Plan International has witnessed the transformational power of Child Sponsorship. Every year, on average, we support more than 1 million children through our Child Sponsorship programs in more than 16,000 communities around the world. This work ranges across our five areas of expertise including education, health, protection from violence, youth leadership and economic justice, and humanitarian response and resilience. Together, we will innovate, advocate, and create positive change anywhere girls are oppressed – until we are all equal.

Champion a Child and Help Strengthen a Community.

Every year, on average, we support more than 1 million children through our Child Sponsorship programs in more than 16,000 communities around the world. This work ranges across our five areas of expertise including education, health, protection from violence, youth leadership and economic justice, and humanitarian response and resilience. Together, we will innovate, advocate, and create positive change anywhere girls are oppressed – until we are all equal.

Still have questions? We can help!

How much does it cost to sponsor a child with Plan International Canada?

Child Sponsorship is $42 per month, which works out to be just over $10 per week.

How does Child Sponsorship work?

Child Sponsorship provides you with a special opportunity to have a unique one-to-one connection with a child and their family in one of the countries where Plan International works. As part of your sponsorship, you can exchange letters and photos, and build a meaningful connection. Each year, you’ll receive updates about your sponsored child and the progress in their community so you can see how you’re helping change lives. Child Sponsorship programming allows us to combine sponsor contributions to establish a trusted partnerships with communities and create lasting change. This helps secure further grant funding from institutional and government donors to grow community-based development projects, like building schools or water taps, which support sponsored children and their communities for years to come.

How child sponsorship works

Do sponsorship contributions go directly to one child?

No. When you sponsor a child, your contributions support that child and the whole community! Your donations collectively support a wide range of projects in your sponsored child's community that are chosen in collaboration with community members. With more than 80 years of experience, we know that the best way to help every child unleash their potential is by them, their families and full communities to create change together, so they can carry on the positive progress for many years to come. 