Sponsor a Child Fact Sheet - Helping Children Worldwide

Helping Children Worldwide:
SPONSOR
Why sponsor a child
in Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, in West Africa, is one of the
poorest countries in the world, ranked 180 on the
UN Human development Index. The brutal civil war
that ended in 2002 left 50,000 dead, schools
and hospitals destroyed, and thousands of
children orphaned. In the last ten years, the
children in Sierra Leone
indomitable people of Sierra Leone have
will not survive until their
been working hard to rebuild their country,
but the challenges are enormous, and the
ones who suffer the most are the children.
*UNDP: Human Developmoent Report
1 in 5
Sierra Leone
fifth birthday
60% of Sierra Leoneans live on less than $1.25/day
/day
*UNDP: Human Developmoent
moent Report
Poverty is the primary reason children are not in school
*UNICEF: The Out of School Children of Sierra Leone
Sponsorship changes lives:
“Education
is the most powerful weapon
A recent survey of development economists
you can use to change the
determined that child sponsorship is one of the
most effective anti-poverty measures available.*
Children who are sponsored are far more likely to
Nelson Mandela
complete secondary school, get a good-paying job,
marry and have children later and become leaders in
their church and community.
world.”
*Cost-Effective Compassion, Christianity Today
HOW YOU CAN HELP: You can change the outcome for a child in Sierra
Leone. $25 a month provides a child with educational opportunities, medical care,
nutrition, health and hygiene training, life skills and strong spiritual guidance.
Learn more about the Sponsor A Child Program and the
Child Rescue Centre at www.helpingchildrenworldwide.org.
HOW TO SPONSOR A CHILD
SELECT
A CHILD
Choose your
sponsorship plan::
• $25/month
• $75/quarter
• $300/year
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GIVING CHILDREN
A HOPE AND A FUTU
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You can sponsor
this child for just
$25 each month
Name: Betty
Jabaty
Program: Child
Support Program
Helping Children
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transform the lives
through partnersh
of impoverished
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children
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www.helpingchildre
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Sponsorship contributions
can be made by check,
credit or debit card or EFT.
Set up a recurring payment
and you’ll never forget!
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Your tax deductible
contribution of just $25
a month provides your
sponsored child with the tools
he or she needs to reach his
or her God-given potential:
WE’LL SEND YOU AN
INTRODUCTORY PACK
• education
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• health care
Packet includes:
• Child info
• nutrition
• Histor y of the Child
• hygiene
Rescue Centre
• life skills
• Information about
Sierra Leone
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• Letter-writing
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Learn more about the Sponsor A Child Program and the
Child Rescue Centre at www.helpingchildrenworldwide.org.