Sponsoring a third world child - anyone got any info????

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I've persuaded my DM to sponsor a thrid world child for DS and DD's christmas present, rather than add to the plastic toy mountain!

She'll get them some smaller bits too!

Has anyone got any ideas as to who runs these schemes and which are the best ones.

Ideally we would like one where we could correspond with the child as my DD and DS are of an age where they would love to write and receive letters from the child.

TIA

Hi,
I sponsor a little girl in Ghana with World Vision. I can write letters to her, and send her small christmas and birthday presents. I've been doing it for many years and never had any problems. Although you sponser a child the money goes into the community, for schools / clean water etc. It costs £18 a month.

I sponsor a boy in India through Action Aid. Their scheme sounds pretty simmilar to the World Vision one. We send him postcards every so often and are sent pictures/letters from him plus an update on how he is doing/what work Action Aid are doing in the community from a field worker in the area.

soapbox, i know you said you wanted to sponsor a child, but have you considered Adopting a Granny?
Older people around the world get such a raw deal(I'm not saying kids don't) and a friend pointed out the Help the Aged scheme a while back to me.

ditto world vision....

you can pick up leaflets for this at the back of some churches....or you could ask online
here
they will send you a pack.

Geordie

Bundle - mum does a lot of work through her church work for help the aged and for christian aid.

I really wanted a child since it was DD's and DS's present and think it would give them more opportunity to empathise with teh child's culture and environment if it was someone of similar age to them.

I may think about adopt a granny for myself though

sounds lovely. my friend has one in s.america and they get lovely notes about what she's up to. your kids are v lucky to have you, what a lovely mum you are

Plan do it too - plan

Thank you all very much!

Bundle that was a lovely thing to say - you've really cheered me up

I have requested an information pack for Action AId, World Vision and Plan. And have a form for Adopt a granny!

Now being a soft-hearted thing - what do you think the chances are of me only adopting one?????

Oh well - maybe it'll be mine and DH's christmas pressie too

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