Small is Beautiful

The main reason World’s Children is different is because we value all of our relationships. They bring joy and fulfillment–not only to our children–but to our sponsors and our team.

When you call us on the phone, you will get a real person. We love talking to you. You inspire us and make us better. If you email or write to us, you will get a personal response, not a form letter. We can also tell you exactly how we spent your money.

Read our sponsor testimonials and see how dedicated our sponsors are. Our sponsors feel a joy that comes from watching children that they have supported throughout their childhood rise out of poverty and despair to a better future. They also know that we use over 90% of their donations for Program Services.

We have sponsors who have been with us for decades–sponsors like George and Lynne–sponsoring since 1975.

“We’ve been sponsors since our own children were young. It has brought us a lot of joy. I’m proud to say that both our children are also sponsors.”–George and Lynne

It’s a sad fact that some children in the world will not grow up with their biological parents. The reasons for that vary. For some their parents died leaving them orphaned and alone. For others there was abuse in the home. Or maybe they were born female and their family did not want girls.

In each case these children eventually found themselves growing up in an orphanage. But let’s call them children’s homes, because a home is what World’s Children works very hard to make for our sponsored children.

We work only with children’s homes that provide love, personal attention, education and the opportunity for a child to know the joy of childhood. The real heart of World’s Children is the many women and men who have given their lives to care for children who may never have known a kind person before. Their love and compassion heals the emotional wounds and provides the security the children so desperately need. You can see the miracles they accomplish in the faces of the children.

• When we learned many of the children’s homes had no recreational books, we gave libraries to every home.
• Playground equipment and sports items are routinely provided by World’s Children donors.
• Every month there is a birthday party in each children’s home and on holidays, there is a celebration. Every child – whether sponsored or not – gets a gift during these festivities.
• Each fall we raise funds to improve conditions in the homes, including paying for beds, mattresses, mosquito nets, water filters, improved toilets, diesel generators and photo-voltaic electricity, solar hot water heaters, and much more.
• When we discovered that children affected by HIV were living on the streets because no relative wanted them in their home, we began seeking out children’s homes for HIV-positive children. We now support five homes in India and one in Ethiopia for children affected by HIV.