$1 a day

Child Sponsorship

Last Saturday night I went to a dinner held at our church as a thank you to sponsors of children in a certain group of homes in India. It was a great night, and one of the highlights was a Skype hook-up with the kids in the home where we heard several of their voices and learned a bit about where they were up to in school, how old they were and something of their hopes for the future.

It brought home to me the reality that for these kids to even be able to talk about hopes for the future is a rare and precious thing - an ability that most of their peers don't have. It also re-reminded me that these kids were more than unknown faces on a photo stuck on my fridge door. They are real people who think of their sponsors as their family, and have us always on their minds. It was very humbling.

The name of the organization in Australia that manages the sponsorship of this particular group of kids is "Dunamis Outreach Australia." It began in the late 90's as a local church effort to arrange sponsorship for about 70 kids in a single home. It has now expanded to look after a total of 6 homes, housing some 400 kids.

Each of these kids needs a sponsor - and they don't all have one, which means that the resources simply get stretched further. Currently there are about 30 kids who's sponsors have withdrawn for various reasons. So there is an immediate need to find sponsors for those children. But beyond that there are more children's homes needing assistance. The need is huge, and the opportunity to be a part of it all is great.

Click on the link above to be a part of it. It only costs $1 a day to fully take care of one child. 

How many can you take on?