100 girls are waiting

Right now, girls urgently need sponsors. You can help them build a fearless future

Girls all over the world are being forced into violent realities. Their rights are being unjustly violated.

But they don’t need your pity – they need your anger and your support. We are calling on the people of Ireland to sponsor 100 girls.

Child sponsorship programmes partner with children, families and communities to overcome obstacles, challenge gender inequalities and give girls back their rights.

100 girls are waiting | World Vision

Right now, thousands of girls urgently need sponsors to help them build a fearless future. They deserve to live free from fear. Sponsor a girl today.

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Your donations will bring hope to your sponsored child with a complete plan to change their community.

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The issues facing girls around the world

Millions of girls and women live in fear of violence - just because they are girls.

We know also that there is a stark reality where all women and girls live with some element of fear in their lives.

Child sponsorship enables programmes that work to change social norms, guide and educate communities - including men and boys - to help create a world where everyone enjoys their rights and decides what their future should look like.

Girl from Bangladesh wearing a colourful headscarf working with her sewing machine.

Child labour

64 million girls are working instead of learning.

Child bride from Afghanistan wearing a headscarf and looking at the camera

Forced marriage

12 million girls get married against their will every year.

Girl from Kenya in school uniform standing in front of a blank blackboard, looking into the camera.

Illiteracy

500 million women around the world are illiterate.

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How Child Sponsorship works

In the places where we work

A 16 years old girl from Rwanda wears a blue school uniform writes maths work on the blackboard to prepare for an exam

Girls are succeeding in school

We work to make sure vulnerable girls across the world get to go to a school so they can help transform their own life and their community. When a girl is educated and knows her rights, she’s twice as likely to send her own children to school.

Young teenage girl in bright clothes holding material and smiling at the camera in Bangladesh

Girls feel safe and protected

22 more girls are married every minute. We work with parents and communities to train, inform and support them on improving girls' rights. We protect vulnerable girls from FGM and child marriage.

Mother in South Sudan is holding her young son and smiling at him as he smiles to the camera

Women are equipped with necessary skills

Families who can earn their own income are more free and better able to afford to send their daughters to school. We train women in skills such as farming, set up savings groups and help them to start businesses.

13 years old girl from Honduras is hugging her grandparents, wearing a blue sash signifying she is the youth mayor of her area

Girls are empowered

We make sure girls have a voice from a young age, so they are able to help shape what happens in their community. Nahomy, pictured here, is a sponsored child who has become Youth Mayor of her area in Honduras.

Girl from China in a colourful top smiles as she holds out her arms to the person holding the camera

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Sponsored children are less likely to be malnourished, to drop out of school, to experience sexual violence, to be trafficked or to be married as a child. Right now, thousands of girls urgently need sponsors to help them build a fearless future.

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What sponsored children say

Dassari was 15 when she first received a letter from her sponsor, Angie.

Child sponsorship gave Dassari the chance to discover her passions, face some of her fears, and learn how to become a force of positive change for other girls in her community.

Dassari is now 21 and works as a school teacher in her hometown. She's grateful to have had the opportunity to help other girls unlock their potential by sharing share some of the World Vision training and support that she received years ago.

"Thanks to Angie I was sponsored, I had my trainings and now I am a person with values and principles."

It's her right

Help us sponsor 100 girls by March 8th, International Women's Day to help girls around the world live lives free of fear.

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Why World Vision?

70 years of experience

Experts in transforming communities and children's lives.

Almost 100 countries

Trusted worldwide to provide water, education, food and emergency response.

200 million children

We've helped more than 200 million children to achieve their dreams.

Success stories

These girls, across the globe, have had their lives transformed by their sponsor.

Now, alongside World Vision's work, they are helping to transform their local communities.

Health worker and former sponsored child talks to mother and baby

Lenny, Philippines

27-year-old former sponsored child, Lenny, is helping families fight the coronavirus pandemic.

She is a frontline health worker working for the government to test, protect and treat people in need. "I am worried especially as I have an infant waiting for me at home, but I have to be where I am most needed."

Child Sponsorship doesn't help just one child, but future generations too.

Former sponsored girl in a library, smiling.

Nasima, Bangladesh

Nasima watched her Dad marry off her sister. “She was only 14,” Nasima says. Nasima escaped the same fate, after being sponsored.

Nasima’s father is sick and unable to work. Her mother is illiterate. They needed support.

“My mother was given a cow,” Nasima says. It enabled the family to earn more and they've been able to buy more land and expand their business. Nasima is in training for a government job.

Amandeep checks on an elderly patient, holding stethoscope to her arm

Amandeep, India

"When I first wanted to start my training as a nurse, we lacked the funds to pay for the fees," says Amandeep.

"My father did his best to help me finish my schooling, but this was too much for him."

"It was only after World Vision India intervened and paid my fees that I was able to secure my admission for the course. I will always be grateful for that."

Irish, Philippines

Irish was sponsored when she was five and thanks to the support of her sponsor, World Vision and her family she became a teacher.

“I see myself in them when I was their age. My hope is for them to reach their dreams like I did mine.”

Today, Irish is supporting her youngest brother’s education and providing for her family, alongside the students she helps to succeed every day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

You can easily sign up to sponsor a child by choosing a child.
World Vision has had a Child Sponsorship programme for more than 70 years. We pair donors with a vulnerable child who needs protection and empowerment.

Child Sponsorship brings much needed change to more than just one child — the benefits you help provide extends to each child's family, their community and other children in need.

This is because World Vision partners, plans and works alongside local community members to help build healthy, sustainable communities for vulnerable children in the world’s hardest places. Learn more about how Child Sponsorship works.
All of World Vision's work begins with listening to communities in need. Community leaders work with us to identify the most vulnerable children and families who will benefit from Child Sponsorship.
We work with national governments and other international agencies to identify the regions and communities that are most in need and where the most vulnerable children live. We then meet with community leaders and the wider community to gain a greater understanding of the challenges and the opportunities that exist for them and we develop a long-term plan together, to break the cycle of poverty. Find out more about how Child Sponsorship works.