End violence against girls. 1,000 girls are waiting.
Change their life. And their entire community.
Help us sponsor 1,000 girls by October 11, International Day of the Girl.
Girls are born with the same God-given rights as boys. Sadly, traditions, culture and difficult circumstances often steal that right from girls.
Child Sponsorship programmes partner with children, families and communities to overcome obstacles, challenge gender inequalities and give girls girl's back their rights.
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.
64 million girls are working instead of learning.
12 million girls get married against their will every year.
500 million women around the world are illiterate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dassari was 15 when she first received a letter from her sponsor, Angie, 21.
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."
Help us sponsor 1,000 girls by October 11, International Day of the Girl to help girls around the world live lives free of fear.
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We've helped more than 200 million children to achieve their dreams.
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.
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.
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.
"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 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.
