CHIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION - Sponsor A Child

Child Sponsorship

Developing, discipling and equipping children for life

Hebron’s Child Sponsorship Program is the heart of CB &D’s ministry to children living in poverty and aims to disciple, equip and enable children to develop into fulfilled and responsible adults. Child sponsorship is a one-to-one relationship between a sponsor and a needy child living in desperate poverty in the developing world. The faithful financial support of the individual sponsor equips the child for the future by providing for their core needs – spiritually, economically, physically, socially and emotionally.

Hebron’s Child Sponsorship Program offers: educational opportunities, including literacy and life skills training; health care and health education; and, if required, supplemental nutrition. Children are also given opportunities to hear and respond to the gospel.

Basic sponsorship costs US$ 44 per month which provides the child you sponsor with opportunities and services such as:

Christian teaching*

Learning opportunities – this can include school attendance, regular participation in alternative educational activities as well as opportunities to learn life skills.

Health treatment and training – this includes regular physical examinations, dental care, vaccinations and referrals to appropriate medical professionals. It also includes instruction in physical and dental hygiene, exercise, nutrition and preventive health care strategies.

Socio-emotional development – this includes opportunities for children to learn basic social skills, grow emotionally, be a part of a team, encourage and support one another, and participate in group activities that can include excursions, camps, art, drama and dance.

Materials, supplies and activities – this can include hygiene supplies, project supplies, snacks and any necessary food or supplemental nutrition required, fees or associated costs of excursions, camps, drama, art and dance activities.

Individualised care and attention – this consists of progress reports and attendance records, health records, home visits by social workers, and adult supervision in a safe and loving environment.

Sponsorship Plus costs A$54 per month and provides sponsored children with all the necessities of basic sponsorship, with the additional A$10 per month providing:

Support for registered children awaiting sponsorship

Parent education programs – these include health and hygiene training, literacy programs, micro-enterprise and income generation projects for parents of Hebron-assisted children

Partner development – this includes staff training and other capacity building measures

Emergency medical care

HIV/AIDS interventions

Education fund – includes the top-up costs of school fees and expenses for sponsored children, and costs relating to attending school away from home for children from isolated areas

Non-formal education programs – these can include income generation and micro-enterprise activities for Hebron-assisted children

Advocacy – includes raising awareness of child poverty issues