Sponsor Me For My Birthday
Ethiopia | Girl
India | Girl
China | Boy
Uganda | Girl
Do you have the same birthday as one of these children?
Kids shouldn't worry about where they will sleep at night, but too often they do. See one sponsor's story of giving a new home to a family living near Mongolia's largest garbage dump.
Holt International has child sponsorship programs in twelve countries. Click to learn more about Holt's programs — and how you can help kids in need. If you want to sponsor a child in a particular country or from a particular program, please call us at
541-687-2202 and we can help!
When you become a sponsor, your sponsored child will be matched — one-to-one — with an advocate or social worker who regularly meets with your sponsored child, their teachers and their family. This rigorous, holistic and child-centered approach means we meet children in need where they are to provide meaningful, life-changing care, including:
When kids are in school, they are safe from traffickers, exploitation and learning the skills to escape poverty forever!
When children have regular, healthy meals, their bodies and minds grow strong enough to reach their dreams!
The cost of a doctor visit or the distance of a hospital should never prevent a child from getting the care they need!
Your sponsorship gifts help your sponsored child's whole family by providing home repairs, job training and other regular support.
Your sponsorship helps your child's entire community grow safer, access basic necessities, receive training and more.
If your sponsored child is homeless or orphaned, you will help provide nurturing care in a foster home or other safe living environment.
When kids are in school, they are safe from traffickers, exploitation and learning the skills to escape poverty forever!
When children have regular, healthy meals, their bodies and minds grow strong enough to reach their dreams!
The cost of a doctor visit or the distance of a hospital should never prevent a child from getting the care they need!
Two to three times a year, your sponsored child's on-the-ground advocate will work with your sponsored child and their family or caregiver to provide an update, new photo or colored picture just for you. Additionally, you will have an opportunity to send cards three times per year, and you are welcome to write to your child any time.
Sponsor A Child Now!
Very few of the children in our sponsorship program are on track for adoption. Most of the children we serve have one or both parents — or extended family — to care for them, but are at risk of separation due to poverty, illness or other hardships. We only seek adoptive families for children who have been relinquished for adoption and cannot be reunited with their family. Sponsorship is not a pathway to adoption, but if you are interested in international adoption, please request free information and we will reach out to you!
Every child and family in our program works with an advocate — a teacher, social worker or Holt staff member — to prepare an update 2-3 times per year. This update may be a letter, photo or drawing from your child, or a note from their advocate. And three times per year, we provide opportunities to send a message and photo from your family in return. Click here to read more about corresponding with your sponsored child.
Holt International strives to maintain a low cost of operation, and in 2018, over 74 percent of your donation went directly toward services for children, families and communities. As God calls us to be good stewards of your donations, we are always working to increase this percentage. By opting for paperless statements and automatic withdrawal of donations, you help us cut the cost of printing and processing.
Directly giving the cash amount of your sponsorship donation to your child’s family may seem like a fast and easy way to help, and on occasion we do give cash to help families meet immediate identified needs. But in our more than 60-year history, we have found that the key to helping families achieve lasting stability and self-reliance is through tools and resources that empower them over the long-term. In addition to providing food, clothing and school supplies for your sponsored child, we put your sponsorship donation toward programs such as job skills or small business training as well as education in positive parenting, health and nutrition, and saving for the future. We then guide and support parents as they learn, grow and create a more stable life for their children. If your sponsored child lives in a care center or foster family, we put your sponsorship donation toward both in-kind supplies like formula and food as well as funds to meet your sponsored child’s needs. Whether your sponsored child lives with their family or in care, our on-the-ground staff closely tracks their progress — ensuring their needs are met and they have everything they need to grow and thrive. To read more about this, click here.
Because of the unique needs of the children we serve, the cost to serve each child is often higher than $39 per month. The children in our programs often have special medical or physical needs, are orphaned or displaced, and/or live in extreme poverty and difficult-to-reach rural areas. For this reason, most children in our programs receive support from more than one sponsor. We pool all sponsorship gifts, which allows us to serve even more children each year in the most cost-effective ways.
Holt International is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. EIN: 23-7257390.
