Child sponsorships
Sponsorship: Help from Person to Person
Child sponsorships is Kindernothilfe's most important aid form which can accompany children until they become responsible for themselves.
Picture: KNH When the founders of Kindernothilfe challenged people in Germany to help children in need through "sponsorships", they were making reference to the Christian responsibility of caring for one who has been baptized. The English translation of the German sponsorship term "Pate" is "Godfather" or "Godmother". Kindernothilfe, however, has used the English term "sponsorship". This indicates a readiness to take responsibility for the support of a child in its holistic growth. It is not necessarily meant that this term also demands a spiritual fulfilment, but according to the way Kindernothilfe understands itself it is clearly affirmed. Also, the terms "padrino/madrina" (Spanish) or "padrinho/madrinha" (Portuguese) used by Kindernothilfe mean the same as the word "Pate/Patin" in everyday German and refer to taking on a solid responsibility.
Kindernothilfe primarily uses the support form "sponsorship" to offer holistic assistance for disadvantaged young people in our one world, especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Forms of poverty which must be combated are above all:
- lack of work and income
- lack of nutrition and health
- lack of education and self-determination
- lack of social security and co-determination
- lack of spiritual and ethical orientation.
Taking on a Kindernothife sponsorship entails a voluntary commitment to a concrete, long-term (but with a definite time limitation) responsibility to help one or more young people to overcome their situation of poverty.
Taking on a sponsorship means supporting a real child.
This support is given by means of a fixed monthly financial contribution, and as far as may be desired and possible, personal contact.
Picture: Großmann An indirect relationship, for example, can be maintained through prayer or obtaining information about the country and living situation of the foster child.
The foster child is supported within the structure of a project (for example, a day-care center, school, or training center) or through the community (for example, the village, or group).
The financial assistance is channelled through the project or community, and not simply to the single foster child.
A personalized contact is typically made between the sponsor and sponsored child in the project through the provision of personal information. This is the "face" or the "personal bridge" given to measures which bring sustained improvement in the living conditions of this one child and other children aided through the project.
Through the relationships established by Kindernothilfe's sponsorship program, life-long friendships can develop.
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