Posts Tagged ‘letters’

 

In my own words – Benson

Author:    Posted: 18th February, 2013

Category: Child Sponsorship  No Comments

My name is Benson. I am orphaned so I live with my grandmother, aunt and sister. Before I was sponsored I used to be always sick and my grandmother could not afford to take me to hospital. This was too hard for me and my family.

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Giving Financial Gifts To Your Sponsored Children

Author:    Posted: 19th December, 2012

Category: Sponsor Stories  No Comments

Have you considered sending a financial gift to your sponsored child or their family? There’s many ways you can bless your child, their family or the Compassion project…

Sending photographs is really important. A sponsored child can see their sponsor and are able to focus their prayers on a real person’s face. You can also send flat paper items such as postcards and stickers with the letters that you write to your child, but there’s a limit to what you can send every time.

Have you considered sending a financial gift to your sponsored child or their family?

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A Plea to Write More Letters – Part 2

Author:    Posted: 14th September, 2012

Category: Child Sponsorship, Letter Writing  3 Comments

Just as children like Precious get a lot of letters from their sponsors, there are also some children like Beatrice, who has never received a letter from her sponsor. She knows nothing about her sponsor except that she is female, judging from her name.

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A Plea to Write More Letters – Part 1

Author:    Posted: 12th September, 2012

Category: Child Sponsorship, Letter Writing  3 Comments

If there is one thing Compassion sponsored children in Ghana cherish most at the project, it is letters from their sponsors. They are the only physical thing the children have to prove that they have some special person somewhere outside Ghana who cares about them and loves them. Some children at the project get loads of letters from their sponsors. On the other hand, there are some children who have never tasted how getting a letter from a sponsor feels.

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10 Things Your Sponsored Child Needs To Hear

Author:    Posted: 13th June, 2012

Category: Letter Writing  5 Comments

With your sponsored child being half way across the world, living in a completely different culture and context, it can be hard to know what to say to encourage them. To help you, we’ve put together a list of 10 things your sponsored child needs to hear in your next few letters.

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