Sponsor a Child in Africa

There are proven ways to fight poverty and many of the challenges that come with it because of the years of research and service done by many organizations. One of those methods is through the sponsorship of children. When you sponsor a child in Africa to go to school, it is a partnership between the donor, the family and the service organization.

Children International reports these staggering statistics about children in Africa:[1]
  • 40% of Africa’s population are children under 15 years old.
  • One in every four malnourished children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Upwards of 30 million children under 5 contract vaccine-preventable diseases in Africa each year.
  • 500,000 of those will die from those illnesses.
  • The African continent is expected to more than double by 2050, straining all resources with the weight of poverty being loaded up even more on the shoulders of children.
“Across the world, about 1 billion children are multidimensionally poor, meaning they lack necessities as basic as nutrition or clean water,” reports UNICEF. “The consequences are grave. Worldwide, the poorest children are twice as likely to die in childhood than their wealthier peers. For those growing up in humanitarian crises, the risks of deprivation and exclusion surge.” [2]

The World Bank zeroes in on Africa to note that “Sub-Saharan Africa – with limited social safety nets – accounts for two-thirds of children living in households that struggle to survive on an average of $2.15 a day or less per person – the international measure for extreme poverty. South Asia accounts for nearly a fifth of these children.” [3]

Children who are simply surviving day to day are likely not thinking about the importance of school in their lives. Their parents may know the kids should be in school, but difficult decisions often need to be made when resources are never quite available. Families struggling to simply endure each day do not have the luxury of dreaming of futures filled with hope and purpose.


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