World Vision child sponsorship links Canadian sponsors with children and their families from around the world, improving their lives through long-lasting community development.

For World Vision, the child sponsorship model has proved to be the most effective method for tackling child poverty. The following resources provide a look at the different aspects of child sponsorship and how it works.

Where Are They Now
One of the best ways to understand how child sponsorship transforms lives is to hear from formerly sponsored children themselves.

• Genny and Jane Reconnect: A former sponsored child and her sponsor take advantage of the opportunity to ask each other five questions.
• Catching Up with Luis Alberto:Ever wonder what happens to a sponsored child after sponsorship? A couple from Port Alberni, B.C. find out.
  

Photo Galleries
Take a look at what child sponsorship looks like and experience how it changes lives.

• What Sponsorship Meant to Me: Meet five adults who were once sponsored children as they discuss how their lives were transformed for the better.
  
• "The Child’s Point of View: See child sponsorship at work through the eyes of the children served by World Vision.
• The Conversation: In this audio photo gallery, watch as 90-year-old Dora Cornu speaks for the first time with the orphan she sponsored 44 years ago.
  

Interactive

• Virtual Tour: Take an animated tour through a community and see how child sponsorship plays a role in creating brighter futures.

The Details
Learn more about why World Vision works through child sponsorship and what it provides for children and their communities.

• What Sponsorship Provides: Safe water, nutritious food, health care, education, skills training—learn about some of the sponsorship benefits for children and their communities.
• The Child Sponsorship Journey: Read this PDF document for details on how World Vision child sponsorship works.