Children play together outdoors, smiling and enjoying each other's company.
A young boy reads letters from his sponsor while sitting by a window.
A young boy waters and tends to his kitchen garden.

How Child Sponsorship Works

For every child you help, four more benefit. How? Our community-powered child sponsorship program fuels sustainable change to address the realities children face. How to sponsor a child:

Ending poverty through child sponsorship

These children can face the future with hope because of generous child sponsors.

Cambodian girls joyfully read and colour together at a reading program.
Children attend reading groups to support education.
A medical professional measures a young girl's weight on a scale.
Aniga gained weight and energy with proper nutrition.
A teenage boy collects water from a community borehole tap. 
A solar-powered borehole gives safe water to a village.
A boy from Senegal beams with joy as he uses his new wheelchair.
Boubakar's new wheelchair gives mobility and dignity.
A teenage girl holds a duckling at her successful farming business in Peru.
Ana learned to plan and run a successful business.

Frequently asked questions

It costs $49 per month to sponsor a child with World Vision Canada. That’s about $1.60 per day—less than a cup of coffee. And yet, this tax-deductible donation provides boys and girls access to education, safe water, nutritious food, healthcare and more.