![]() I will provide a conclusion about what organization we chose and why, along with some information about the child we're sponsoring. Once I am done writing all that up, I will have my wife - and editor - go over this article and we will both decide which organization to use. Then, using those elements, I will compare and contrast a few specific organizations/charities with child sponsorship programs. I will go over a bit of child sponsorship in general, including the pros and cons, and look at the key elements where organizations will differentiate themselves. UNBOUND CHARITY FULLMy research process is not too far off from writing a full article anyways, so I've decided to share my research and our decision for anyone potentially interested in sponsoring a child. During that break the thought occurred to me that I hadn't found many good articles that compared and contrasted the different options and choices a person has once they've decided to sponsor a child. Overwhelmed, I took a bit of a break from researching and ran some errands. There are way more organizations, approaches, and aspects to the whole thing than I anticipated. Researching child sponsorship programs became a much bigger task than I originally thought. After a touching message she asked, knowing me very well, if I would research child sponsorship programs and find one that we could support. It stayed forefront in my wife's mind though. So, the thought went to the back of my mind for a few months. I did give some thought to sponsoring a child at some point but knew I needed to thoroughly research any organization to dispel my skepticism. Impoverished children do of course tug, but my heartstrings twang more towards homelessness and special needs than towards children. That seed was planted deeper and grew quicker in my wife. Neither my wife nor I said anything that day, but that message planted a seed in both of our hearts. Here's a link if you're interested in Dareth Ly's story. He is involved with an organization that uses child sponsorship to help the children of Cambodia who are growing up in a broken country with a troubled past. Later in life, however, God called him back to his home country to serve. A few months ago at my church, a guest speaker came and spoke of his life and experiences as a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. Let's get to the whole point of this article. Clearly there is more on my heart surrounding this topic, but that's for another time. Even if it is just spending money so you don't actually have to go help someone.Īlright, that's enough cynicism and criticism for one day. The only way to get people - to get Christians - to actually help those in need. At the end of the day though, the only real issue with that type of marketing is that it's the only thing that will work. For me, whenever I see heavy marketing for a charity I get suspicious where the money is actually going. It's just that using the suffering of children as a marketing tool, albeit to help those same children, just feels icky. I don't have any issue with the concept in general. Cue the video of children in an impoverished country kicking a soccer ball with smiling faces, "All thanks to your great sacrifice of a cup of coffee every week to sponsor a child like INSERT CHILD NAME HERE." That description is very much full of cynicism, I'm aware. Child sponsorship: a charity/ministry model you have no doubt encountered if you've spent any amount of time at Christian events, listening to Christian radio, or even attending Sunday morning church services. ![]()
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