Thank you for partnering with us in this meaningful and enriching journey to uplift the lives of vulnerable children. We understand that the bond between sponsors and sponsored children are precious and irreplaceable, especially when a strong bond has been forged over years of sponsorship. We hope the information below will help sponsors like yourself understand why your sponsorship might of your child may have to come to an end.
Area Programme Completion
Every Area Programme (AP) runs for about 10 to 15 years — a journey where your support makes lasting change possible. World Vision walks alongside children, families, and communities
throughout this time, helping them not just to meet their immediate needs, but to gain the tools, skills, and confidence to build a better future of their own.
Thanks to your generosity, communities are now able to stand on their own — with stronger livelihoods, improved access to education and healthcare, and renewed hope for generations to come.
When an Area Programme concludes, it’s more than an ending — it’s a celebration of transformation that you helped make possible.
Child Leaving the Programme
As we strive to provide the best to these children and their communities, there might be unforeseen cases where your sponsored child drops out of our child sponsorship programme. While some are reasons for concern that we are constantly working to improve, others are moments to celebrate.
Family’s Change of Mind
World Vision ensures that all children that are participating in the child sponsorship programme are doing so with the full permission, cooperation and participation of their parents. Most parents are supportive and appreciate the effort that we put in to help their child, however, there are cases where parents change their mind and decide to withdraw their consent.
Migration
When your sponsored child and their family leaves the area programme that World Vision is working in, they will have to leave the programme as well. This is because our team will not be able to monitor or include the child and their family in the various interventions that are part of the sponsorship programme. Majority of the families leave the area in search of better job opportunities, and some move to be reunited with their relatives or family members working outside the community.
Child Marriage
Child marriage is an ongoing issue that we are fighting against. While World Vision is actively working with local partners, community volunteers and families to educate locals and children on the effects of child marriage, some children still succumb to pressure from their families and underlying cultural stigma. When this happens, it is likely that the child will have to move away into their partner’s home and in turn, leave our programme.
Completion of Education/ Further Study
Thanks to your constant support and sponsorship, your sponsored child has completed formal education! Once a child has completed their education, they will no longer be a part of the programme as this is an indication that they are now equipped to support and care for themselves and their family. They may also leave the programme in order to pursue higher education in an area outside the community.
The family has achieved self-sufficiency
Your sponsored child’s family is now empowered to take care of their children without a helping hand. This is another reason to celebrate! Interventions such as livelihood training, education, youth development, access to basic needs like clean water, knowledge of food and nutrition, etc are introduced to communities that we work in. These various holistic interventions introduced are based on the needs of the families and communities. As they improve and are now able to continue their life journey on their own, we rejoice with them!