Give a Child Hope for the Future
When you sponsor a child with Food for the Hungry (FH), you will change a child’s future. Your
support helps families and communities overcome the challenges of extreme poverty so they can better care for children. Sponsoring children gives them opportunities to grow, learn and reach their God-given potential. You can help a child reach a better future!
YOUR MONTHLY GIFT TRANSFORMS A CHILD’S LIFE
Nutritious Food
to Grow Up
Healthy & Strong
Education to Build
a Better Future
Clean Water &
Access to Improved
Sanitation and Hygiene
CHANGE A CHILD’S FUTURE
STORIES FROM SPONSORED CHILDREN
Khoun didn’t expect her own life to be transformed. At first this mother in Cambodia was just grateful for the chance for her 12-year-old daughter Sievminh to become a sponsored child through Food for the Hungry (FH). Khoun and her husband Chanthon struggled to provide for their 3 children. Their income as rice and cassava farmers didn’t provide enough resources for the family.
Breaking the Cycle: Child Sponsorship Transforms Entire Families
Khoun didn't expect her own life to be transformed. At first this mother in Cambodia was just grateful for the chance for her 12-year-old daughter Sievminh to become a sponsored child through Food for the Hungry (FH). Khoun and her husband Chanthon struggled to provide for their 3 children. Their income as rice and cassava farmers didn’t provide enough resources for the family.
Life Before Child Sponsorship
Dirty water, pulling the kids out of school to help farm, and getting sick from improper sanitation were just a way of life for them before child sponsorship. "My family was living in a difficult situation because our education and knowledge was limited," Khoun shares.
"I also lived with an unclean and untidy environment. I didn’t know how to clean the house, get clean water, or practice hand washing. I didn't understand nutrition basics for my children or how to save money for their education and future."
Khoun knew they weren't thriving, but she didn't have the resources she needed to change their lives. "I didn't want to see how my children's futures would look even worse than mine," Khoun shares.
Olivia is 12 years old and she made a dramatic transformation from an at-risk youth to a teen group leader. She became active in kids clubs made possible by child sponsorship. This set her on a positive path to begin thinking and planning for her future. Now, she is already saving and dreaming for her future.
Olivia is 12 years old and she made a dramatic transformation from an at-risk youth to a teen group leader.
She became active in kids clubs made possible by child sponsorship. This set her on a positive path to begin thinking and planning for her future. Now, she is already saving and dreaming for her future.
In the kids clubs, Olivia discovered new hobbies and passions. She also learned important life skills like setting goals and earning and saving money. Teens in her community are at-risk of dropping out of school, but through her involvement in child sponsorship, Olivia knows how important her education is. She is a responsible teen with big dreams.
STORIES FROM SPONSORS OF CHILDREN
The Whiting Family: Giving with Joyful Hearts
The Whiting family first heard about FH five years ago at a concert. They started sponsoring a child from Ethiopia and through child sponsorship, they found out about other areas of FH’s work. Because the Whitings live on a working farm, they really connected with giving animals through the FH Gift Catalog.
Sponsor Dubs Uganda Visit A Piece of Heaven
The entire village came to greet us with cheers and ululations (a joyous howl) as we walked down a little path to Annet’s home. I knew Annet as soon as I saw her and she kneeled for the traditional greeting of the women in her region of Uganda. I had tears in my eyes; it was a quite overwhelming moment.
SEE HOW YOU CAN TRANSFORM A LIFE
At Food for the Hungry, we believe that when a community is equipped to care for its most vulnerable members, everyone is served and poverty is eliminated. We’ve learned that child sponsorship is one of the most successful ways for communities to rise out of poverty. Our child sponsorship program connects supporters with children whose lives, families, and communities they can invest in to bring about holistic transformation.
