Write to
Your Sponsored Child Today
Sending a message to your sponsored child is a meaningful way to show your love and encouragement. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to discover more about their life and dreams. Imagine the excitement your sponsored child will feel when they receive a heartfelt message from you!
WRITE ONLINE
Sending a message online is the best way to connect with your sponsored child—it’s fast, easy, and helps us focus more resources on serving children and communities! Just log in to your online account to get started. If it’s your first time logging in, click “Forgot Password” to quickly reset your details.
Share an encouraging message and even include a photo. Writing digitally means your message reaches your sponsored child faster and helps make an even greater difference in their world.
MAIL YOUR LETTER
If you prefer sending a message by mail, you can use the address below.
Send to:
Food for the Hungry
Attn: Child Sponsorship Department
2 N Central Avenue Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(Include your sponsored child’s ID# on both the message and envelope)
“I feel like that someone from far away is watching over me.”
- Moises, FH Sponsored Child reading his sponsor’s message
Focus on sharing positive messages to encourage your sponsored child.
Some ideas you could write about:
- Introduce your family
- Describe where you live
- What does a typical day look like for you?
- Encourage your sponsored child to try hard in schoo
- Tell them God loves them, and you care about them too
- Ask a few questions. What would you like to know?
Yes! Just as you love seeing photos of your sponsored child, they will love receiving a photo of you.
Please make sure that the clothing worn in the photo is extremely modest (no tank tops, tight clothes, low-cut shirts, short skirts, or shorts). Also, please refrain from showing pets in your photo. Dogs, pigs, and other animals are considered unclean in many cultures.
Lastly, if you are sending by mail, please write your sponsored child’s id# on the back.
You can send paper-based gifts, such as a sticker sheet, bookmark, postcard, photo, or coloring sheet.
e are only able to send paper-based gifts, so please do not send other gifts like cash, candy, food, or clothing, as these items are unaccepted.
Read more about our full gift policy here.
When you write a message to your sponsored child, you should expect to receive a response from him or her in approximately 90 days. At certain times of the year (most notably Christmas), it can take slightly longer.
For the safety of your sponsored child and your family, please do not include any of the following in your messages:
- Your home address or other identifying information such as an email address or phone number.
- Food, money, toys, school supplies, or personal care items.
- Photos that show your pets, since dogs, pigs, and other animals are considered unclean in many other cultures.
- Also, please do not include any inappropriate topics, such as topics of sexuality, political views, or medical advice. Examples of other topics that are not appropriate include asking about personal contact information, expressing an atheistic worldview, or sharing too much about personal possessions or wealth. FH reviews all messages and will screen out any information that should not be sent to sponsored children.
Writing to Children in Sensitive Communities
Sponsored children in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and parts of Ethiopia, live in what we call sensitive communities. In sensitive communities, the culture or laws make traditional evangelism ineffective, illegal, or even dangerous.
If you sponsor a child in a sensitive community, please share about God and your faith in general terms rather than using the words “Jesus,” “Christ,” “Holy Spirit,” “Bible,” etc. In this way, you’ll be caring for your sponsored child, respecting the child’s unique culture and allowing FH leaders to use your words as an entry point for sharing the gospel in culturally appropriate ways.
