Sponsor an Orphan
WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT HANDS ON AFRICA AND MY SPONSOR CHILD?
Hands on Africa has orphanages in Zambia, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Kenya. Hands on Africa’s work with orphans ensures that their basic physical needs for food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education are being met. Furthermore, Hands on Africa seeks to meet each child’s spiritual needs by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and providing them with Christian training and discipleship.
WHAT WILL I RECEIVE?
When you sign up to sponsor a child, you will receive a prayer card that includes a photo, name, and a few basic details about your child.
WHEN WILL I RECEIVE UPDATES ABOUT MY SPONSOR CHILD?
You will receive a card from your sponsor child and updated photo every year.
If your child leaves the program or graduates, we will notify you as soon as we can. We will also automatically reassign you to a child in need of a sponsor, at which point you can ask to change to a different child or cancel the sponsorship.
CAN I WRITE LETTERS TO MY SPONSOR CHILD?
Due to unreliable postal services in the countries where we work, letters are hand-delivered, which means that correspondence is dependent on when we have people traveling to and from each country. This allows us to personally deliver your letter to your child, while also ensuring that your child’s letter makes it to you.Do not discuss sending additional gifts/money with your child. While they may ask you for specific things, Hands on Africa does not allow sponsors to send individual gifts to their children.
CAN I GIVE A GIFT TO MY SPONSOR CHILD?
To equally love and care for each of the children we serve without showing partiality, Hands on Africa does not allow sponsors to send individual gifts to their sponsor children. It’s not a problem to add stickers or a coloring page with your letter, but please refrain from sending any larger items to your child. If you wish to give an additional monetary gift beyond your monthly sponsorship donation, the money will be put into a fund which provide for a need of that orphanage which is not covered by sponsorships and the whole home can enjoy together. You may also support the ministry project as a whole, as we seek to love and serve each child in our care. Any additional gift donations can be made by check or online. Please make sure to indicate that it is a special gift.
CAN I PAY FOR A FULL YEAR OF SPONSORSHIP IN ADVANCE?
You can send a payment totaling the full yearly sponsorship or alternatively send postdated checks for each month. You can also set up a recurring payment on our website using Paypal.
WHAT IF I CHOOSE TO CANCEL MY SPONSORSHIP?
We understand that your circumstances and giving budget may change, so you can cancel your sponsorship at any time. You may cancel the sponsorship through email or just give us a call. We ask that you give at least one month’s notice so we can update the records and try to find a new sponsor for your child.
We currently have 36 orphans in Kenya, 36 in Malawi and 45 in Zambia and 52 in Sierra Leone. We are just about ready to take another 48 orphans into our homes in Malawi as soon as we raise enough funds.
GREAT project for small groups...
In a seemingly difficult economy, with alarming growth in local needs, we might need to work together in small groups to help these orphans who are in desperate need for help. A small group, cell group, Sunday school class, youth group, extended family, whatever group situation you are currently involved in, can combine in adopting an orphan. Example: Sunday school class of 10 bring $1 every Sunday and monthly you will be able to adopt a child.
Please email Michelle Koorts at michelle@handsonafrica.com if you are interested to sponsor one of our orphans or for more information. You can also print out this form and send it to me and I will assign you a child and send you a welcome packet with all your childs information! THANK YOU!
12 Orphans from Carol Orphanage in Kenya that still needs sponsors:
Girls still in need of sponsorships:
Boys still in need of sponsorships:
Orphans from our Zambia Orphanage still in need of sponsors:
Boys:
Orphans from our Sierra Leone Orphanage still in need of sponsors:
Boys:
Girls:
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Sponsorship Form:
If you would like to sponsor an orphan please complete the form below. If you would like to send us a check please make it out to Hands on Africa. Or you can pay via Paypal.
Ways to make payment:
- Send a check made out to Hands on Africa - monthly payment of $35
- post dated checks or a check for the entire year of sponsorship
- through PayPal (will need credit card info)
- Or a bank order:
Bank details- Ci t ibank, Chicago. Acc no: 800557348,
Route no. 271070801
Thank you for your sponsorship and making a difference in the life of a child.
