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What is an ADP?

You may know that sponsoring a child supports their whole community. You may know that your child lives in one of our Area Development Programmes. But what exactly is an ADP and how does your support help?

Your Chance To Learn From A Sponsored Child

After being awarded a scholarship to move from her native Bolivia to study in Italy, former sponsored child Rosmery has agreed to take your questions on life, education and World Vision's sponsorship. Read on to find out how to get involved.

A Wonderful Wedding Gift: Helping Communities In Honduras

Child sponsors Chris and Anthony used their wedding to ask people to support our work in Honduras, where they sponsor 12-year-old Nubia. This winter, they went over to see how she - and the communities their guests helped - are getting on.

Where we work - country list

out about our work in countries where we run child sponsorship programmes click on the links below. … include countries too fragile to have a child sponsorship programme.  Click on the links below to view

How Does My Letter Get To My Sponsored Child?

When she visited Bolivia late last year, Reka decided to track exactly what process your cards and letters go through to reach your sponsored children all over the world. It's far more complicated than you might think!

Meeting Srey Da in Cambodia

Our child sponsor, Eric is a Professor of Social Work and has written a technical blog about his visit to Cambodia.
the valuable work being achieved through the Child Sponsorship programme. We always love reading the

Elizabeth McGovern Describes Seeing World Vision's Work in Sierra Leone

World Vision Artist Ambassador Elizabeth McGovern appears in the Sunday Telegraph describing the moment she first met the child she sponsors in Sierra Leone.

Visiting Kettie in Malawi

12-year-old Davina recently went on a sponsor visit to Malawi along with her parents and 8-year-old sister, Damaris. The family had a chance to see their sponsored child, Kettie. Here is a short blog of their visit written by Davina:
child sponsorship programme. As someone who has worked in

Early Marriage in Ethiopia; In The Girls' Own Words

Nell Williams, one of our marketing officers, traveled to Ethiopia to study the prevalence of early child marriage and what can be done to give girls their childhood back.
have other options. I really believe that child sponsorship is helping to make sure there are other

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern speaks of 'gracious and humbling experience' of meeting sponsored child

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern met the child she sponsored through World Vision for the first time this week

Think of World Vision next time you eat a packet of crisps...

3-year sponsor Peter recently visited his sponsored child in Armenia for the second time and came back with some reflections on sponsorship, World Vision's work and carb-rich snacks.
and his family. What's the best thing about child sponsorship for

A story of sponsorship: from the UK to Hong Kong to Cambodia

World Vision supporters Susann, William, Elena and Amelie share the story of their visit to Cambodia to see the real impact of child sponsorship.

It's Christmas! (Sort Of)

Despite only just turning our calendar to September, the Grotto team here at World Vision UK HQ are hard at work processing all of your Christmas cards and gifts for your sponsored children. Here's a few pictures of the process.

Visiting my three sponsored children in Armenia

Ivan, a committed World Vision supporter from Northern Ireland decided to travel the length and breadth of Armenia in order to visit all three of the girls he sponsors, and what an experience it was for him:

'Step into Africa' at South Bank

Hettie, a very passionate young lady who works on World Vision's experiential initiative, 'Step into Africa' shares her thoughts on the exhibit.
it is your own. Child sponsorship is a way to connect and witness the change

Meeting our sponsored child Sylvia in rural Uganda

We hope you enjoyed reading Chris and Jon's stories from last week about health care and primary schools in Uganda. Here is another lovely piece from the couple about them meeting their sponsored child, Syliva:

What do healthcare and education look like in Uganda?

Two of our wonderful sponsors, Chris and Jon, recently visited Uganda and they have written a couple of blogs to share their experiences with you. In their first blog today, Chris tells us about a health clinic she had special interest in as a retired nurse and then Jon tells us about the impact World Vision has had (and is having) on two primary schools in the area.
have given through World Vision child sponsorship. Through our

Buddying up for an Albanian visit

World Vision child sponsor, Chris, shares her story from Albania about our first ever combined sponsor visit where she met her sponsored child, Elvana, and saw some of the inspiring work World Vision have been doing.

Sponsor A Girl

Sponsor a girl change a life forever. Girls face unique challenges to overcome. Become a child sponsor and join us in making a difference.
most important decisions you ever make. Our child sponsorship programmes in world’s poorest places such as … 30 years. Watch her video to find out what child sponsorship means to Amanda and her family. For more

Sponsor A Boy

Sponsor a boy with World Vision and change a life of a child forever. Become a child sponsor and make a real difference to a child in need.
30 years. Watch her video to find out what child sponsorship means to Amanda and her family. For more … visit how child sponsorship works