What are some good honest child sponsorship programs?

Question

I would like to sponsor a Haitian child through a reliable sponsorship program. I see some that require your credit card info, but I don't know it I should give that info. also I want to make sure all the money goes to the child.

I would like to encourage other people to give money or anything to people in Haiti because I read a story on aol.com about Haitians eating dirt because they have nothing else to eat. Thank You!!

Answer 1

I sponsor 2 children through Christian Childrens Fund. You can call them directly if you don't want to give your credit card information over the Internet

Answer 2

I've also been looking into this over the past while and have done a lot of research, etc, and finally made my decision on who to go through.

There are three very reputable child sponsorship agencies out there. I'm in Canada but I assume you're in the US. These all have good reputations and there's no problem in giving your credit card information.

Plan Canada - This is a Canadian organization so if you live in the US, you probably would prefer to go with another organization with a US branch. http://plancanada.ca  Otherwise, they're quite good and my mom sponsored through them for years (they used to be Foster Parents Plan).

World Vision - www.worldvision.org (US) or www.worldvision.ca (Canada). Also very good reputation, but they're a Christian organization. This isn't anything against Christians! However, they have a reputation of preaching to the kids and this has supposedly gotten a few volunteers killed over the past number of years. None recently that I know of, but to me it's an issue. Maybe of these countries aren't Christian and I don't want to pay someone to change their cultures.

SOS Children's Villages - My favourite! After loads of research, I'm going with them. www.sos-usa.org or www.soschildrensvillages.ca   They've been around for 50+ years and basically build villages for orphans to live in with a "village mother." So they have a family, etc. You can sponsor either a whole village or a specific child. (I'm going to do the latter.) They just seem like the best program from what I've read and the experiences of other donors.

Good luck! Hope that's helpful.