Child Sponsorship

Well, I first knew about child sponsorship when I was in form 3. That time I've taken up a part time sales assistant job in Mid Valley during the year-end holiday. One day, I saw my colleague was reading a letter. So, I made fun of her and asked if that was a love letter for her :) And she answered that was a letter from one of the child she sponsored in other country. The child sent her a recent photograph of him and updated her about his recent life. My friend was also kind enough to share me some information regarding child sponsorship. That time I was thinking, how awesome if I can do something meaningful like this also.

If you don't really know what child sponsorship is, you may pay a visit to this website - Child Sponsorship by World Vision Malaysia. In 2010, World Vision Malaysia raised over RM24 million and served in 17 countries. They were able to connect over 40,000 children with Malaysian child sponsors. And for me, the most awesome thing in child sponsorship is you can get to know your sponsored child and build an enriching friendship with him/her by writing letter or sending small gifts. :)

An image taken from World Vision's website (:

And now, I start having the thought of sponsoring a child again since I'm doing some freelance jobs and able to sustain my life with the money. I'll probably start the sponsorship after getting the salary of a working project that  will be started in this coming December. Just wanna make sure my financial status is stable enough because I don't want to discontinue the sponsorship halfway and hence make the child disappointed :)

So what about you? Are you going to start your own sponsorship? Try considering about this if your financial status allows you to do so. Cause you know, a simple gift of RM50 per month from you could make a better life to a child ;)