Different note on the pictures of the kids, what does it mean???
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Notes on the pictures :
- Supported till ... - mean that Choice to Choose.org is supporting the child till ..., we are looking for the sponsor for these children
- Got a Sponsor - mean - child have sponsor
- No Sponsor - mean Choice to Choose.org is looking for a sponsor but child is not getting support yet!
- Help! - special help is needed! |
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How can I communicate with the child I sponsor?
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We encourage you to
send your sponsored child a personal or family photograph and a short letter of
introduction. Choice to Choose's field staff will translate your letter and
deliver it to the child you support. Sponsored children typically keep their
sponsors' photos and letters in their homes as treasured possessions.
You may write to the
child you sponsor as often as you like. When you write, your sponsored child
will benefit from knowing that someone really cares. Your words of encouragement
will make a big difference to your child.
Correspondence
between sponsors and the children they support is truly developmental. The more
you write the child you sponsor, the more he or she will reap the benefits of
your relationship. |
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How does Choice to Choose insure that my support actually benefits the child I sponsor?
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The local staff can become personally acquainted with each sponsored child and his/her unique needs. Sponsorship support for all of the children in a project is combined and managed to provide a wide range of developmental activities and opportunities. Choice to Choose conducts audits regularly to make sure funds are properly received, tracked and managed. Like you, we want to be sure that real development is taking place in the life of every sponsored child. |
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How long should my sponsorship last?
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It is up to you, Choice to Choose sponsorship offers you the opportunity to stay with a child for a number of years, usually through the school year in which the child reaches the age of 18. While we hope that you will be able to continue in your support of your sponsored child until he or she completes college education, we recognize that sponsors' circumstances sometimes change. You may discontinue your sponsorship at any time. |
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How much does it cost to sponsor a child?
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If you choose to sponsor a child, the costs are different it depends on the age of the child, which grade in school your sponsored child is. The amount of money needed will be written on the child personal page, if is not, please contact us for more details about it. However, for the students that will attend primary school, middle school or high school, this amount is between $50 USD to $200 USD per year (money converter). The fee will include - school fee, insurance, educational materials, special clases in the school, one time a year trip and gift for the child. We hope if you will decide to sponsor the child, then your sponsorship will be a long term one, till finished of the middle school or high school, and if "your child" will be good student you would like to see him/her in the college.
We would like to help students who are very good at school, which means they could be great students in university and have brighter future. We will identify these students and we would like to find sponsors for them as well, but amount of money for college will be higher. |
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If I must discontinue my sponsorship, what happens to the child I'm helping?
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If you need to discontinue your support, please contact us as soon as possible and we will immediately look for a new sponsor for your child and continue the child's support without interruption. email us |
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May I send gifts to my child?
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Yes. You can give additional monetary gifts to your sponsored child for special occasions, to address specific needs, or because simply this is nice thing to do. These gifts are another effective way for you to reinforce your care and commitment to your child. One hundred percent of all individual gift amounts go to that child. Local project workers purchase gifts on behalf of our sponsors and make certain that these funds are used appropriately. As a guideline, we ask that sponsors keep these contributions between $10 and $25 for each child and limit their gift giving to twice a year. |
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What percentages of donations are spent on the children or other projects?
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Choice to Choose is spending 100% of your money donated for a specific child or specific project for benefit of it. Our costs are covered from our own money or from fundraising for our operation costs. You can donate some money for this purpose as well, and this will be very nice of you. But we will never use your money which you donated for your child or project for purposes connected with running Choice to Choose, it is your decision how to use your money, and we will keep it this way. donate here |
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Will I be the only person sponsoring the child I'm helping?
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Yes. The child you're helping has just one sponsor: you.
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Will my child write to me?
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We are very sorry but at this moment this is impossible, we just simply have no time and resources to manage this.
We would love to make this possible in the future when we will be able to focus 100% of our time for our projects, at this moment we need to divade our time between getting money for choice to choose projects, support ourselfs and choice to choose work.
----------------------------------------- in the future :
Your child will write to you at least two times a year. A teacher or staff person will help children who have yet to learn how to read and write. Letter writing is developmental for children as it improves their basic literacy, their self-awareness and their ability to put thoughts and feelings into words. As your exchange of letters with the child you sponsor grows over the years, you can build a scrapbook of letters and photos from your child. Your scrapbook will serve as a constant reminder of the relationship you've developed with the child you're helping and of how you've contributed to his/her growth. |
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