FAQ

A child sponsorship is a particularly sustainable and personal form of support, in which you can experience through the contact with your sponsored child, how the life and environment of the child change for the better. When you become a child sponsor, you support not only the child, but also the family and the child’s environment. However, a sponsorship is not a form of adoption; the children remain in their familiar environment.

The children can stay in the sponsorship program until the age of 22. This gives them the opportunity to complete an apprenticeship or finish their studies to stay on their foot. 

We would like to encourage you to make a long-term commitment to your sponsored child! However, you decide how long your sponsorship will last. If you can’t or don’t want to continue your sponsorship, we will look for a new sponsor for the child.

• Help; health care, hygiene training and supplementary food if necessary; a caring and safe Christian environment to grow in self-confidence and social skills; personal attention, guidance and love.
• The opportunity to hear the gospel, learn about Jesus Christ and grow in faith. 

The children are visited and selected directly in the slums by CrossChildren volunteers. Extreme poverty and lack of basic services are most prevalent in the villages. Children who attend Sunday school at a Christian assembly (Church) are given special consideration in the selection process. There are also volunteers on site who work professionally at the local authority and have an insight into the circumstances of the poorest of the poor so that they can prioritise them.

No. We help children from other religions or beliefs as well. So that, they could know the Gospel and visit the local Church regularly and grow in faith.

1. The children are warmly invited to Sunday school.
2. Every month we send them a Christian article.
3. Through your letters, you can encourage your Sponsored Child to grow in faith in Jesus Christ. In addition, the whole family, relatives and neighbours will read your letter as they are very enthusiastic and connected. Such a letter spreads quickly and can be very effective in sharing the gospel.
4. Through personal contacts of our volunteers in India.

Yes, Our volunteers in India have personal contact with the children and their parents. However, there is nobody who acts as an intermediary between the children and CrossChildren.

The donation goes directly from CrossChildren to the sponsored child’s family. No third person comes into contact with it. The account of your sponsored child’s mother is used for this purpose, as she has the best overview of the child’s needs (e.g. learning materials, school uniform, food, etc.). It is very important to the parents that the child of school age does not have to work.

Yes. The child you support has only one sponsor – and that is you! You are the special person to child. Each child has only one sponsor, which is why the sponsor’s prayers, letters and support mean so much to a child. We believe that the relationship that develops between sponsors and children is instrumental in a child’s growth and development. In addition, this one-to-one relationship provides children with the message that they matter, that they are valuable and that someone outside of their family cares about them and their future.

There are various points and criteria to be considered when determining the poverty category to which a child is assigned. Therefore, a child is labeled as the “Poorest Child” when she/he meets the specified points and criteria for it. This label encompasses multiple children who fall below the poverty line set by the State.

For example, a book must meet certain requirements to be designated as Amazon Bestseller, New York Times Bestseller, or Spiegel Bestseller etc.(Bestseller: singular term). This doesn’t mean there is only one bestseller book in a category, but rather all the books that meet the criteria for the Bestseller rank.

No, if you sponsor a child, you do not enter into any contractual obligation. You can end your commitment at any time – without giving a reason. 

Yes, please inform us 8 weeks before your scheduled flight and one of our staff will guide you to a child when you reach the child’s town or village.

Yes! you can do that. However, you have to choose another child individually on the Sponsor page. Otherwise, you can register on the Be Chosen page to be chosen by one of the poor children.

Yes, it is possible to take over a sponsorship together with friends, family or relatives. However, there must always be one main contact person for the sponsorship, from whose account the monthly amount is debited.

Yes, of course! If you could, please consider supporting more than one child. If you would like to donate more than a regular amount, just let us know and we will change your monthly donation.

You can cancel your sponsorship at any time. Just log in to My Account portal and cancel your sponsorship with just one click. You can also inform us through email: email@crosschildren.org

You can cancel your sponsorship at any time. We will do our best to find a new sponsor for your sponsored child.

You can change your address at any time in the My Account portal or write us an email: email@crosschildren.org

You can change Account details at any time in the My Account portal or write us an email: email@crosschildren.org

Your address will remain anonymous to the family of your Sponsored Child. However, CrossChildren will use it if anything needs to be sent by post.