Child sponsorship is about sponsoring a child and supporting the child's community to help
take good care of its children.
We provide several options for you to contribute: You can use the short form on this page to make payment(s) through Credit or Debit Cards, NetBanking, Cash Card, Mobile Payments or e-Wallets. If you are looking at sponsoring through cheque download our sponsorship form and post it to us. And, if you want to give a monthly standing instruction to your bank download the ACH form.
with details of the child you are linked to.
An annual update from the community that the child belongs to.
a bi-annual message from the child to you.
an email update of various initiatives of ActionAid India.
*Only available to those who have chosen the sponsorship model
Children are the ambassadors of change in the communities we work with
We strive to build a sustainable and socially just future, for the communities we work with. Children's education, nutrition and protection are at the centre of our focus, in each of our initiatives. We measure the progress of our work by the progress that children and women in the communities achieve.
3,00,200
children were extended support in 2014
30,000
children enrolled in schools
40%
of the children enrolled are girls
7,176
most marginalised children were supported to get scholarships from the government for further studies
2,300
children suffering from severe malnutrition were supported and linked to nutritional rehabilitation centres and child-care centres run by the government
1,329
children linked to mid-day meal scheme
1,467
children rescued from child labour, linked to family and school
384
adolescent girls were rescued from instances of child-marriage and were supported to pursue education
ActionAid India has been working with poor and marginalised people in India since 1972. We work in 25 states and one Union Territory reaching out to over 8 million people every year, those of whom belong to the most marginalised and excluded groups.
If one out of 10 people in our country support one poor child we can make all children go to school and ensure secured future.
- Prakash Kandpal,
ActionAid Donor
I am extremely glad and excited to meet the child I support! It is an emotional union... It is a feeling of satisfaction for the humble donation I make.
- Shamantha,
ActionAid Donor
"I am aspiring to become a teacher and educate children from my village"
Sandhya Berapuvvu.
"I was saved from being a victim of child marriage ,thanks to ActionAid and Ankita. Now pursing my engineering degree"
Vinoja