Transform the World for Children

As a child sponsor, you personally make a lasting difference to a child's life, and the lives of their family and community.

By providing life's essentials – food, clean water, healthcare, education and sustainable family incomes – your sponsorship gives some of the world's poorest children the chance to realise their full potential.

It also gives you the opportunity to see your gift in action through their eyes while becoming part of a journey out of poverty for an entire community. Sponsor a child today.

Lily, a sponsored child in Laos.
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    1.4 billionThe number of children living in poverty around the world
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    1.2 millionThe number of children under 5 across the world die from diarrhoea each year due to lack of safe drinking water and basic sanitation
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    223 millionThe number of children across the world are subjected to sexual violence each year
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    796 millionAbout 17% of the world's adults still lack basic literary skills

Sponsored child Lily draws in a class at school 

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Real Success Stories

Lily wants to be a teacher when she grows up. She is only four years old but her dreams are big. She lives in Bokeo province, one of the poorest areas of north-western Laos. The people of her community are waiting for many things – safe drinking water, access to quality education for their children and clean toilets are just a few.

More than 50% of the children in Bokeo are malnourished, and diarrhoea – one of the biggest killers of children in poor communities – is common due to untreated water and a lack of toilets.

With the help of Plan's long-term commitment to her community, Lily and her friends have been learning hygiene practices to prevent illnesses. Thanks to this training, as well as new toilets and our continuing work in Lily's community, children’s health is improving.

Lily has been a sponsored child for one year. She now regularly attends preschool and can read the Lao alphabet. Her dream of becoming a teacher is possible.

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