Sponsorship account update

Thank you for your continued support. It means more than you know. Sadly, cost-of-living changes worldwide are making it harder to effect lasting change. So, we're raising our sponsorship rate to $44.

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Sponsorship account update

Thank you for your continued support. It means more than you know. Sadly, cost-of-living changes worldwide are making it harder to effect lasting change. So, we’re raising the sponsorship rate by $5, as of June 1 (July 1 in Alberta). 

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Sponsorship rate change is essential to help kids thrive

After nine years, and ongoing efforts to reduce expenses, inflation continues to rise, and we’ve reached a funding gap we can’t ignore.

The pandemic, coupled with natural disasters and civil unrest, is crippling the most vulnerable who are losing steady income. Add rising costs of daily essentials to the equation, and it’s making it difficult to maintain basic care for children and families in our programs.

How rising costs impact kids you help

  • Cost-of-living product increases…
  • Ethiopia: Soap has tripled in price.
  • Ghana: Bread has almost doubled in price.
  • Paraguay: Sugar has risen in price by more than 60 percent.
  • Cost-of-living program impact…
  • India: It's becoming more challenging to implement program activities. For example, a recent community training session was scaled back 20 percent, due to increased expenses.
  • Burkina Faso: Mothers tell us they can only afford to prepare one meal a day.
  • Nicaragua: Costs to send children to school have risen and now includes more items. (Think: uniforms, school supplies, transportation and, now, PPE.)

Your questions answered…

While we have done everything possible to ensure children continue to receive basic services through our sponsorship program, the in-country costs for school and medical supplies, construction materials, fuel and programming have increased significantly in the countries we provide support.
 
Inflation has caused the cost of basic items such as milk, bread and soap to reach an unaffordable amounts.
 

The additional funds from the rate increase will be used to continue our standard of care and maintain much-needed services for vulnerable children and families in our countries of operation. Learn more about our work.

For monthly donations made through credit card or pre-authorized chequing account, your statement will automatically reflect the new rate on the date specified in the notification letter you received about the increase. Sponsors who make their donations quarterly, semi-annually and annually, will see the new rate reflected in the next reminder letter, after the effective date.

If you make your donation by cheque (current or postdated), it should reflect the new rate when your next sponsorship donation is due.

If the new sponsorship
rate doesn't fit your budget...

We understand, and we want to help.
Simply email askus@childrenbelieve.ca, or call 1.800.263.5437.

Thank you for helping children reach their dreams.

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