CHILD SPONSORSHIP
Here’s a link to Wikipedia’s entry on Child Sponsorship. Here are some other resources:
ARTICLES
- Trying to Help in Haiti: As a teenager, I began sponsoring a poverty-stricken boy in the Caribbean. Twelve years and thousands of dollars later I flew down to meet him—and to learn if my efforts did any good at all by Jonah Ogles (Outside Magazine)
- Does Child Sponsorship Pay off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth by Bruce Wydick, Paul Glewwe and Lain Rutledge, Laine (The World Bank Economic Review)
- Does International Child Sponsorship Work? New Research Says Yes. by ScienceDaily
- Simply…Why You Should Not Sponsor a Child by New Internationalist
- What is it Like to be a Sponsored Child? by Emily Buchanan (BBC News)
- Please Do Not Sponsor This Child by New Internationalist
BLOGS
- Donor Illusions by Give Well
This is not a comprehensive list. It’s one that includes resources that we have had the time to review and recommend. If you have others that you would recommend, please Contact Us. We would love to know what else is out there!