Child Sponsorship

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“ sponsoring a child has been such a wonderful experience for the whole family. It’s really engaged my own children and brought home the reality of life for children their age in poor parts of Malawi” 

Child Sponsor, Changing Lives Malawi

All of the children The William Stewart Foundation supports are living in extreme poverty. They are fed a nutritious and filling meal once a week but some children might go several days without food. They miss school as they have to work for a pittance to try to help their families. Most of the time the children live with either one parent or, more commonly, grandparents.

Sponsoring a child means they will have hope. They know someone cares about them. They have a brighter future. Sponsored children will continue to have access to the feeding programme and will get a monthly food parcel and soap for their family. This isn’t enough for the whole month but will help supplement their diet. We want to give people the helping hand they need but not become totally reliant on food parcels. They would love to be self-sufficient and that is our aim too.

A sponsored child will also have new clothes and a blanket, soap and stationery supplies for school. Once they get to secondary school, their fees will be paid, uniform bought and any other supplies they need.

50 children age under 6 attend our nursery (paid for by a monthly donation). The nursery runs three sessions a week and these children are given porridge or other food at each session. There has also been new uniform donated for all the nursery children.

If you would like to get involved, or have more questions, then please do get in touch with us. Sponsorship is £25 per month per child (85p per day) and you can sponsor as an individual, family or two friends can split the cost of sponsoring a child.

You will hear from your sponsored child at least twice a year and you will help a child have a much better future. We have lots of children of all ages needing a sponsor to improve their lives. There are photos on the website and our Facebook page of those in most need of sponsorship or you could ask about sponsoring a particular age group. Together, we can change lives.  (Sarah Black Feb 2021)

Moless is 15 and in p7. She has missed so much school due to having to work for a pittance for food. Can you sponsor Moless please so she can either go to secondary school or have a place on our new apprenticeship programme once she finishes primary school.
Crispin’s big sister Doricah has been lucky enough to be sponsored and has gone to secondary school. This leaves Crispin and younger brother Reverend at home with Grandma desperately needing some support.
Reverend’s big sister Doricah has been lucky enough to be sponsored and has gone to secondary school. This leaves Reverend and older brother Crispin at home with Grandma desperately needing someone to sponsor them.
Richard 8 is the middle child of three… all are malnourished due to lack of food. Can you help us change Richard’s life?
Queen, 4, like her two big brothers, Richard and Madalitso and her cousin Elinah, is always hungry. She needs someone to help her. £25 per month provides a food parcel, a blanket, soap, clothes and education.
James is 6 and is the brother of Tusalifye who is 10. There are also two other siblings. They live with mum and all are suffering from malnutrition. Could you help secure his future? Could you sponsor James please?
Eliness is 11 and the oldest of three girls all looking for a sponsor. Their older brother Mwiza is disabled (he has a sponsor thankfully) but their dad is sick and cannot work and all the responsibility has fallen on mum with Eliness helping out. We need to ensure that Eliness doesn’t get married off too young because the family can’t afford to feed all their children. Could you be her helping hand?
Thokozani is 7. Her older brother Mwiza is disabled and her dad is sick. All responsibility has fallen on mum and her older sister Eliness to look after Thokazani and their younger sister Melise. As you can see Thokazani needs new clothes and she needs food to eat as she is malnourished. Can you help?
Belita is a little girl who is in need of a helping hand to help her achieve her potential. Please could you sponsor her to change her life?
Alice is malnourished and we would love her to be matched with a sponsor to help her have a happier childhood
Amos lives with his parents and two older siblings. Also they are fostering Amos’ cousin, Manuel, who has been orphaned. It would be great to match Amos with a sponsor to give him more hope for the future.
Walusungu has been receiving some help for a while, despite not having a sponsor. She has has been suffering from malnutrition and needs a kind sponsor to improve her health and her future. Can you help her?
Although Esther isn’t sponsored, she has really been affected by malnutrition so Levison has tried to ensure she gets some extra food. She desperately needs a sponsor to improve her situation. Can you help? Esther age 4 has an older sister, Mestina age 6 and younger brother, Elijah age 3. Elijah has a sponsor … please can you help Esther? All three children are malnourished as they don’t have enough food.
This is how Esau arrived at The Foundation one day. Thankfully, there had been a delivery of boxes from the container so Levison was able to give him new clothes. However, you can see from Esau’s tummy that, despite his lovely smile, he is suffering from malnutrition. Could you sponsor Esau to change his life please?
Sister and brother, Lucia and Rodrick, are both suffering from malnutrition. Thankfully, Levison was able to provide them with new clothes and they benefit from the feeding programme once a week. However, they really do need to be matched with sponsors to help them have hope for a better future.
Chawanagwa was previously sponsored, along with his brother, Anock, and sister, Catherine. Unfortunately, his sponsor was no longer able to continue so Chawanagwa needs to be matched with someone new. All three children live with their mum who is not well so cannot work.
Christina attends the nursery at The Foundation three times a week where she and the other children are fed porridge. She has been gifted a uniform and here is holding a new blanket. The nursery is making a difference to the pre-school children but long term Christina needs a helping hand to help her reach her potential.
Philemon is benefitting from The Foundation nursery meeting 3 times a week and providing the pre-school children with porridge at each session. He’s been gifted a uniform and is cuddling his new blanket that all the nursery children have received as presents. Can you help Philemon to have hope for a better future?
Legina is pictured here enjoying her one nutritious, substantial meal of the week at the feeding programme. Can you help Legina have hope for the future.
Tusalifye Nyondo is 10 and in p3. As you can see, she is in desperate need of a sponsor to provide a food parcel each month, a blanket and new clothes. She’s missed a lot of school as she’s had to do piece work for a pittance to help provide some food for her family.
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Notes re sponsoring a child

Sponsorship is £25 per month per child. Please use your sponsored child’s name as the reference when setting up your monthly payment.

You may like to send some gifts to your sponsored child. Please note that this is not a requirement, but something you may like to do. You can send something each time we are sending boxes to go on the container or, you might just want to send gifts once a year. It’s totally up to you. Preloved things are fine but only if they are in very good condition and are appropriate for your sponsored child.

If you are unable to get to the shops or you live at a distance you can liaise with Sarah and she will help you. All parcels and letters must come through us please.

We take boxes to The Bananabox Trust warehouse in Dundee and they book a container when their warehouse is full. It costs £15 per box (similar to bananabox size) to send on the container. So, as we are getting bigger, and now have our sponsorship programme up and running, we are going to ask sponsors to pay £15 (if they can) for their box of gifts for their sponsored child (£7.50 for half box etc).  We supply the boxes and will pack your gifts.

You can send things like; flipflops/slides, t-shirts, skirts/shorts/trousers, underwear, jumper, waterproof jacket, woolly hat or baseball cap, wind up torch, candles, soap, books, pads of paper, colouring books, stationery, sewing or knitting supplies, umbrella, toothbrush/toothpaste, small tool kit, bag etc. You can send a sealed bag of sweets with a long sell by date but no chocolate. If you aren’t sure of something then please ask as we are happy to help you. (please note that culturally girls wear skirts or dresses NOT trousers or leggings).

Feel free to enclose a note for your child but please DO NOT put your exact address.

You will hear back from your sponsored child at least twice a year and we hope you enjoy seeing their progress on social media too.

Thank you so much for helping to change your sponsored child’s life. They can now complete their education and have hope for a better future. They also know they are important and that you care about them. We look forward to seeing your child grow and be the best they can be thanks to your support. (Sarah Black Feb 2021)

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