My wife and I sponsor 2 kids (1 from India and 1 from Ethiopia) through Christian Childrens fund which has been great so far. Similar to the other organizations we get fairly regular updates, pictures, and letters from the kids.
This weekend we actually had the World Vision guys come to the door as well and we ended up sponsoring another girl from Cambodia. We were there this summer so it kind of hit close to home. We had been planning on sponsoring a 3rd child so when the World Vision guy came to us it just made it convenient as hell. Not that it is difficult to actually sponsor a child but sometimes we tend to forget to make the call or mail the letter so this worked out.
I am also surprised to hear that the World Vision guys get $50 per child they "sign up". The guy who was at my door was pretty aggressive actually and now that I hear they get paid it makes a bit more sense. He seemed a little too motivated to just be a volunteer.
I think it is well worth it. $35 a month really isn't that much to us but it does mean a WHOLE lot to them.
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