2010 Child Sponsorship Brochure PDF

This is an A5-sized, read-only file.

You can download, print and complete the A4 Child Sponsorship form by clicking on the image below.

When you begin your sponsorship of a child in our residential care, you will receive the following:

Profile
This introduces you to the child you are supporting so you can get to know a bit more about his or her background. You will then receive six-monthly updates, detailing social and academic progress.

Photograph
So you know exactly who you are sponsoring, we send you a recent photograph. Every six months you will receive a new photograph.

Mosaic
As a new incentive we are offering sponsors past and future the chance to own a mosaic (15cm by 18cm) as a symbol of their commitment and as a token of our appreciation. These are of course made at our mosaic workshop in Nepal as part of the vocational training that leads on to jobs.

It is a gesture that works twice - a legitimate thank you for your generosity and an essential part of our training programme.

The elephant mosaic represents the general sponsorship and would be offered to anyone taking up that form of sponsorship for one year (£300).

The owl mosaic is for education sponsorship and offered to anyone agreeing that form of sponsorship for one year (£180).

 

The butterfly mosaic represents recreation sponsorship and is offered to anyone taking up that category of sponsorship for one year (£60).

The mosaics can come boxed and as such would make a lovely Christmas present. We ask that sponsors meet the cost of postage - usually by courier. This costs around £12.50.

(The details of the sponsored child can catch up with the recipient within one month of the gift being delivered.)


College Sponsorship
Some of our older students are now preparing to embark on higher education, having passed their School Leavers' Certificate (SLC - roughly equivalent to the UK's GCSEs). This in itself demonstrates the remarkable progress they have made.

We are currently developing a College Sponsorship programme which will enable these students to pursue A-Levels or similar for a further two years beyond normal school.

The cost of finding suitable colleges in Kathmandu means that an additional £15 per month needs meeting in their education.

What You Can Do
Sponsor a child - Change a Nepali child's life for good.

It costs £45 per month to to meet the full needs of one child in our compassionate residential refuges. That covers everything from a roof above their head to clothes, from a good education to a programme of stimulating social activities.

Why does it seem so much?

Unlike other child sponsorship programmes, ours has to offer full-time residential care to these children as they are not able to live with their families. We are the only people supporting these children.

Furthermore, Nepal – in spite of its poverty – has soaring living costs precipitated by the recently-ended conflict which saw rent and land costs multiply.

How you can help
Through child sponsorship, you can help us to meet the cost of providing this long-term support.

There are currently over 40 children with no sponsor at all – if you would like to play a direct role in helping just one of them to rebuild their life, please contact lois.clarkson@ebtrust.org.uk | 020 7600 5654.

 

• Full Sponsorship of £45 per month would cover the full care plan for one named child.
  
  
• General Sponsorship at just £25 per month covers the daily care of a named child – food, accommodation, clothing, medical care and local support staff wages.
  

• Education Sponsorship in the form of a donation of £15 per month meets education costs – including school uniforms, exercise books and a contribution towards the school bus which takes each child to school. It also enables us to utilise personal tutors to work with children who need a little extra help in their studies.
  

• Recreation Sponsorship at £5 per month is designed purely to broaden the range of stimulating activities on offer to the children. This could contribute to a camping expedition, a trip to the cinema or even pay for a dance tutor.

100% of your monthly donation goes directly to the care of the child you are sponsoring in Nepal. Our administrative costs are met by unrestricted donations, and from tax we recover through Gift Aid.

Please note that we do not permit direct correspondence between children and sponsors; this is to avoid some children feeling neglected if they receive no letters. Also, for the same reason, any presents that sponsors may wish to send to their child should be suitable for use by all of the refuge children. (It is worth remembering that toys and presents can be purchased by our staff locally in Nepal on your behalf, saving transportation costs while stimulating the local economy.)