What Your Money Can Do...

At Sacred Childhoods we do not currently make the offer to privately sponsor an individual child because (in the settings of orphanages and children's projects in which we work) it is difficult to justify that the full needs of one child are met whilst another child who isn't as yet being sponsored goes without. Instead we offer than anyone donating over £500 can be involved in the discussions that select which project the money is spent on.

These discussions take place (via email) with the team, the trustees and the donor, so if you are passionate about a particular area (i.e. the creation of a new Safe House for rescued child slaves) we will do our utmost to channel the funds to this area. In such cases, and as a way of providing comprehensive feedback, Sacred Childhoods stays in close contact with the donor who will also receive a video evidencing the progress of that project. 
 
Because western currencies are so strong against the Indonesian Rupiah even relatively small donations can make a big difference. Below are some examples of what your money could do...

• £10 can buy stocks of rice and meats that will feed an orphanage with 200 children for a day.
  
  
• £50 can buy a new little cooker so that they don’t have to cook over an open fire which causes long term health problems from the constant inhalation of smoke.

• £100 can pay for a child to return to their original island to be reunited with their families from which they were stolen/conned.
  
  
• £200 can pay for all 32 children at an orphanage where the children were rescued from slavery to go on their first ever trip to the zoo to see animals that they don’t even know exist like elephants and tigers (only tourists can ever afford this kind of trip)!
  
  
• £1000 can pay for our first Safe House to be established where children can be rescued from their existence as child sex slaves, child soldiers or child labourers.

• £10 paid each month by Direct Debit can pay for a local doctor to visit the children at a children’s project/orphanage once a month.

• £500 can pay for an Aids Awareness program to visit our projects and offer advice and condoms for 1 year.

• £200 can pay for a new waste disposal system and showers to be fitted at an orphanage that Sacred Childhoods is currently helping where 200 children are living in terrible conditions where disease spreads quickly.

• £1000 can start a Street School in the slum areas of Java to launch and run for 1 year where around 50 street children can receive an education (the teaching will be covered under our volunteers program).
  
  
• £3000 can pay for all 50 children at the street school to receive the food each day that they would otherwise be searching for on the streets (that’s 16p per day per child).

• £30 can buy a bunk bed with mattresses for two children so that they no longer have to sleep on the bare concrete floor in damp and dirty conditions.
  
  
• £5000 could open a new orphanage for abandoned children.

• Your free time could be donated to helping orphanages set up their own websites and gain independence.
  
  
• You could also offer a Micro-Loan to a member of the community who wishes to start up their own small business allowing families to lift themselves out of poverty. You can help them start their own business for as little as £100.

• £10 as a monthly Direct Debit can help with the costs of keeping our researchers in the field.  Our research program is a vital part of Sacred Childhoods and whilst volunteer researchers cover most of their own costs there are always further costs including printing and travel expenses that can mount up.