“I and the one who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like these two” – and he gestured with his forefinger and middle finger, holding them close together. (Bukhari)
As we rise each morning, another 5,700 children will wake up newly-orphaned. With the rise of climate change and conflict, more and more children are being orphaned, knocking their futures off course and leaving them extremely vulnerable. No child should be left to feel this fear alone.
Right now, there are 6,432 orphans registered with Human Appeal and each one urgently needs a caring sponsor so that they can continue their education in safe housing without struggling for food or healthcare. Become a sponsor today, and reap the blessings of this Sunnah every single month.
A future suddenly shattered
There’s no exact figure of the number of orphans across the globe, but it’s estimated between 143 million and 210 million children are orphaned. Each one has experienced the shattering trauma of losing their father or both their parents, often in extreme circumstances such as during war or a disaster, ripping their futures away overnight.
A child who used to have caring parents, who provided them with food, a home, clothes, and toys is suddenly all alone. Often they have to leave school to earn money to survive, and they’re at extreme risk of sickness, malnutrition, and of being exploited or abused.
This is why we urgently need sponsors for the thousands of children registered with us, to get them in a safe and secure routine, and back in school as soon as possible.
You can help us to break the cycle before it’s too late, giving them a chance to be healthy, protected, and educated. Importantly, sponsorship also ensures they get to stay in school, so that they don’t have to work to support themselves and their families.
A prophetic Sunnah
In his lifetime, the Messenger – himself an orphan - cared for orphans, and promised closeness to him in Jannah for those who did the same. It’s a recognition of how beautiful an act it is to care for the most vulnerable in our ummah – a child who has lost the people who care for him.
Caring for an orphan isn’t just the legacy of the Messenger (PBUH); sponsorship helps the mother or caregiver of the child with the cost of: food,
clothes
healthcare
housing
and school supplies.
Experience, safety, compassion
Entrust your sponsorship to our 30 years of experience in caring for orphaned children. We have a dedicated child safeguarding officer in every country where we sponsor orphans, and all staff working with children are trained in child protection. We even train mothers and caregivers on child protection, helping them to safeguard them from common risks.
You can also give your sponsorship in a one-off annual payment of $900 if you prefer - that’s just $2.50 per day, or $17.30 per week. And it’s Zakat-applicable too!
We’re incredibly grateful to all those who are already helping us to change the future, one child at a time. It’s a legacy that will bring blessings every single month.
Currently our sponsors are helping over 22,000 orphans across nine countries, but we have thousands more who are registered with us and urgently need a sponsor to help them have enough food, clothes, and to cover the cost of any sickness expenses.
Become a sponsor and help get a child back into school, giving them a safer today and a brighter tomorrow.
Accountability and transparency
As a sponsor, you’ll receive updates on the progress of the child you sponsor every six months, as well as an end-of-year report, allowing you to see exactly how your sponsorship is changing a life. You’ll see how they’re doing in school, their favourite subjects, their hopes for the future as well as a drawing from the child.
We’re committed to sharing the massive, life-changing impact that your generosity has for a child who has experienced unimaginable hardship.
Protecting children of the ummah
When you sponsor an orphan, you’ll give a child the opportunity that all children deserve – a chance to be healthy, protected, and educated.
We also provide training to their mothers or caregivers about protection, helping to safeguard them from common risks and dangers.
Orphan sponsorship is all on your terms – you can choose to sponsor a certain child, or sponsor someone based on their age, or location. Or, you can leave it to our Orphan and Child Welfare team to select the child in most urgent need of sponsorship. It takes just a few minutes to register, and to begin to change a child’s life.
Give mercy today.
Why sponsor through Human Appeal?
We’ve been helping supporters to sponsor orphans for 30 years. Currently, our supporters are sponsoring over 23,000 orphans across nine countries. It’s Zakat-applicable, allowing you to follow the legacy of the Prophet (PBUH) while fulfilling your duty of Zakat.
We’ve witnessed how one sponsorship can change a whole future, and we’ve developed a program that puts the child’s needs first.
In order to qualify for child sponsorship, an orphaned child must remain in school, which safeguards their right to an education and a future, and helps to give them the tools to support themselves once they become young adults in the world.
Entrust your precious charity to us and change a young life. It’s a beautiful Sadaqah Jariyah; the safety, knowledge and health that you provide an orphan with will benefit them for the rest of their lives, and bring blessings upon you too!
Protection, safeguarding, and accountability
Our number one priority in all our work is protecting the rights, dignity and safety of the people we support.
Throughout all stages of sponsorship, we perform vigorous checks, measures, and policies to ensure that all children we work with are protected from harm. All staff working with children are vetted and trained in child protection, and we have designated child protection coordinators who ensure that our Child Protection Policy is followed, that children are protected, and that any complaints are reported and escalated.
Reap monthly blessings. Honor the legacy of the Messenger. Change a child’s future.
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “I and the one who sponsors an orphan will be in Paradise like these two” – and he gestured with his forefinger and middle finger, holding them close together.
In Islam, sponsoring an orphaned child is one of the most righteous deeds a Muslim can perform.
Human Appeal is committed to providing aid in the country or program that you select. In the event we complete the program, exceed the required funds, or are denied access to a particular country for reasons beyond our control, Human Appeal reserves the right to reallocate your donation to another program where it is needed most.
Orphan sponsorship is a way to provide ongoing financial support to the mother of caregiver of an orphan who has lost their father or both parents. They receive a stipend every three months that covers the cost of their food, clothes, healthcare, and school supplies. It allows a child to stay in school – which is a condition of the sponsorship - helping them to break the cycle of poverty and have the skills for a brighter future.
When you sponsor an orphan, the funds go to the orphan child’s caregiver, usually the child’s mother, grandparent or family guardian.
Every family has different needs and we understand that the mother or caregiver is the best judge of how to help each child. We empower this person to spend the funds in a way that best helps the child in the way that they most need, usually through providing food, education, shelter or clothes. We continue to offer safeguarding and in-person checks with each family to ensure that the child is benefiting from your sponsorship.
Yes. A condition of our sponsorship is that the child you sponsor must attend school if they are old enough and have no physical condition that prevents them from attending.
Child protection is of utmost importance in this program, so we don’t allow sponsors to contact the sponsored child via any means, including letters, email or video calls. You’ll receive updates on the child’s development and progress every six months, providing you with information on their education, living situation, and well-being.
We provide you with reports twice a year, which include photographs and drawings, as well as information about the child’s family, school, performance at school and well-being.
You can sponsor an orphan by visiting our website and setting up a monthly or annual donation. You can also call us and our donor care team will assist you in sponsoring a child.
When you sponsor a child, you’ll help to cover the cost of their:
No. By sponsoring a child, you provide financial support to allow them to have access to a quality education and a better quality of life. This is not considered adopting a child, which would be a legal guardianship and daily care in the same home. Nevertheless, the child is aware of your sponsorship and the help you provide.
An orphaned child is a child whose father or both parents have passed away.
Yes, you can sponsor as many children as you like.
We only sponsor orphans in developing countries.
Yes, however you must specify this when setting up your donation so we can ensure that we abide by the stringent conditions of Zakat.
Yes. Through our website, you can sponsor an orphan from wherever in the world you are based.
We apply strict program criteria for orphan sponsorship programs. Every child must meet our minimum requirements for the orphan sponsorship program – including having lost their father - so that we can ensure we are reaching orphans most in need.
The child you sponsor will no longer need to worry about the daily cost of living, allowing them to attend school where they can gain the knowledge, skills and personal development for a better future. Sponsorship safeguards and protects the child through regular monitoring by our child welfare officers, while ensuring they have a reasonable standard of living, a caring home, as well access to healthcare, clothing, and school supplies.
You can send additional financial support to the child by contacting our Donor Care Team, or by setting up a second sponsorship fund for them if you wish. You can also send Eid or Ramadan gifts by donating to this program and inputting the ID number of the orphan you sponsor. We don’t accept non-financial gifts as we know the guardian of the child is best placed to decide what they need, and we cannot give out children’s addresses for their own safety.
