I’m a 15-year-old girl from Niger.
Your sponsorship can help Safiatou receive an education, have access to clean water and healthcare and be protected from violence. Become Safiatou’s sponsor to exchange pictures and letters, and to discover more about his community and life.
When you sponsor a child, you open doors for their future. You encourage them as they learn, grow and dream. And you create a powerful ripple effect – fueling local solutions that transform entire communities.
It all starts with a personal connection with a girl or boy who is waiting for a caring sponsor like you. Your letters, photos and encouragement tell your sponsored child, “I believe in you.” Your friendship encourages them to stay in school, dream bigger and reach their full potential. And that’s just the beginning.
Your $39 monthly donation combines with other sponsors’ support to fund community-led solutions like clean water, education, health care and protection from violence. Together, you help to build stronger schools, safer communities and brighter futures.
That’s the power of sponsorship – one friendship creates ripples of change that lift entire communities for generations to come.
Hellen, a former sponsored child from Uganda
Today, Hellen is a Plan project officer supporting refugees with education and safe spaces.
Don’t see your question below? Our Donor Loyalty team is happy to answer any questions you have. Please call 800.556.7918 Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, or email us at donorrelations@planusa.org.
Child sponsorship starts at $39 a month. You can also pay $117 quarterly or $468 annually.
We’ve learned from experience that the best way to create lasting change is to help communities support themselves. Your $39 monthly gift is pooled with other sponsors’ support to create a steady flow of support. We focus on what communities say they need most — like clean water, education and health care.
Writing a letter is the best way to learn more about your sponsored child! To send a digital letter or postcard, just sign into your MyPlan account, and click on your sponsored child’s photo. You can also send handwritten letters. Mail your letter to us at the address below and we will forward it to your sponsored child.
Plan International USA
P.O. Box 9747
Providence RI 02940-9420
Please remember to apply a pre-printed label (included in your welcome kit) on each piece you would like to send.
Yes! You will have opportunities to send seasonal gifts to your sponsored child, including:
We’re happy to forward a small token of friendship from you to your sponsored child, like stickers or a bookmark.
Gifts should:
Due to international guidelines and cultural differences, we are unable to forward:
Please attach your sponsor number and sponsored child’s number to your gift to ensure it arrives without delay! Gifts can be sent to the following address:
Plan International USA
P.O. Box 9747
Providence RI 02940-9420
If you have any additional questions regarding our gift policy, please call our Donor Loyalty team at 800.556.7918.
Yes! We encourage you to consider a trip to visit your sponsored child’s community. It’s a life-changing experience to meet your sponsored child and see first-hand the impact of your support. To begin planning your visit, please contact our Donor Loyalty team at 800.556.7918 or donorrelations@planusa.org.
All sponsorship visits must be organized through Plan International USA.
Yes! Plan International USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your sponsorship contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. You’ll receive an annual tax receipt for your records.
Sponsored children typically graduate from our program on or around their 18th birthday. In some cases, your sponsorship may end sooner than anticipated. Your sponsored child could move away, or Plan could phase out of the area. When it’s clear a community can manage its own development without us, we gradually phase out our participation. This is a cause for celebration, because it means our partnership has been a success!
When your sponsored child leaves or graduates from our program, we’ll contact you to transfer your sponsorship to another child.
We understand that circumstances change. If you need to stop your sponsorship, simply contact our Donor Loyalty team at 800.556.7918 or email donorrelations@planusa.org.
At Plan, gender equality is integrated into all of our programs, including child sponsorship. We focus on girls because they face unique barriers to education and safety. They are more likely to be pulled out of school or forced to marry.
Experience and research have shown clear links between achieving gender equality, fulfilling children’s rights and ending child poverty. Investing in a girl’s future will not only improve her life, but also the economic condition of her family and her community. Gender equality is a benefit to all and a fight we must take on together.
When you sponsor a child, you can choose to sponsor a boy or girl. Children in all their diversity participate and benefit from our sponsorship program.
Plan is fully committed to ending violence against children and young people. We acknowledge our duty to promote the gender-responsive safeguarding of children and young people, particularly those with whom we work.
Read our full Safeguarding Policy.
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