FAQs

Your sponsorship not only helps your sponsored child but assists their entire community to overcome the challenges of extreme poverty. You are equipping their community to provide:

• Nutritious food, so children can grow to be strong and healthy.
• Clean water and access to improved sanitation and hygiene.
• Availability of medical care during emergencies.
• Training to help families earn a reliable income in order to better care for their children.
• A quality learning environment and school supplies so children are able to continue their education to open opportunities for a brighter future.
• A life full of hope and knowledge that Jesus loves them.

You’ll typically see a new photo of your sponsored child every year. Depending on the country where you sponsor, new photos may be available more or less frequently.

You’ll hear from your sponsored child a few times throughout the year. If you write to your sponsored child and ask questions about their life, you’ll likely hear from them a few more times. A sponsor will receive at maximum four letters from their sponsored child in a year, no matter how many letters are sent. Please note: it takes a minimum of 90 days to receive a response from the time you send your letter to your sponsored child.

Your sponsorship not only helps your sponsored child but assists their entire community to overcome the challenges of extreme poverty. You are equipping their community to provide:

• Nutritious food, so children can grow to be strong and healthy.
• Clean water and access to improved sanitation and hygiene.
• Availability of medical care during emergencies.
• Training to help families earn a reliable income in order to better care for their children.
• A quality learning environment and school supplies so children are able to continue their education to open opportunities for a brighter future.
• A life full of hope and knowledge that Jesus loves them.

Instead of being given directly to your sponsored child or their family, your financial gifts fund projects and activities in the community that benefit your sponsored child and their family, as well as provide essential supplies. This is possible because your sponsorship gifts are combined with those from other sponsors, enabling Food for the Hungry to work with community leaders to overcome the biggest challenges of extreme poverty. This means your generosity helps your sponsored child and their family in more effective and long-term ways than would be possible otherwise.

Yes, and many sponsors do! It is a wonderful experience for both you and the child, and we definitely encourage it! These visits require significant planning and arrangements, so we ask that you give us as much notice as possible (minimum of eight weeks). Please call us at 866-307-3259 or email sponsorvisits@fh.org to start planning your visit.

When you sponsor in a sensitive country, it’s important to be mindful of the messages you send your sponsored child. In a sensitive community, sharing about the Gospel can be dangerous and, in some contexts, illegal. For the safety of your sponsored child and FH staff, please follow the sensitive guidelines when writing.

You’ll typically see a new photo of your sponsored child every year. Depending on the country where you sponsor, new photos may be available more or less frequently.

You’ll hear from your sponsored child a few times throughout the year. If you write to your sponsored child and ask questions about their life, you’ll likely hear from them a few more times. A sponsor will receive at maximum four letters from their sponsored child in a year, no matter how many letters are sent. Please note: it takes a minimum of 90 days to receive a response from the time you send your letter to your sponsored child.

Yes! Sign in to your online account, then under options select, “Write My Child.” If you’d like, you can even upload a photo with your note. Click here to write now.

Send your letter to:

Food for the Hungry
Attn: Child Sponsorship
1224 E. Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Please be sure to write the child’s name and id# at the top of your letter.

Only paper-based gifts can be sent to sponsored children. Examples are: coloring pages, bookmarks, stickers, and photos. Click here to see more details on our gift policy.

Your sponsored child will love hearing from you! Some ideas for what you can write about:

• Your family or friends
• Activities you enjoy
• Ask your sponsored child what they like to do, and ask about their family
• Remind your sponsored child they are special, loved, smart, and full of potential
• Tell your sponsored child you care about them, and that’s why you’re their sponsor
• If you pray for your sponsored child and their family regularly, tell them

If you sponsor a child who lives in a sensitive community, rather than using the words “Jesus,” “Christ,” “Holy Spirit,” “Bible,” etc., talk about God in general terms. In this way, you’ll be caring for your sponsored child, and allowing FH leaders to use your words as an entry point for sharing the gospel in culturally appropriate ways. Click here to see more details about sensitive communities.

Sign into your online account and click ‘Giving History’ from the menu. Next, click the ‘Download Tax Receipts’ button. Select the year from the pop-up window. Your tax letter is then automatically downloaded to your device. Click here to watch a how-to video.

We aren’t able to designate your catalog gift to a specific individual or community. But you can see in the gift catalog which countries will receive the type of gift you select.

Call us at 866-307-3259 and our team will be happy to assist you.

You can do this by calling us at 866-307-3259. It can also be done online: First, sign in to your account. Then select “Account & Billing.” Select “Billing,” and enter your new payment method. Switching your payment to EFT can only be done online.

If you’re signing in for the first time, you’ll first need to locate your account. The easiest way to search is by entering your email address. A password reset email will be sent to you. You’ll then be able to set your password and sign in to your online account.

Yes! Sign in to your online account, then under options select, “Write My Child.” If you’d like, you can even upload a photo with your note. Click here to write now.

Food for the Hungry (FH) is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission of ending all forms of human poverty. For over 50 years, FH has been working to respond to human suffering and help communities overcome extreme poverty so they can be resilient and flourish.

When you sponsor a child, you and other sponsors help that community tackle their greatest obstacles to overcome the challenges of extreme poverty. These needs include supplies and training to provide adequate nutrition, healthcare, clean water, safe housing, livelihoods (reliable incomes), access to education, and much more. FH believes that when a community is equipped to care for its most vulnerable members, specifically its children, everyone’s future is brighter and hope becomes a way of life.