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You've seen ads encouraging you to financially sponsor a child in a poor country. But does sponsorship work? "Yes," says Bruce Wydick, professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who studied the long-term impacts on sponsored children.
Wydick and his study co-authors Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, Paul Glewwe, and lead field researcher and doctoral student, Laine Rutledge, found that sponsorship does help children break the cycle of poverty. "Sponsored children complete one to one-and-a-half years more schooling than non-sponsored children," says Wydick, noting sponsored children are more likely to become community leaders and church leaders as adults.
"With sponsored children, we find the children have higher aspiration levels in terms of education and employment," says Wydick.
{Read the full report here: Fostering a Future Generation of Leaders}
You've seen ads encouraging you to financially sponsor a child in a poor country. But does sponsorship work? "Yes," says Bruce Wydick, professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who studied the long-term impacts on sponsored children.
Wydick and his study co-authors Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, Paul Glewwe, and lead field researcher and doctoral student, Laine Rutledge, found that sponsorship does help children break the cycle of poverty. "Sponsored children complete one to one-and-a-half years more schooling than non-sponsored children," says Wydick, noting sponsored children are more likely to become community leaders and church leaders as adults.
"With sponsored children, we find the children have higher aspiration levels in terms of education and employment," says Wydick.
{Read the full report here: Fostering a Future Generation of Leaders}
I am on a passionate, do-whatever-it-takes mission to get the 4 students (the 3 girls above, plus Baba - unpictured) from the Offin Children's Centre sponsored so that they can attend Senior High School and fulfill their educational goals. Building into their futures by helping to fund their education MATTERS. It will impact the rest of their lives, and will allow them to impact their community, country, and maybe even world. Furthermore, your financial investment will have an eternal impact - as it will bring hope, faith, and encouragement by showing these children that they're worth believing in and fighting for.
Many people have contacted me expressing their desire to help, but acknowledging the fact that this goal requires a large sum of money to really make a difference. True. But who says we have to do it alone? What if we all worked together?
Let's break the numbers down differently:
It costs $2,350 (over the course of 3 years) to sponsor a child's entire high school education.
If we raise the initial entrance fees separately ($2,200 total) and take that off the top, than each student will need just $600 per year to attend high school. That works out to $50 per month, or less than $2 per day.
-Split between 2 individuals/families: that's $25 per month, or less than $1 per day.
-Split between 3 individuals/families: that's $17 per month, or just over 50 cents per day.
If just 12 individuals/families could commit to giving 50 cents/day, all 4 students could begin AND complete their high school education.
Do you see what I'm getting at here? This goal seems insurmountable if you're focused on meeting it alone. But together? It's not so bad. After all, haven't we always agreed that "it takes a village?"
{By the way: one-time donations are just as helpful as recurring ones, as they bring the total amount needed down even further.}
Would you do me a favor? After reading this today, would you please consider sharing this need with one other person: maybe your spouse? Co-worker? Family member? Friend? There's no telling whom God will nudge to step forward, pinch some pennies, and make an impact. Could it be you?
I am 100% confident that this is a worthwhile investment that will not only bless the orphans in Ghana but also the sponsors here in the US and I am willing to fight like crazy to get this need met however we can.
PLEASE e-mail me with any questions!
Thanks for your consideration!
Many people have contacted me expressing their desire to help, but acknowledging the fact that this goal requires a large sum of money to really make a difference. True. But who says we have to do it alone? What if we all worked together?
Let's break the numbers down differently:
It costs $2,350 (over the course of 3 years) to sponsor a child's entire high school education.
If we raise the initial entrance fees separately ($2,200 total) and take that off the top, than each student will need just $600 per year to attend high school. That works out to $50 per month, or less than $2 per day.
-Split between 2 individuals/families: that's $25 per month, or less than $1 per day.
-Split between 3 individuals/families: that's $17 per month, or just over 50 cents per day.
If just 12 individuals/families could commit to giving 50 cents/day, all 4 students could begin AND complete their high school education.
Do you see what I'm getting at here? This goal seems insurmountable if you're focused on meeting it alone. But together? It's not so bad. After all, haven't we always agreed that "it takes a village?"
{By the way: one-time donations are just as helpful as recurring ones, as they bring the total amount needed down even further.}
Would you do me a favor? After reading this today, would you please consider sharing this need with one other person: maybe your spouse? Co-worker? Family member? Friend? There's no telling whom God will nudge to step forward, pinch some pennies, and make an impact. Could it be you?
I am 100% confident that this is a worthwhile investment that will not only bless the orphans in Ghana but also the sponsors here in the US and I am willing to fight like crazy to get this need met however we can.
PLEASE e-mail me with any questions!
Thanks for your consideration!