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Your sponsorship can make a lasting difference to the life of an orphaned child currently facing poverty in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Ghana.
Through expert-led research, we have determined the amount needed to lift an orphaned child above the poverty line. This means that your sponsorship provides essential monthly financial aid that allows the guardian of the orphaned child to address their essential needs.
Our comprehensive care system provides sponsored children with access to additional services such as medical care, mental health support, education, housing assistance, and more.
You can choose to sponsor a child in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Ghana.
As soon as you become a sponsor, you will receive a profile of the child you have been matched with, which includes their name, age, and location.
Mothers (or guardians) of your sponsored child will then receive their monthly stipends by visiting the Al-Ayn office on designated dates each month.
The guardian uses the monthly sponsorship payment to pay for the child’s food, clothing, medication, school fees, and any other needs the child may have.
Our financial aid initiative helps alleviate economic hardships, providing essential resources to meet basic needs and support the children’s education and overall welfare. Through these efforts, we strive to create a nurturing environment where orphaned children can thrive.
Sponsored children also gain access to the following comprehensive care and services:
Our food support programmes aim to combat hunger and malnutrition, providing essential nourishment for the children’s growth and development.
We prioritise housing stability, offering safe and secure living arrangements to ensure the well-being of orphaned children and their families.
We ensure that orphaned children and families registered with Al-Ayn receive medical attention as needed.
We address the needs of orphaned children in Iraq requiring specialised interventions, ensuring comprehensive support for their mental health needs.
Al-Ayn’s Luminous Stars centres serve as safe havens for over 100,000 orphaned children and their families in Iraq. Learn more here.
Al-Ayn is dedicated to providing orphaned children and young adults with the resources and support they need to thrive academically.
“Struggling through difficult circumstances made me miss out on school, but i didn’t let that define my future. I enrolled in a pastry course at Al-Ayn’s Luminous Star centre, to learn how to cook and make sweets. I continued to develop my skills, and I landed, a job at the very institution where I trained. Now, I’m determined to take my career to the next level, and open my own pasty shop, God-willing.”
– Naba
Over 93,000 orphaned children have access to health services provided by Al-Ayn:
We know how important your donations are, that’s why Al-Ayn has set up a thorough due diligence system that processes donations swiftly and efficiently so that it can be delivered to the beneficiaries that have been assessed. We also verify our processes by scholars and review donations for shariah compliance. With 18+ years of experience, your donation is in trusted hands. You will also receive updates on your donations through our newsletter and social media platforms.
If you have any questions about sponsoring a child, please contact us by clicking here.
Our monthly child sponsorship amount has recently increased from £55 to £60 due to rising living expenses in Iraq and changes in exchange rates. This adjustment ensures that we can continue to provide comprehensive support for orphaned children, lifting them out of poverty.
Any new sponsorship request made on or after 18 March 2024 will be processed at the new monthly amount.
Existing sponsors (those who requested to sponsor a child before 18 March 2024) will be contacted within the next few weeks to discuss the next steps and the option to increase their monthly payment.
Please note, if existing sponsors choose not to increase their monthly sponsorship amount, they will still be supporting the same child, but their contribution will not fully cover the child’s sponsorship. Al-Ayn will utilise other donations to ensure the child receives the full support required.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
The guardian uses the monthly sponsorship payment to pay for the child’s food, clothing, medication, school fees, and any other needs the child may have. The money is spent on the orphaned child, and this is regularly monitored by our devoted follow-up staff.
Al-Ayn’s sponsorship process does not allow for choosing a specific child due to the nature of the needs and fairness in allocation. However, the foundation ensures that your sponsorship directly supports a child in need, providing them with essential services and support.
Direct contact is not permitted. However, in Iraq, Al-Ayn can facilitate a visit between the sponsor and the child at the child’s local Al-Ayn office, subject to the approval of the orphaned child and their guardian.
Mothers (or guardians) of orphaned children receive their monthly stipends by visiting the Al-Ayn office on designated dates each month. Additionally, seasonal aid is available as needed during these collection periods.
No hidden or additional costs are involved in sponsoring a child with Al-Ayn. The monthly sponsorship fee covers all the support services provided to the child.
Yes, you can pay a year’s worth of sponsorship in advance. This would be £720 for a child in Iraq and £660 for a child in Ghana or £720 for a child in Afghanistan.
For private sponsorship, we ask that you commit for at least a year in order to be matched with a particular orphaned child.
We kindly request a minimum of four months’ notice for cancelling a sponsorship. This allows us sufficient time to make necessary adjustments, and to allow enough time to find an alternative sponsor.
A collaborative effort to sponsor an orphaned child is possible. For instance, as a sports team, study group, student organisation, or simply as a group of friends. Please choose a representative from your group to correspond with us and complete the group sponsorship form.
The representative would be in charge of either gathering the required annual sponsorship sum and transferring it to us, or gathering the required monthly sum each month. Once the first payment is received, you will be given information on the sponsored child.
