Sponsor a child

SPONSOR A CHILD

Since 1963, Volontariat at Uppalam, Pondicherry, helped many children from the lowest economic level to have a better chance in life than their parents. It has been possible, thanks to a Sponsorship programme organized by the Association and the helping committees in France and Belgium.

Volontariat takes into account the basic needs of the child: 
  •  A daily well-balanced meal, if the school is not too far from our Centre 
  •   The school uniform and the school fees, 
  •   The evening classes for homework help 
  •   Health follow-up and payment for medicines and hospitalization, 
  •   All extra-curricular activities: music (drums, trumpet, flute, etc), classical dance (Bharata Natyam) and folk dances, songs, Yoga, Taekwondo and Karate, holiday camps, etc.
The Sponsorship program definitely opens the door for a better future.

How to do it :

The person who decides to sponsor a child must commit himself for one year and more if possible, to monthly give a minimum amount to allow Volontariat to take the child in charge.

To whom adress your application ?
Pratically, you contact one of the helping committees “Aide au Volontariat en Inde” whose list is included in this site, preferably the nearest of your place. That committee will give you the amount to be given, from 20 to 25 Euros monthly. All your money transfers, letters to and from your Sponsored child will go through that committee which will send regularly to you news of your godchild and his family.
So you load the application form (only in French on the website), you fill and send it, along with a photo of you or your family [to be sent to the child family] and a cheque for the first month to the chosen committee in France or Belgium. As soon as your demand is received, you will get the child’s file: a family report, a birth certificate, a school (or KG) certificate and a recent photo. The code number of the file must be mentioned in all correspondence addressed to Volontariat or to the child.
Payments can be made to the chosen Committee AIDE AU VOLONTARIAT EN INDE, by cheque or by automatic bank transfer or by permanent order which can be paid every month, every three months or every year according to the sponsor’s choice.

The relationship between the sponsor and the sponsored child is important as a child feels secure when he/she knows that a family, abroad, is thinking of him/her. So the exchange of letters and/or photos is very important.

A person who doesn’t want to sponsor a specific child can also sponsor the programme Parrainage, the procedures will be the same, except the exchange of letters, of course.

Never forget, each time you communicate with your committee, to put the name of the godchild and code number of his file. A certificate will be given in due time for the full amount received during the year for Income tax. 

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