The Salvation Army Child Sponsorship Centers

The Salvation Army Child Sponsorship Centers provides holistic care, education, and protection to vulnerable children in Salvation Army children's homes, schools, and community centers in low and middle income countries around the world. Sponsorship is an ongoing commitment, and sponsors can choose a children's home, school, or community center from the list of centers in need. Sponsors receive annual updates from their sponsored center and may write letters to encourage the children.

Programs

• Child Sponsorship Centers — Provides holistic care, education, and protection to vulnerable children in Salvation Army children's homes, schools, and community centers in low and middle income countries around the world.

About the provider

The Salvation Army is an international movement and an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible, and its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The source states that 95% of sponsorship goes directly to supporting the critical needs of children in their care, and that sponsorship provides food, shelter, medical care, education, and spiritual guidance.

Sponsors are told they can choose a children's home, school, or community center from the list of centers in need. Sponsorship is an ongoing commitment. Sponsors receive annual updates from their sponsored center and may write letters encouraging the children. The source states that 95% of sponsorship goes directly to supporting the critical needs of children in their care. The source also states that sponsorship provides food, shelter, medical care, education, and spiritual guidance.

What families say

“I would be in the street. I wouldn't be where I am now. I would be doing drugs. We wouldn't have had enough money for me to study. In the children's home, I have been given the opportunity to study and to know the word of God.” — Claudia*

Last updated October 25, 2026.