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Frequently asked questions about child sponsorship.
Please feel free to contact us directly if you have questions which are not answered here.
You may send anything flat which fits in a standard size envelope such as letters, bookmarks, stickers, or photographs of you and or your family that have a plain background. Anything larger will be donated to a local charity. All items must go through our KCF office in Hopkins MN. Please send cards and letters with your child's name and ID # clearly written on the outside of the envelope to: Kenya Children's Fund
PO Box 4159
Hopkins, MN 55343-0499
Monetary donations to your child and his or her family may be made for Christmas, Easter, and birthdays. For Christmas and Easter, food baskets may be purchased for $15 each. These will be distributed to your child immediately before the holiday breaks from school and feed both your child and his or her family.
For birthdays, we allow a $10 monetary gift for your child OR a $25 gift for your child and his or her family. You may submit this online and indicate birthday gift and your child's name and ID Number in the comments box. This may also be submitted by check to our Hopkins office with your child's name and ID number in the memo line.
NOTE: As of 1/1/2012 all Christmas donations will go exclusively to Christmas Care Baskets to ensure every child in our program receives necessary food and nutrition while on their nine week Christmas Break. Any amount donated over the cost of a $15 Care Basket will provide an unsponsored child in our program with a food basket.
To submit a monetary gift up to $25 for a birthday gift online, Click Here. Please be sure to include your child's first name and student ID.
Yes! Kenya Children's Fund is a non-profit 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. All sponsors and contributors receive an end-of-the-year contribution statement for income tax purposes.
We're sorry, but high import duties and various restrictions with international mail have made it necessary for us to establish a firm policy not to accept packages. However, you mayalways send card, letters, or send a cash gift through our U.S. office for special occasions such as birthdays. Our office will forward your gift to the school in your child's name. All of your birthday cash gifts will go to children as no administrative costs are taken from such gifts. Christmas and Easter cash gifts will supply your child and his or her family a food basket to sustain them through their school breaks when food and nutrition are difficult for families.
Our dedicated staff will use these monies for appropriate items which will be purchased from local markets to give to your child. You will then receive a thank you letter from your child along with a picture of him or her with their gifts.
Please make sure all correspondence has your child's name and ID number clearly written on the envelope.
All Correspondence must go through our U.S. Office at the following address:
Kenya Children's Fund
P.O.Box 4159
Hopkins, MN 55343-0499
If your child is too young to write, a teacher or staff member will write for them. A picture drawn by your child will be included with the letter. In these cases, there will be a special note on your letter to let you know that your child had help in writing his or her letter to you.
Yes! We encourage sponsors to write to their children. Since the children begin learning English once they start school, they are able to write their own letters by the time they reach the third or fourth grade.
Please write to your child by including your child's name and ID number written clearly on the outside of the envelope. All correspondence must go through our U.S. office:
Kenya Children's Fund
PO Box 4159
Hopkins, MN 55343-0499
Yes! Enclosed in the sponsorship packet that we will forward to you will be a letter of greeting and/or original artwork created by your sponsored child to begin your new friendship. The children enjoy writing at least one letter to their sponsors each year, as well as sending a Christmas Greeting.
Your child benefits directly from your sponsorship. Your gifts are combined with gifts from other sponsors to provide the assistance your child and his or her community needs most - schools, medical care, nutrition, and vocational training. Our children are nurtured from pre-school through secondary school, ensuring the best opportunity for success. Your sponsorship gifts help make that possible, bringing about a better life for your child, his or her community and future generations as well.
To simplify your monthly payments, your credit card or checking/savings account will be charged $38 every month for each sponsored child. To save administration costs, you will only receive a receipt confirming your first payment. You can track your subsequent payments on your monthly credit card bill or bank statement. The end-of-the-year contribution statement sent out each January will detail your monthly payments.
$38 a month will provide your student with education, nutrition and health care. You can choose to contribute monthly, quarterly, or once a year. We will send you a receipt after each cash contribution with a coupon for your next gift and a return envelope in which to send your check. The full amount of your contributions to Kenya Children's Fund are tax deductible.
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