How it Works When you sponsor an orphan, you are asked to make a commitment to support that child on a monthly basis for at least one year. The monthly cost of sponsoring an orphan is $55—that’s about $1.80 a day. Your sponsorship will pay for many of the child’s needs, such as food, clothing, school supplies, health services, and living expenses. The exact type of support provided to each child varies, depending on his/her individual circumstances. Soon after starting your sponsorship, a welcome package will be mailed to you, which will include a biography and photograph of your sponsored child. You will receive progress reports on your sponsored child’s education, health, and overall wellbeing. What’s more, he/she will send you a personal letter at least once a year, and you will have the opportunity to write back as well. Donors who do not want to make a year-long commitment can still support Life’s orphans program by contributing to the Orphans General Fund.   The following is a list of the countries where you can sponsor an orphan: Afghanistan Ghana Iraq Jordan Lebanon Sierra Leone Syria AFGHANISTAN Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month Over 400 Afghan orphans are currently being sponsored through Life. While living in homes with relatives or friends, each sponsored orphan receives food assistance, new clothes, proper medical attention, and school supplies on a regular basis. Life works with the Afghan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled to ensure that the program is carried out properly and effectively. Click Here to sponsor and Afghan orphan. GHANA     Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month     Ghana is the latest country where Life has established an Orphan Sponsorship Program. Ghanaian orphans will receive assistance with food, education expenses, health care, and clothing. Click Here to sponsor a Ghanaian orphan.   IRAQ Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month Life donors and partners support over 570 orphans throughout Iraq. In most cases, these are children who have lost their fathers and live at home with their mothers, or other relatives. These orphans receive assistance with food, education expenses, health care, and clothing. Four times a year, orphans are taken to local clothing stores where they choose outfits that match their individual taste and style, which helps to boost their self-confidence. Click Here to sponsor an Iraqi orphan. JORDAN Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month Over 900 orphans living in both Jordanian towns as well as Palestinian refugee camps receive support with housing, food, and clothing needs as part of their sponsorship. Additionally, sponsored orphans receive school supplies and gifts on the holidays of Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha. Click Here to sponsor a Jordanian or Palestinian refugee orphan. LEBANON Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month Many donors have chosen the option to sponsor children living in refugee camps that are scattered across Lebanon. These orphaned refugees receive assistance with food, education expenses, health care, and clothing. Click Here to sponsor a Palestinian refugee orphan in Lebanon.   SIERRA LEONE     Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month     Life runs an orphanage and school in the town of Mile 91. The orphanage provides food, clothing, housing, medical care, and education for around 100 girls and boys, many of whom have lost both parents to a long and bloody civil war. An additional 300 children living outside of the orphanage are also sponsored by Life donors, and they receive similar benefits. Note: Life is in the process of building more orphanages in Sierra Leone. Click Here to sponsor a Sierra Leonean orphan. SYRIA Sponsorship Cost: $55 a Month Life is providing full sponsorship to over 1,200 orphans inside Syria. Full sponsorship includes giving the orphan their daily food, clothing, shelter, education and healthcare. Every week we receive new orphans in need of sponsorship from our office in Damascus. Click Here to sponsor a orphan in Syria.