OrphanSponsorship.org
Title
Orphan Sponsorship International
Description
Orphan Sponsorship International was founded in 1999 by Nick Hindman, after a trip to Russia where he worked with orphans in a summer camp. Providing essential clothing and shoes to the kids, he was struck by the children's reaction, -not to the physical gift, but to the mere fact that somebody cared. From this the idea of a sponsorship program was born, as a means to provide for the child's physical needs, while also providing for their emotional need for a sense of individuality through the relationship that they develop with their sponsor.
We've grown substantially since our first orphanage site in Russia, but are organized to maintain a very personal and informal approach to child sponsorship. OSI is divided into individual program sites, with about 50 children at each site, each site with its own dedicated OSI "liaison" who is responsible for being the full-time connection between the site children and their sponsors. Sponsors pay nothing towards site costs, as ALL child sponsor funds are dedicated to the child. The operation of our sites themselves is funded by separate, individual "Program Site Sponsors." Finally, OSI also accomodates donors to serve the larger, orphanage-wide and program-wide needs that cannot be served via individual child sponsorship.
Child Sponsorship - OSI Child sponsorship provides a channel for individuals to be personally involved in the welfare of a needy child. Sponsors communicate at will via email with their dedicated OSI site liaison and with their sponsored child. 100% of the sponsor’s funds directly and exclusively towards the welfare of the child. For more information please see the Child Sponsorship page.
