Sponsor a child – change a life

Your sponsor child would love to receive a letter or gift from you, when sending a letter your sponsor child you might want to include a picture of you and your family which your sponsor child will cherish. If you would like to send a birthday or Christmas gift we recommend that you send a book or a bible, appropriate clothing, or colouring book & pencils,  we request that you limit the value of your gift to $30 AUD Please package the parcel in a plain post pack and post it to:
Operation Uganda
Att: Your sponsor child’s code & name  (which can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the sponsor card eg. Susan JHKC107)
P.O. Box 11014
Kampala, Uganda.
Please do not post gifts to our Australian office.

80% of your sponsorship money goes directly to supporting your sponsor child / 10% goes to in country operational support services which include monitoring your sponsor child in school and also supporting home and family unit, and 10% goes towards our Australian operations and support services. Operation Uganda is committed to keeping our administration cost minimal.

Operation Uganda is committed to integrity and financial accountability, we have the charity tick of approval by the Australian Charities and Non-Profits Commission, we are governed by a board of directors, submit annual financial reports to the Australian Charities and Non-Profits Commission (ACNC), and submit of six monthly reports to Australian Christian Churches International Relief (ACCIR) who are a member of ACFID the Australian Council for International Development. Operation Uganda is also an accredited Non-Government Organisation in Uganda and submits annual financial and operational reports to the Ugandan Government.

Operation Uganda focuses on providing sponsorship to the most vulnerable our criteria for children entering our child sponsorship program is orphaned and vulnerable children, we have been working in Uganda since 2005 and have a great national team of trained social workers and community liaison workers who access households and are continually monitoring households. Our social work team do a needs assessment on each child and when children meet our criteria we enter them onto our child sponsorship waiting list. Your decision to sponsor a child through Operation Uganda will transform a life and give hope to a hopeless situation.

Yes you can choose above from a range of ages and genders of children on our waiting list. Many people ask to sponsor a boy or girl of the same age and gender as their own children or grandchildren.

Yes, we do offer the option for tax deductibility and we will send out tax receipts at the end of each financial year if you request for tax deductibility.

Your monthly sponsorship transforms a child’s life, the majority of children in our child sponsorship program would never have had the opportunity to attend school and your monthly sponsorship enables your sponsor child to have a full scholarship from pre-school all the way through to graduating secondary school, paying all school fees, providing text books & educational materials, uniforms, school lunches, examination and auxiliary fees. Our team also provide regular monitoring and support in school and in the home environment. Our pastoral team also provide support through school chaplaincy and church based programs.

As a child sponsor, you’ll get:

• A welcome pack containing a laminated A5 Sponsor Card of your sponsor child to place on your fridge, office, or around the home.
• You’ll receive a minimum of two personal letters from your sponsor child per year including an annual photograph.
• You will have the opportunity to connect with your sponsor child through letters, e-letters, cards and photos.
• You will receive regular email updates of what we are doing in your sponsor child’s village or area.