Your sponsorship can make a lasting difference to the life of an orphaned child currently facing poverty in Iraq.
Through expert-led research, we have determined the amount needed to lift an orphaned child above the poverty line. This means that your sponsorship provides essential monthly financial aid that allows the guardian of the orphaned child to address their essential needs.
Our comprehensive care system provides sponsored children with access to additional services such as medical care, mental health support, education, housing assistance, and more.
As soon as you become a sponsor, you will receive a profile of the child you have been matched with, which includes their name, age, and location.
Mothers (or guardians) of your sponsored child will then receive their monthly stipends by visiting the Al-Ayn office on designated dates each month.
The guardian uses the monthly sponsorship payment to pay for the child’s food, clothing, medication, school fees, and any other needs the child may have.
Direct contact is not permitted. However, Al-Ayn can facilitate a visit between the sponsor and the child at the child’s local Al-Ayn office, subject to the approval of the orphaned child and their guardian.
We kindly request four months notice, to allow enough time to find an alternative sponsor.
You can come together as a group to sponsor an orphaned child. For example as a student society, football team, study circle, or just as a group of friends. Please appoint a representative amongst yourselves to correspond with us, and then they would need to fill in a sponsorship form as above.
The representative would be responsible for either collecting the amount needed for annual sponsorship ($1200) and passing it on to us, or collecting the monthly amount ($100) on a monthly basis. You will receive details of the orphaned child sponsored once the first payment is received.
Please contact us on info@al-ayn.ca if you require further information.
Direct contact is not permitted. However, in Iraq, Al-Ayn can facilitate a visit between the sponsor and the child at the child’s local Al-Ayn office, subject to the approval of the orphaned child and their guardian.
Mothers (or the guardians) of the orphaned children visit their local Al-Ayn (Iraq) branch on a monthly basis in order to collect their financial aid. Collection points are designed to mimic a bank which allows the payments to be received in a professional manner where privacy is respected.
Children are encouraged to play in the play area or pick a toy from the Al-Ayn Toy Shop during this process.
This is especially important to Al-Ayn, as it allows checks to be made on the child, and the mother is able to communicate any issues or requests she may have.
In addition to the monthly allowances, orphaned children benefit from access to medical care, educational support, psychological rehabilitation where needed, and other programmes tailored to their needs.
We kindly request a minimum of one year for private sponsorship, in order to be matched to a specific orphaned child.
