The children in these homes are mostly destitute children. The age of these children ranges from 19 months to 16 years. These children have been displaced many times and suffer from malnutrition, lack of security, interrupted education and economic deprivation.

In our humble opinion, food, shelter, healthcare and education are fundamental rights of any child whether they are with their parents or not. Most of our children have lost either one or both parents. In some cases parents have abandoned their children. We feel no child should be called an orphan. We should take the place of their parents to help these innocent lives. This is the main reason why we have omitted the word orphan from our organisation altogether.

These homes strive to ease the wretched plight of these children. At these homes the children have a place and call it their home – a place where their material and emotional needs are taken care of. The aim is to create well – rounded personalities, by providing good nutrition, proper education and a suitable environment for the mind and sprit to grow.

For the above-mentioned reasons the sponsorship scheme was developed and proved to be very successful. We did not stop there. We decided our donors deserve to have all the information about the child they sponsor and to have a feed back on how well the homes are managed. This meant at least one of our committee members visit all the homes we support at least once a year at their own expense to make sure that your hard earned money is utilised in the most efficient way. We recently introduced a performance monitoring chart, which is made available to all the homes so that they can address their shortfall to improve their services. We will never betray the trust you put in us over the years. We also insist on having a copy of the audited accounts from all our homes.

Once a year we invite all our sponsors to a social event to celebrate the success, which is your achievement, not ours. On that night we publish our annual accounts in the brochure so that you are fully in the picture. We organise a slide show to give you some idea of the work we do. Please click here to view the latest account details.

Sponsoring a child cost only £12 per month, (i.e. just 40p a day) but, think of the difference you can make to a child’s life by giving such a small amount. You will be touching a child’s heart in the most profound way possible. We have more than 150 children waiting to be sponsored.

Please don’t wait. Fill a standing order form now. Furthermore if you fill our Gift Aid Declaration form we can get 28p for every pound you donate from the Inland Revenue at no extra cost to you.

To Sponsor a Child

Please click here to download the standing order form

The completed form to be forwarded to:

Mr V Ramakrishnan
Chairman
Arobanam Children Fund
29 Helmsdale Road
London
SW16 5UT
UK

Those who live outside UK can send annual sponsorship cost equivalent to £144/year/child to the above address.

Now that you have decided to sponsor a child, after filling the standing order form and the gift aid declaration form, please send them to Arobanam Children Fund. Within six weeks you will receive from us your child’s photograph and family history along with contact details. You may communicate with your child. You should not disclose your UK address in your letter to the child.

The administrator of the home will try to get the child to reply to your letter. In our experience such replies can be delayed. You are kindly requested not to send material gifts to your child. Cash gifts may be more practical as commodities can be purchased locally, cheaply and will be more appropriate to the child’s requirements. If you need any further details please contact our office.