Whole Home Sponsors are individuals, groups, churches and organizations that have committed to the financial, prayer and arms length nurturing of a Church Based Orphan home. Typical sponsor groups are made up of people with similar interests or geographically based affinities such as those who might attend a certain church or belong to a club or small group. The group might also include family members, neighbors. You can learn more about our Whole Home Sponsorship program. What are the steps involved in establishing and leading a whole home sponsorship program? The first step would be to contact us at Foundation for Young Orphans. We can go over a couple of options with you. If you are going to be sharing the sponsorship with some friends or family, we will give you multiple copies of the materials we use to explain the process. There is also a short application we can email or fax to you.

Among the options for sponsoring children on a regular basis, the two most common options are “sole” sponsorship of a whole home and “shared” sponsorship of a home.

Sole Sponsorship

A sponsor could be the sole sponsor for an orphan home from land purchase to a completed Home an individual or organization could do it all. In this case, you or your group, buy land, build, staff, rescue children, and fund the entire project. Cost: $60,000 start-up plus travel and teams cost and an ongoing management cost of $2400 per month. Foundation for Young Orphans assists in the contacts and management of the process.

Shared Sponsorship

You or your group concentrate on Orphan and Widow Care. In this case, Foundation for Young Orphans will work with partners to find the funds to build a new home or upgrade an existing home. With our partners, WB supports the initial infrastructure at least until the home is able to support a full 40 children. Once children are brought in, you or your group step in. What the Lord wants is people caring for people. It is discipleship, not sponsorship. It quickly becomes a situation where your life is changed through the lives you change.

Multiple families might join each other to serve as a caring group for a Home in Uganda. The cost ranges from $1200 to $1800 per month. Short term trips for small projects would help cement the relationship and allow for special projects like concrete pads for play areas, lighting, screens for windows and doors, agriculture projects, inoculations, English lessons, training in worship, sewing, and others.