Sponsor an Earthquake Orphan

As in previous emergencies following the 2010 Haitian earthquake we at SOS Children are appealing for emergency relief sponsors. These sponsors will help us provide safety and shelter for children short term and help with the longer term needs of any earthquake orphans. Children who have lost their families need support long after the TV cameras have gone home, and already hundreds of people have approached us to become Emergency relief sponsors.

The way that emergency relief sponsorships work is:

1. Sponsors fill in the online sponsorship form and set up a Direct Debit with "emergency relief sponsor" in the instructions field
2. Sponsors remain free to cancel at any time
   
3. The first twelve months of payments are used for our Haiti Emergency relief programmes including care of children whilst we trace families
   
4. Sponsors will receive an update on progress with rebuilding lives in Haiti
   
5. After the initial twelve months of payments the sponsorship changes into a sponsorship for a child or village in Haiti at which point the sponsor will get a welcome pack with details of their sponsorship/sponsored child
   
6. We guarantee that 100% of all sponsorship money will be sent from the UK without deduction and either used in Haiti or, for the emergency relief period, may be spent in the Dominican Republic on goods for transport to Haiti.
   

Before this crisis there were more than 800 child sponsorships needed in Haiti. Haiti was already very poor (with 78% of the population living on less than $2 a day), still rebuilding after the 2008 hurricane season and with 7000 people a year dying from HIV-AIDS.  If you wish to sponsor one of the children already needing support pre earthquake just write "sponsor in Haiti" in the instruction box. Short term problems with administration in Santo mean we may well allocate you a child in Cap Haitien.

This earthquake happened at 1653, whilst breadwinners were still at work but after most school children had left school at 1630. The need will be great.  Please consider an emergency relief sponsorship in Haiti.