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Aug

$39 a Month to ChildFund International: How Much Goes to the Child (2023)?

Way back in 1938, the China Children’s Fund was established by a Presbyterian minister to provide assistance to children in China  after the war (Sino-Japanese War) by starting a child sponsorship program where sponsors (typically in the US) would pay a monthly fee to sponsor a child so that the child would have basic needs (food, health, etc) provided.

In 1951, the name was changed to the Christian Childrens Fund when the program expanded to other countries.  In 2002, the Christian Childrens Fund along with 11 other child sponsorship organizations founded a worldwide network – the ChildFund Alliance, a group of 12 organizations that partner with local organizations in other countries.  In 2009, the Christian Childrens Fund changed its name to ChildFund International. Read more »