Wherever poverty affects adults it strikes children all the more. Adults grow ill - children die. Adults go hungry - children starve. Families are dislocated - children despair.

Ask the poor where they would invest and they will always reply: "Our children".

TEAR Fund child sponsorship meets poverty and exploitation head-on with the justice of Jesus. It opens doors for children who are shut out by chronic deficiency.

There is little justice in the poverty levels facing children in poor countries, while the West holds so much wealth. Poor children go without food, clean water, healthcare and education. They are denied a future by hunger, disease and a lack of opportunities.

Your money goes directly to your sponsored child to provide healthcare, nutrition, clothing, education and an opportunity for spiritual development.

Regular correspondence allows you the privilege of a one-to-one relationship with a child in a developing country and also provides you with the assurance your money is going to the right place.

TEAR Fund is a Christian relief and development agency that is linking Christians, churches, businesses and people of goodwill with the needs, challenges and aspirations of the poor in the developing world.

For more information see http://www.tearfund.org.nz/child_sponsorship/sponsor.php