Sponsorship Changes Lives

When you sponsor a family, you give them the opportunity to improve their lives.  The staff in our India offices will monitor your family and keep a record of their progress to share with you. You also receive quarterly letters from your family. Your help makes a difference!

As an example, the family of Joseph Gasper Kudiamssery began receiving assistance in 2002. At the time, the family was living in a semi-permanent hut with a damaged roof and the parents were unable to provide sufficiently for their three children and along with one daughter had many medical issues. Over the years, with the aid of their sponsor, the children completed their educations, the family undertook the building of a home with government subsidy, and  medical problems were treated. The family is now able to continue on its own without help from their sponsor.

To learn how you can sponsor a family and make a difference in their lives, click here.

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A Step Towards Financial Independence

As part of the FFA family sponsorship program in Andhra, we provide the family with resources to help them take a step towards financial independence. The asset might be some goats, or a cow.

Or, perhaps the capital to begin a small roadside shop. These shops proliferate throughout India in rural areas. People have limited transportation and depend on these enterprises for supplies.

One way in which you can help the FFA with its programs is to make a donation to our Andhra Self Development Fund. We thank you for your support! To learn more, please click on this link.

Change the World – One Person at a Time

Almost 25 years ago, I was invited to sponsor a young mother of three with a sickly husband, living in a shack near the Arabian sea in Alleppey, India. Shortly after I accepted the sponsorship, their meager abode blew apart in a monsoon, making them homeless. Over the next few years, I sent what I could to support the mother, Omana, and help her family build a home.

I still remember the day I received a letter from Omana explaining that her situation had improved, she had purchased a sewing machine, and was now sewing garments for village women. She felt she could now support herself and her family and thanked me for her help…..

Years later I had the fortune to visit India and meet this most remarkable woman and her children. We sat together on her front stoop and exchanged stories about our growing children through an interpreter. I continued to follow her progress over the years, at one point resuming sponsorship for a bit to help her children with vocational training. Today, all three children are healthy, working, and able to care for their parents.

I have seen this type of success story repeated many times over because someone cared enough to forego the cost of a latte or two a week so they could help a family heal and become self supporting. If you would like to learn more about how you can make a difference in a family’s well-being through sponsorship, click here.