Sponsorship

Child sponsorships are one way in which RCI works towards our vision of a world that offers children opportunities to live to their full potential. Child sponsorship involves an individual, family, church, or other organization donating a monthly amount towards the benefit of a child. At RCI, the money received for each child who is sponsored will pay for their school fees (tuition), their school uniform and supplies, and health care needs a student may have. We have a team of experienced social workers who will be determining which children in the community are in the most need, and we will be prioritizing them first for sponsorships.

How it Works

Many child sponsorship programs present you (the sponsor) with the choice of selecting the child you would like to support. At RCI, inspired by the model of sponsorship used by World Vision, we are flipping the script. As soon as we have the initial number of sponsors signed up, we will be sending their names and photos to our team in Uganda, and each child will be presented with the choice to choose their sponsor! After each child chooses, we will send their sponsors the child's name and a photo of the child. This will be the start of what we hope becomes a lifelong relationship!

Breakdown of the Funds

School fees for each child come to approximately $35.95 per month. In Uganda, most schools are boarding schools, including Good Shepherd Primary School, where the children enrolled in RCI's sponsorship program attend. This means that the $35.95 covers not only tuition, but also housing at the school and 3 meals a day provided by the school.

We include an extra $1.97 per month in our sponsorship donation amount, which will slowly build a fund to help cover extra expenses a child may face such as miscellaneous school supplies. Our goal is to also have a healthcare fund designated for children enrolled with RCI. While we are building up that fund, please be assured that should your sponsored child need medical care, we will do everything we can to ensure those expenses are paid.

This comes to a total of $37.92/month. 100% of these funds will go to the children.

As an organization, when we receive donations online, a small fee is taken by the company who processes our donations. If you would like to help us cover that fee, you may choose to donate $40.00 instead of $37.92, the extra $2.08 will help cover our overhead costs, but is not required to sponsor a child.

Upon completion of this form, and once our next sponsorship cohort begins, you will receive an email with a secure link to set up a recurring monthly donation.