Take a moment to write to the child you are sponsoring!

• Send an email
• Send a letter
• Don't know what to write about?

Letters and cards from you are very important to your child and his/her family. Your sponsored child is interested in learning about your life and world. We hope you will take the time to write a letter and start a friendship.

You can do that here via e-mail or you can write a letter and send it to the address below:

Your e-mail letter will be printed and translated in the FH office in the child's country, then delivered to the child. The child will write you back through regular mail. It may take a couple of months for the response to get to you.

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A Testimony from the Field

Our program manager in Bangladesh, wrote:

“The last couple of years, children have been receiving more letters from their sponsors. The children are very encouraged. Many of the letters are written on cards or decorated, colored paper. The children know the letter was written especially for them because they find their name on it. Each letter must be translated for the child by a teacher or staff worker. This serves to strengthen the bond between the child and teacher. Some young children ask over and over when they will get another. The children share the letters they receive with their classmates.”

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Mailing Address

Send letters directly to:
Food for the Hungry
Child Sponsor Services
1224 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Always include your child’s full name and ID number on any correspondence. Your letters will be forwarded to the main office in the country where your sponsored child lives. Then it will be translated and delivered by Food for the Hungry staff person. Your sponsored child will respond to your letter but depending on the country and the region, it may take a few months for you to receive a reply.

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Don't know what to write about?

Here are some ideas to get you started:

1. Give your greetings to the family as well as the child. Most sponsored children have a parent and brothers and sisters and it's good to include them when possible.
2. Children want to know about their sponsors work, such as what they do to earn a living.
3. Children often request a photo of the sponsor and their family.
4. Common questions are “What does your country look like? How big is the USA? What kind of house do you sleep in? Do you eat the same food as we eat?”
5. Some children wonder why sponsors talk so much about their cats and dogs since these are often not viewed as pets where they live.
6. They want to know if you worship the same God as they do.