Madelu Yusuf
Date of Birth: 17 May
Age: 7 years
Location: Jinja District, Uganda
Madelu Yusuf is growing up in a family that makes every effort to provide for him despite having limited financial resources. Meeting the family’s daily needs can sometimes be difficult, particularly when it comes to education, food, clothing, and other essentials. These circumstances have not stopped Yusuf from remaining hopeful and eager to learn, while his family continues to encourage him to work towards a brighter future.
Yusuf is a friendly and observant child who enjoys learning about the world around him. He has a strong interest in helping others and dreams of becoming an engineer. He hopes to develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to design and build things that can improve people’s lives and contribute to his community.
His favourite meal is matooke with groundnut sauce and beef. He enjoys family meals and especially likes sharing food with those close to him. In his free time, Yusuf enjoys playing football, building things with simple materials, drawing, reading, and playing outdoor games with his friends.
With support from the Nicholas Kinyera Foundation, Yusuf can be encouraged to continue his education, explore his interests, and develop the skills and confidence needed to pursue his dreams.
Common Sponsorship Questions
What tangible benefits does the child receive from sponsorship?
Your donations provide your sponsored child with critically needed services. These vary from community to community, because we work directly with local organizations and parent committees to identify and offer the services that address the most pressing needs of that community. Typically, interventions include family-oriented projects that promote access to health care, safe water, nutrition, education and training programs. You’ll learn the specifics of our work in your sponsored child’s community through annual progress reports and direct communication from your child. And remember, your child is not the only one to benefit. We combine donations from all sponsors to benefit children, their families and their communities.
How is my sponsorship donation spent?
We pool sponsorship donations and use them to operate community-based programs implemented by our local partner organizations. We have chosen to work through local partners because we believe local ownership of change is fundamental to the social change process. Local partners are responsible for delivering the programs and services that children need at different stages of their lives, and the pooled funds allow them to serve children, families and their communities most effectively. Through these partnerships, we reache children directly while also involving parents, teachers, local governments and larger systems in upholding children’s rights to health, nutrition, safety, education and more.
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How are these children chosen?
In all the communities we serves, we work through local organizations. These local partners seek out the most vulnerable children in their communities ― those who are not already receiving assistance from another organization ― and then they try to saturate the area by assisting as many families as possible. To prevent discrimination or preferential treatment, our local partners post eligibility requirements publicly. And they involve parents in the enrollment process. Parents must consent to their child’s active participation in our programs. As our local partners conduct area assessments to determine the number of vulnerable families in their communities, they evaluate potential children based on …
economic need (defined in monetary terms, amount of possessions or access to essential services).
age (children must be no older than 13 at the time of enrollment).
proximity to the program sites (to ensure full participation in ChildFund’s activities).
family integration into the local community (to ensure commitment and retention).
level of impact from HIV and AIDS, such as AIDS orphans or children of HIV+ parents.
Children cannot be discriminated against based on religion, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, language, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age or political conviction.
Will I be this child's only sponsor?
Absolutely, as long as you continue to contribute. Once you’re matched with a child, he or she is no longer visible on our public website. Inconistent donations to a specific child will make the child visible to other sponsors.
If you selected a child online, you will also receive an email confirmation that includes a photo and a brief description of this child, normally within 24-48 hours. (The delay is due to the time necessary for processing your first donation.)
