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How you can help There are several ways in which you can get involved and help the children at Covenant yourself - and suprisingly enough they do not all involve you giving money (although we can not do without this either!). A few of these are described below:- * Letting others know about Covenant — Spread the word * Sponsorship — Either children or their education * Volunteering — Contribute your skills Letting others know about Covenant
Pat regularly comes over to the UK to talk and share at meetings and in churches. If you would like to meet her, or ask her to share, please contact us; we will get back in touch, and do our best to accommodate you. Child Sponsorship
Education Sponsorship Some people, we understand, are more interested in helping with education. We choose only the best schools to send the children to, and many of them end up leading in these schools, but understandably as a result we have quite a lot of school fees to pay. If you would prefer to sponsor a specific child through higher education, or to give to Covenant School, then this also is greatly welcomed. If you are interested in sponsorship, please contact us.
At present we have enough long-term volunteers, but visitors are welcome to come during the months of April, August and December to provide extra hands during school holidays, to take the children swimming, for trips and walks etc and just to spend time with them as many have no-one to visit and are alone in the world. |
At Covenant we ensure that every penny that is given to us goes directly out
to the children. Unlike many other organizations, we do not spend
money on 'promoting' ourselves to the public. This means that we
rely heavily
upon our supporters spreading the news about the work at Covenant,
and this is one of the major ways in which you can help us. If
you feel able,
we would be very grateful if you could talk to friends, to people
at work and to people at church about us. Or why not ask your local
school to support us? To get you started, we have provided a brochure
that
you can 
A second way to help is to sponsor a child, either individually or as a group.
It costs us between £30 - £50 per month to look after each child,
and we ask for a minimum of £20 per month from you. Yes, we know that
it is quite a lot! But you know that every single penny is going to
the children. In return, we will send you a picture and some information
about the child that you are sponsoring, and send you a regular Covenant
Home Newsletter. If possible, we will also try to match your preference
for the age and gender of the child you sponsor. The children love
receiving letters and photos from their sponsors - although this is entirely
optional!
We love having people to come live with us and contribute their skills as volunteers.
There are great opportunities for you to help; befriend the children,
teach, counsel, run church activities etc. Whatever you feel suits
your capabilities! We can often find some room for you to live on site.
What we do ask for is a minimum of 3 months, although you are welcome to
apply for longer, as we have found from past experience that it takes this
long for volunteers to feel that they have accomplished something. We will also ask you to come for an interview beforehand,
and run a police check.
Many volunteers have enjoyed their stay so much that they come out again and again, and bring their friends and families to
see what is going on! If you are interested in volunteering, then please do