Frequently Asked Questions |
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How can I be sure that my gift is actually benefiting my child?
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I live outside the United States. Can funds be automatically withdrawn from my bank account?
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Can these children be adopted? Wouldn't that be a better way to help them?
How can I be sure that my gift is actually benefiting my child?
Although you are sponsoring one child, your monthly gift actually benefits an entire orphanage...
Are my contributions tax-deductible?
In the United States and United Kingdom, yes. Orphan's Tear is an outreach ministry of Heaven's Family, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization...
Can I write a check for an entire year of sponsorship?
Yes. To set that up, you will need to call us at 412-833-5826. We would prefer, however, to auto-debit your bank account or credit card, because that reduces our administration expenses.
I live outside the United States. Can funds be automatically withdrawn from my bank account?
Unfortunately, no. We can, however, accept the following credit cards...
Can I make a "one-time" contribution?
Yes! Practically every orphanage with which we work has need for capital improvements...
Can these children be adopted? Wouldn't that be a better way to help them?
There is no doubt that adoption would be a better way to help orphans. International adoption is possible in many countries (click here to see the list), but Myanmar and Tanzania, for example, and many other countries like them, are not on the list. Moreover, the children we are helping in Myanmar will never be adopted by anyone in their own country. They are predominantly from a minority ethnic group called the Chin, and the Chin people are all too poor to adopt children, most living on less than $2 a day. People of other ethnic groups in Myanmar are not likely to adopt a Chin child, even if they could afford to do so. Even if children could be adopted from any and every country in the world, there are over 140 million orphans in the world, and there just aren't enough people who want to and who can afford to adopt them. So child sponsorship is the best alternative we presently have.
Can I correspond with my child?
Administrating a correspondence program adds considerable expense to child sponsorship programs...
Can $20 a month really provide what an orphan needs?
In most developing countries, yes. People often live on about $1 per day...
