How many times have you gone to a concert or event where you were presented with the opportunity of sponsoring a child? Have you looked at those beautiful faces in the packets and longed to help them, only to feel like you don't have the resources to do so? Child sponsorship is an amazing way to provide for the needs of a child across the world. It's amazing how accessible and possible it has become. All it takes is a few clicks and a few dollars every month. I'm going to share five easy ways you can actually manage to sponsor a child today.
1. Skip the restaurant once a week.
The cost of child sponsorship varies by organization, but generally speaking it costs between $30-35. By choosing to not eat out once a week, you'll save around $8, and you'll have saved enough money by the end of the month to sponsor a child!
2. Skip the coffee shop twice a week.
An occasional trip to the coffee shop is definitely an enjoyable experience, but for the day-to-day grind, it would be so much more economical to make your own coffee at home. By doing this you can customize all your own drinks just the way you want them, and you can provide for a child for a month!
3. Skip the movie theater twice a month.
Maybe you don't even go to the movie theater twice a month, but think about how crazy that is; the amount of money spent on two or three movie tickets could sustain a child for an entire month.
4. Switch to a cheaper gym.
Gym memberships are wicked expensive, especially at places like the YMCA. If you switch your membership to a cheaper gym, you'd easily have enough money leftover to sponsor a child!
5. Cancel those subscriptions you really don't use.
Is it just me, or do we all get roped into signing up for subscriptions for things we don't really want or use that much? Maybe it's Spotify or Amazon Prime, a magazine you don't read anymore or a box of something-or-other that's being sent to your house every month. I'm sure most people are better at canceling subscriptions than I am. But if you are in the same boat as me, cancel that subscription and sponsor a child instead!
Many of these reasons are similar, and really I could have titled this article "5 Ways to Save Money;" I just want to show that it probably is within your reach to sponsor a child. You can provide for the basic needs of another human, for the same cost as all of the things listed above. That's pretty amazing!
