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Turning to early capitalism, they saw how small-scale shareholders pooled their money and later split the profits. The earliest sponsorship plans built on this idea and asked donors for a set amount a month to support a child during their years at a missionary school.
Most 19th-century sponsors belonged to the growing ranks of the middle class. When they invested in modern corporations, they expected accountability. Sponsorship also appealed to them on this basis because it offered a sense of control. Following World War II, new sponsorship nonprofits, including World Vision , made choice into an essential part of their programs. Sponsors could then call or mail in their selections. The approach proved instantly popular. Today, prospective sponsors look through profiles online or in person at sign-up tables.
After six years of interviewing American sponsors and sitting at sign-up tables , I have a pretty good sense of why most people choose a particular child. I worked primarily with Christians, who still make up the bulk of sponsors, including at World Vision, with its evangelical orientation.
Compassion is proud of its Christian ethos. The sponsored children are chosen by local churches, but the charity says families of any faith can benefit. We visit a Muslim family living in a dark, cramped, one-room house. They hope sponsorship will help their year old son eventually get a good job so they can escape poverty. Does he mind that this means he is getting a Christian education? His mother agrees. Some donors make financial gifts in addition to their sponsorship payments.
Another family we visit has recently moved to a new settlement thanks to generous extra cheques from a donor in the US. Twelve-year-old Jennifer shows off her new concrete house. While Compassion's sponsored children have effectively won the lottery, some aid experts argue that this approach is unfair and divisive. So many big charities now allocate sponsors' money to community development projects instead of focusing it on individual children.
Plan International also uses the community development approach. A few years ago they commissioned a study from Sussex University into the impact of their operations.
Its report found there was "anxiety, jealousy and disappointment among those children and families who receive no letters or gifts". And, notwithstanding the success stories, "the much larger scale of unmet expectations and emotional disappointment for children poses a serious ethical concern and challenge". Plan has since tried to manage children's expectations. It is abolishing gifts, and no longer requires children to write unless the sponsor writes to them.
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