Connecting with your Sponsored Child
We encourage you to connect with your Child in order to foster a relationship that ministers to his/her heart. Sponsorship is not simply about sending money, it's about investing in the future of a Child on multiple levels. Your sponsored Child feels special because of your commitment, but they long for a deeper relationship with you that is possible through your expression of love through communicating via letter writing and pictures.
Listed here are guidelines for communicating:
Sponsors are not screened, so we must take precautions to protect our Children.
Direct contact via email with one of our Children is not permitted, however, you may write letters and send pictures as often as you like.
All letters and pictures go through our Sponsorship Coordinator.
As the letters are received, the Child's teacher will help him/her read through it before sending it home with them to keep.
To mail a letter directly to your Child, send it to:
The Suubi Project
P.O. Box 81
Bombo, Uganda, East Africa
If you would like to send a letter via email, send it to:
sponsor@thesuubiproject.org
Emailed letters will be printed off and read to your Child as well.
Our Children do not have access to internet or email, so please understand that you will not receive a response email.
Please print your Child's FIRST AND SECOND names clearly on all correspondence.
Please DO NOT put your address and/or telephone number anywhere on your correspondence.
Letters/Cards will be carried over to Uganda via Team Members twice a year; once with our summer team in July and again at the end of December.
Ideas on Letter Writing
Tell your Child about yourself and your family
Ask them questions about their Life in Uganda
Offer encouragement and Bible verses that are meaningful to you
Give them loving practical advice and wisdom
Draw and color pictures for younger children
Include photos of your family and pets in your correspondence
Remember to keep your Child's age in mind while writing to them. Use simple/plain English and write in short/concise sentences to help them in understand your message clearly. Our children do speak and read English, but our vocabulary differs.
We sincerely value and appreciate your monthly sponsorship donation. Your provision for education, food, and clinical care is truly changing the life of a vulnerable child in Uganda.
GOODie BAG information
Each Summer, we collect Gift Baggies filled with small gifts for our team to hand deliver to each school child during our VBS program. Due to limited space, we ask Sponsors to limit the bag to ONE gallon size Ziploc bag per child.
An email with details and deadlines is sent out to all Sponsors -- please add The Suubi Project to your email address book to ensure that you receive our emails.
Suggested Ideas to include in the Gift Baggie:
Letters and Pictures
Individual Fruit Snacks, Slim Jim Jerky Sticks, Peanut Butter Crackers
Toothbrush/Deodorant/Lotion/Maxi Pads
Panties/Underwear/Socks
FlipFlops
Pencil and/or Pen, Small Notepad
Headbands/Bracelets for Girls, Hot Wheels Car/Small Balls for Boys
Miniature Flashlights
Reusable Water Bottle
Please do NOT send bubbles or other liquids, play dough, or any type of "toy" that could be consumed by a child.
Other ways to provide for your child
Additional ways to give to your sponsored Child that is beneficial to the entire Family and/or Guardian is by providing:
School Uniform, Shoes and Sweater - cost $35 per child
Easter Dinner for the family - cost $20 per family
Christmas Dinner for the entire family - cost of $20 per family
Purchasing a Goat and/or Chickens for the family - $15 to $35 per animal
Purchasing a Mattress - $20 each