Orphan Program
Mozambique has an estimated 1.4 million orphans. Four out of ten children have so little to eat they are very malnourished.
In response to this crisis, SAM Ministries is helping orphans and vulnerable families.
For $40 per month sponsorship, you can join with us to help meet this need.
Through our Amigo Orphan Program, we provide home-based assistance to orphans living with their caregiver grandmothers. This crucial help includes a monthly supply of food as well as school supplies, medicines and home improvement projects—the construction of brick homes, roofs, and latrines. We also have the opportunity to pray and interact with the family on a regular basis, and to address concerns or issues as they come up.
Our Amor Orphan Program, a church-based program, is instrumental in assisting pastors in remote areas by providing matching funds for their church-run orphan programs.
There are still many orphans in desperate need of help.
Orphan Sponsorship
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The sponsorship program pairs interested sponsors with orphans needing help. The child and the child’s caregiver (usually a widowed grandmother) receive the assistance detailed above. Sponsors receive a picture of their child and are encouraged to pray for him or her, as well as the home. Updates are sent out twice a year. Sponsorship cost is $40/month.
How do I sponsor an orphan?
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- Step 1: Contact us and express your interest in sponsoring a child. If you have preferences for a certain age, or gender, please mention this as well.
- Step 2: Once an orphan has been selected, you may proceed with donations ($40/month).
- Step 3: Select how you would like to send your monthly donations. This can be done several ways:
- Online monthly gifts (follow link on right hand of page) and state “Orphan Sponsorship” in the message box.
- Checks sent my mail:
- Individual checks may be sent in each month
- Post-dated checks may be sent in for the time period you wish
- Checks can be sent in covering the time frame of your choice
More about the orphan crisis in Mozambique
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Mozambique’s life expectancy, a mere 42 years, is in reportedly in decline. This is due, in part, to the impact of HIV AIDS. This epidemic has tremendous repercussions on communities and the country as a whole since the number of homeless children grows while the number of parents and care-givers declines.Most often, when children lose their parents, they are taken in by extended family to care for them. But for families already barely able to supply for their own needs, the demands of caring for more children compounds the challenge of survival. It is common for grandparents to take in their orphaned grandchildren, often several of them at a time. Generally, grandparents (often a widowed grandmother) will willingly take in orphans, but due to their age they are physically less able to provide for the added burden plus the challenge of parenting. They are left with children of any age, from breast fed infants to teenagers. Many times the children are too young to participate in field labor and the aging grandparents find it difficult, if not impossible, to provide for the growing family.
