Canaan Children's Home



Children Born 2000+
Children Born 1999
Children Born 1998
Children Born 1997
Children Born 1996
Children Born 1995
Children Born 1994
Children Born 1993
Children Born 1992
Children Born 1991
Children Born 1990
Children Born 1989
Children Born 1986-1988
New Children

Sponsor A child
$25.00/50.00 month**

     Step 1: 
 
Choose a child to sponsor & tell us how your sponsorship should be designated below the child's photo.

Each Child's Story

Step 2: Send Your Sponsorship Money Each Month
Donate On-Line!

Address To Send Sponsorship Checks

Most of the children do NOT have full sponsorship! 
Your help is needed!
To see the level of sponsorship for each child,
please review the children's pages.

**The money donated for each child goes to a general fund to run the Children's Home

* Canaan Children's Transit Center is the official name in Uganda for the orphanage *



"What makes sponsoring a child at Canaan different from virtually any other sponsorship organization is that there is absolutely no "overhead" involved here - 100% of the money that you send as a sponsor will be used directly for the care, education, and upbringing of these children. No administrative fees or other deductions at all." J.K.

Financial Accountability

If you don't see your initials under your sponsored child's photo

 

 

  

Monthly Cost

Food

Children eat! The orphanage maintains a garden and milking cows. The orphanage buys feed for the cows. To maintain the mini-farming operation and to purchase the food for the children that the orphanage is unable to produce the orphanage relies upon donations. The average cost per child is $60.00/year.

$5.00/month

Clothing

 Children grow! While the orphanage has an efficient "hand-me-down" program, with 80 children, the home must purchase new clothing, mattresses, sheets and blankets to replace those worn out and to simply keep the children properly clothed. The average cost per child is $60 per year.

$5.00/month

Medical
Attention

 The orphanage has a first aid station at the home, staffed by a technician. That clinic is under development!  In Jinja, a local hospital is available to treat most medical needs of the children. The average cost per child to supply medical treatment is $60 per year. 

$5.00/month

Primary
Education

 The children are transported in a small pick-up truck owned by the orphanage to St. Moses Primary School, a private Anglican school, five miles from the orphanage. The children are required to obtain uniforms and shoes. The orphanage must raise $30.00 to send each child for a trimester ($90.00/year).

$7.50/month

Vocational
Training

 

 At 18 years of age, children in Uganda are expected to be self-supporting. To accomplish this task, the orphanage is developing a vocational training program. The older children are quickly approaching the time that they will need these skills. In addition to special needs for tools, materials and classrooms at the orphanage, when distributed over the orphanage population the average cost per child is $30/year.

$2.50/month

(Partial) Sponsorship Level

 Total $25.00/month

Additional Operating Expenses

 These expenses include fuel, oil, repairs on van and truck, taxes, government expenses, staff salaries 20+ workers including house parents, cooks and other staff, emergency fund, building maintenance, capital expenses, etc.

25.00/month

Full Sponsorship

 

$50.00/month

Canaan is home to nearly 100 children most of whose parents have died of aids.  Their support is maintained by soliciting $25-partial /$50-full sponsorships for each child.  The chart on this page shows how the expenses are broken down.  However, there are other costs incurred such as transportation and maintenance which need to be covered.  Thus we encourage multiple sponsorships. The funds sent to Christian Aid Mission are then forwarded to Pastor Isaac who uses them to fund the expenses of home.  The sponsorship money does not go directly to the child you sponsor but to a general fund used to run the orphanage.

If you are a current sponsor or wish to become one please note the following:
1.    Send your check to Christian Aid Mission, P.O. Box 9037, Charlottesville, VA 22907.
2.    Mark your check "568 CCTC" - The number 568 is Christian Aid's country number for Uganda.  CCTC stands for Canaan Children's Transit Center, the official name in Uganda for the orphanage.
3.    Please identify the child that you are sponsoring.  All sponsorship money is put in the children's home fund and is used for benefit of all the children.  Having a particular child to sponsor gives a face to your gift and helps you to pray and to relate to the child in a helpful way.
4. Please complete the "add your name" form to identify yourself by name, initials or nickname on web.

 

To Choose A Child To Sponsor:

Address For Child Sponsorship Checks:

Christian Aid Mission
P.O. Box 9037
Charlottesville, VA 22907
USA

 

 Mark your check "568 CCTC"
The number 568 is Christian Aid's country number for Uganda. 
CCTC stands for Canaan Children's Transit Center, the official name in Uganda for the orphanage.

Christian Aid Mission a 501(c)(3) organization (your gifts are tax deductible in the USA) provides the conduit financial services
without charge
 to Canaan Children's Home