OrphanKind
Your sponsorship helps provide consistent care, education, and support to children across the world delivered where it’s needed most.
153
Million orphans worldwide
Why OrphanKind matters
Every child deserves care, safety, and support.
Every day, approximately 5,700 children become orphans, often during conflict, displacement, natural disasters, and other moments of crisis.
Many children face added challenges, including poverty, disrupted education, health needs, and emotional hardship. Through OrphanKind, Penny Appeal USA helps provide support that responds to each community’s needs, from food and nutrition to education, healthcare, and essential care.
Together, we can help orphaned children feel supported, protected, and remembered as they build a brighter future.
*According to UNICEF
How Orphan Sponsorship Works
The maximum amount of your donation directly benefits children in need. Our sponsorship model is simple, transparent, and designed to make your generosity go further for vulnerable orphans and their families.
Step 1Sponsor an Orphan
Step 2Receive Confirmation
Step 3Support the Next Child
Step 4Orphan Receives Support
Step 5Program Reporting
Step 6Maximize Impact
1
Sponsor an Orphan
Choose to sponsor an orphan through our program. Your sponsorship helps provide essential support such as food, education, and other basic needs, depending on the local context.
2
Receive Confirmation
Once your sponsorship is processed, you will receive a confirmation email acknowledging your commitment to supporting orphans in need.
3
Supporting the Next Child in Need
We maintain a waiting list of vulnerable children identified by our teams and local partners. When a sponsorship is received, the next orphan on the waiting list is added to our active support program.
4
Orphan Receives Support
Once enrolled, the orphan begins receiving assistance. Support varies by country to ensure it is appropriate, effective, and culturally relevant.
- Food and nutrition packages delivered to families
- School tuition and educational expenses
- Financial support transferred to guardians through secure local systems
5
Program Impact Reporting
To maintain transparency and keep supporters informed, we produce biannual comprehensive program reports that include:
- Countries where orphan sponsorship is implemented
- Types of support provided in each country
- Total number of orphans supported
- Real-life case studies highlighting your impact
6
Maximizing Impact for Orphans
Rather than spending significant resources on complex administrative systems that link individual donors to specific child profiles, we focus on directing funds toward program delivery and direct support. This helps more of your donation go where it matters most: supporting vulnerable orphans with food, education, and essential care.
Annual Sponsorship Options
Make a lasting impact by supporting orphaned children with a full year of consistent care, stability, and support.
$600
Support 1 orphan for a year
Provide consistent care including food, education, and essential support for one child.
Sponsor Now
$1,200
Support 2 orphans for a year
Double your impact by supporting two children with year-long care and stability.
Sponsor Now
$1,800
Support 3 orphans for a year
Extend your support to three children and help strengthen families and communities.
Sponsor Now
Sponsor an Orphan Around the World
Your sponsorship helps support vulnerable children across multiple countries, with care delivered based on each community’s needs.
Imad's Story of Hope
In Lebanon, 10-year-old Imad Mohamad Kholani faced an uncertain future after losing his father. With no steady income, his mother struggled to provide for Imad and his four siblings, making even basic necessities—food, school supplies, and hygiene essentials—hard to secure. Their modest home was barely livable, and the weight of daily survival was overwhelming.
Through Penny Appeal USA’s OrphanKind program, Imad’s life took a hopeful turn. He and his family received nutritious food, hygiene kits, and school supplies, easing their daily struggles. With proper nutrition, Imad can now focus on his education, and having the right school materials gives him the confidence to thrive.
“Thank you, Penny Appeal USA,” Imad shares with a smile. His mother, deeply grateful, adds: “The living situation is very difficult, but your support gives us hope.”
By sponsoring an orphan like Imad, you can transform a child’s future—providing stability, education, and the care they deserve. Join us in making a lasting impact.
After all, it takes a village to raise a child.
This is Asanlesiwe. Because of donors like you, she is well on her way to chasing her dreams. Your donation can transform lives for children like her, around the world.
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Download ReportFrequently Asked Questions
Learn more about how OrphanKind sponsorship works, how children are supported, and how your donation helps provide care where it is needed most.
Support varies depending on the needs of the country and community. This may include:
- Food assistance and nutrition support
- School tuition and educational costs
- Direct financial assistance to guardians
- Other essential support depending on local needs
Our program is designed to support the greatest number of children efficiently and fairly. Sponsorship activates support for the next orphan on the waiting list rather than assigning donors to specific profiles.
To protect the privacy and safety of vulnerable children, we do not assign sponsors to individual child profiles.
Your donation is placed into a pooled orphan sponsorship fund, which supports children most in need across our programs. This allows us to deliver help quickly and effectively while upholding strict child protection and safeguarding standards.
You will receive comprehensive program reports that include impact data, countries served, types of assistance, and real-life case studies so you can clearly see how your support is making a difference.
Yes, absolutely. When making your donation, you can choose to sponsor multiple orphans by selecting the number of children or by contributing the equivalent sponsorship amount.
Based on your contribution, we will onboard multiple children from the waiting list into the program so they can begin receiving support.
Yes. The orphan sponsorship program is eligible for both zakat and sadaqah. Orphans typically fall under the categories of Fuqara’a, the poor, and Masakin, the needy. In some cases, they may also qualify under Gharimin, those in debt, depending on their circumstances.
You can review our policy here: Penny Appeal USA Zakat Policy
We prioritize maximizing the impact of your donation by directing the majority of funds toward program delivery rather than administrative complexity.
Yes. We provide detailed program reports that give you a full picture of the orphan sponsorship program, including:
- Number of children supported
- Countries where programs are implemented
- Types of assistance provided
- Case studies and real-life impact stories
Children are identified through our local teams and trusted partners based on vulnerability criteria, including loss of one or both parents, financial hardship, and lack of access to basic needs. Priority is given to those in the most urgent need.
Our model focuses on impact over administration.
Instead of assigning individual profiles, which requires significant resources to maintain, we use a pooled funding approach to:
- Support more children
- Deliver assistance faster
- Reduce administrative costs
- Maintain strong safeguarding standards
Your sponsorship can begin making an impact almost immediately. Once processed, a child from the waiting list is enrolled into the program and begins receiving support as soon as possible.