Sponsorships

Changing lives and creating future opportunities with a regular commitment 

With a sponsorship, you give long-term and specific support to people in need. Your donation is for children, women and men who need your help. 

With just one Swiss franc a day or 10 francs a month for a Caritas Star you give hope and optimism. 

Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment.
Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment. © Hasan Belal
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Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future.
Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future. © Jules Tusseau
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Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school
Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school © Christopher Cusick
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Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health.
Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health. © Sabine Schild
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World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school.
World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school. © Alexandra Wey
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Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas.
Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas. © Caritas Spes Ukraine
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Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment.
Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment. © Hasan Belal
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Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future.
Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future. © Jules Tusseau
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Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school
Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school © Christopher Cusick
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Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health.
Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health. © Sabine Schild
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World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school.
World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school. © Alexandra Wey
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Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas.
Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas. © Caritas Spes Ukraine
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Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment.
Children into school: After the heavy fighting in East Ghouta, the Syrian boy Salim (9) and his friends can once again go to school in a safe and warm learning environment. © Hasan Belal
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Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future.
Street children: Shanny (14) from Bolivia is leaving behind drugs and a life on the streets and is going back to school and to a better future. © Jules Tusseau
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Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school
Courage and optimism for children: Sao Bat (9) plays and learns every morning at the centre in Poipet (Cambodia) so he can then be integrated into a state school © Christopher Cusick
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Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health.
Water for all: Merdya (16) and her fellow pupils learn good hygiene practice through play and thus improve their state of health. © Sabine Schild
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World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school.
World without hunger: Rosalie Ounyai (28) from Chad generates more income thanks to adapted cultivation methods and communal storage facilities. This allows her to send her children to school. © Alexandra Wey
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Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas.
Disaster Relief Worker: In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a boy receives food from Caritas. © Caritas Spes Ukraine
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Your advantages as a sponsor 

  • You are close to the projects.
  • You dan donate specifically for an issue that you feel strongly about. 
  • You receive a report each year or a magazine in which we show you how your donation was used. 
  • You feel assured that your regular donation enables continuity in the projects.

Child sponsorships

Please click on the sponsorship of your choice: 

Children into school

Children into school

In developing countries, millions of children are unable to go to school because they are too poor. Yet education is the best way for young people to build a secure livelihood as adults. Enable children and young people in developing countries to get an education.

Street children

Poverty, neglect, abuse, violence in the family or trying to earn some money: There are many reasons why children end up on the street. These children need protection and support so they can find a way back to normal life and go to school. Bring street children back into normal life and give them a chance for the future.
Courage for children

Courage for children

Countless children grow up not only in poverty but are beaten, sexually exploited, traded as cheap commodities or traumatised in wars. Children have a right to love, protection and care. Give traumatised and neglected children new courage.

Theme sponsorships

Click on the sponsorship of your choice: 

World without hunger

800 million people worldwide are undernourished. Every day, thousands of children die from the consequences of hunger and malnutrition. With concerted efforts, hunger can be eliminated. Support Caritas in the fight against hunger.

Water for all

1,6 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. People who are forced to drink contaminated water fall ill. People who cannot irrigate their fields must starve. This cannot be tolerated. Drinking water is a human right. Ensure that families, villages and whole regions have access to water.
Katastrophenhelfer

Disaster relief worker

Natural disasters, famine and war: They leave behind desperate people without livelihoods. Rapid aid for these women, children and men is vital. As a disaster relief worker, you are on the spot; and help to save lives.

Caritas Star

Millions of innocent families suffer worldwide and in Switzerland from the consequences of poverty. Hunger, wars, natural disasters and the disregard for basic human rights threaten children, women and men. Every family should be allowed to live in dignity and security. 

As a Caritas Star, you support the strengthening of food security of small farming families in Mali, covering the basic needs of fleeing families in Burkina Faso, or combating poverty in Switzerland. With just 10 Swiss francs a month, you bring optimism. 

Patin Lisbeth Keiser
«With my sponsorship, I can make a small contribution to help balance out the many injustices in this world.»Lisbeth Keisersponsor

You receive annual reports with background information about the projects and themes of the sponsorships. We show you what you contribute with your sponsorship. 

Contact

Michèle Achermann

Michèle Achermann

Administration of Sponsorships

+41 41 419 23 19patenschaften@caritas.ch

Header image: Girl in Chad © Fabian Biasio