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May 11, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
I rarely post on these sites as they tend to be too overwhelming for me with mixed opinions. I recently googled children international as I was looking for the site and this site came up. I have been sponsoring for several years, even after my wife passed away in 2009. The experience has been good and seeing the letters and photos makes it all real for me. I feel like I am making a real difference in this child's life.
The organization has been great and all of the volunteer workers make it a good experience. I highly recommend them.
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2013
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May 7, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
I do not have any children and sponsorship has given me a sense of hope that one person can make a difference. Children International has made this all possible and I'm quite satisfied with the quality of service. I am a health care worker and my profession is about giving back and helping others. I get the same feeling with sponsorship. Thank you.
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2013
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May 3, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
Children International opened my eyes to sponsorship and how I'm making a difference in our child's life. My partner and I have been sponsoring since 2008, and we enjoy getting letters from our child and seeing her progress. I would like to get more involved and hope to see her some day. Highly recommend it.
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2013
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April 29, 2013
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Both my husband and I are sponsoring a girl from Ecuador and the experience has been wonderful. We get letters from her and we can see the progress she has made over the past few years. Children's International has been great and I hope to visit her in the future.
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2013
April 20, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
I will continue to sponsor my two children until they age out; however, I will not automatically accept "replacement" children (as I have in the past) when that occurs. My reluctance is primarily a reaction to the excessive salary drawn by the CEO. There are similar child sponsorship programs with higher ratings than CI. I will likely consider one of them.
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April 7, 2013
3 people found this review helpful
I have been sponsoring a child in Columbia since 2001. I am appalled at the salaries made by the personnel of Children International. I intend to see my child through to age 18, but I plan to write a letter to this organization as to why I won't sponsor another child. A half million dollar salary for the CEO? Do you know how many children could be served by cutting that salary in half? How many Americans make $250,000/yr let alone a half million? I find this unconscionable.
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2013
1 person found this review helpful
March 31, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
I recently sent a Special Gift to Children International for my boy in Honduras. I was very happy with the pictures sent back to me of him with lots of food, clothing and a quality toy. Children International you always do it right! (If anyone is wondering about sending a Special Gift, the CI Reference Guide mentions the Special Gift option. It also mentions the optional Holiday Gifts program (and that all funds are combined for this program). It also says you may send a package to your child under "Packages." See the section titled "Gifts".)
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2013
March 23, 2013
2 people found this review helpful
It was Christmas, and we received a solicitation from Children International for a Christmas gift for our sponsored child. We donated $50 in addition to our monthly support payment. Later we were notified that our sponsored child received pajamas. $50 for pajamas. We were not happy. When we wrote Children International, we were informed that they pool the extra Christmas donations so every child they sponsor can get at least something, even if their sponsor did not donate extra money for this purpose. We sort of understood but were annoyed we were not informed upfront. Now it's our sponsored child's 15th birthday...very special in Latin America. Basically, we were told the same thing. They did add that, if we donated $100, we could specify what we wanted her to get and receive a picture of her with her birthday gift. We feel this is just another fundraising tactic, that birthdays should be handled differently than Christmas and that $50 should be quite sufficient to get her something special for her 15th birthday. We are dismayed at these turn of events and are unsure of our future with Children International.
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March 18, 2013
Best of all the child sponsorship programs. I have sponsored children for several years. Big organization, but their system allows wonderful personal attention to the needs of each child.
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A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Quite well
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Likely
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2013
3 people found this review helpful
February 27, 2013
3 people found this review helpful
We have been sponsoring for several years and the experience with Children International has been wonderful. We have two girls from the Philippines and one boy from Ecuador and we love to see the progress they have made over the years. The volunteers at this organization are good people and we hope to travel to see our kids next year.
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Life-changing
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2013
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