My Nonprofit Reviews
Betty Bashara
Review for ChildFund International, Richmond, VA, USA
After more than 10 years of sponsoring a child in Brazil, I came to be very
disenchanted with ChildFund International. The letters from my child were all the same--from age 5 to age 15 plus--even when the 'child's' favorite subject was English never did I receive a letter written by my child. The handwriting was all the same and I came to believe it was all a scam. Year after year, I sent money for birthdays and Christmas....usually $50 per occasion but sometimes $100. Long before ChildFund announced it would skim 20% of the gifts, they were ALREADY skimming off the gifts! I no longer trust this charity and I don't even know if the 'child' I sponsored even exists!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have come to question whether or not my sponsored 'child' even exists! I sent money to this child for gift and I sent the monthly donation faithfully and now I don't even know if the child I came to love even exists!
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
STOP THE GREED. Stop skimming off of gifts to children. Let the older children write their own letters. How can a child write letters in Portuguese in exactly the same handwriting for more than 10 years? It doesn't make sense and I think ChildFund International is scamming donors!
