Criteria to Apply
The Sponsor A Child program aims to provide educational opportunities to children from financially challenged backgrounds. To be eligible for the program, families should meet the following criteria:
- Income Requirement: The annual income of the family should be equal to or less than 3 lakhs per annum.
- Family Situations:
- Single Parent or Orphan: Families with a single parent due to the unfortunate circumstance of both parents having passed away. The child should be staying with the surviving parent or guardian or extended family.
- Divorced or Separated Mother: Families where the mother is divorced or separated and is the primary caretaker of the child.
- Terminal Illness or Major Health Care Expenses: Families facing the financial burden of a family member's terminal illness or significant health care expenses such as heart operations or dialysis.
- Permanent Disability: Families coping with the challenges of permanent disability resulting from accidents.
These criteria ensure that the program reaches those children and families who are most in need of educational support due to challenging financial circumstances and unique family situations. By providing opportunities for education, the Sponsor A Child program aims to break the cycle of poverty and empower these children to create a better future for themselves and their communities.
Getting Started
Sewa International invites application from the financially challenged children who find it difficult to complete their school education during the academic year 2022-23. Before sign up, please ensure you have the following documents ready:
- Student Aadhar card
- Latest photograph. (Take it using your mobile)
- Last year's marksheet
- Crisis document (Death certificate of parent or job loss letter or any health issue of parent, and so on)
- Letter from parent along with the current year fee receipts. (If the parent had paid fees and we need to reimburse). Click here to download the Parent Letter format.
- Letter from school (If we need to pay to school). Click here to download the School Letter format. (If you need editable MS Word format, click here or please write to sac-support@sewainternational.org)
- Consent Letter. Click here to download the Consent Letter format
- (Only for Renewal Applicant) Video Request. Less than 2mins; less than 5MB; Format: MP3/MP4
- (Only for Renewal Applicant) Letter to Sewa International. Click here to view the format.
Selected Students' List
The list of students selected for the academic year 2022-23 are here. All selected students were communicated through SMS and eMail. If your name is not in the selected list, you may not have qualified for the sponsorship this year. Please check your mail for details or write to sac@sewainternational.org
What a Student Gets
Sewa International aims at the holistic development of a student. So, the student gets the following benefits:
- School fees
- Career counselling session
- Student Journal
- Webinars
- Residential Camp