Orphan Sponsorship: Over 130 orphans, over 20 countries

Help Make A Positive Difference in the Lives of Orphans Around the Globe!

1) Countries and costs of child sponsorship:

Countries we’re sponsoring from and how much it costs to sponsor an orphan for a year:

The differences in costs are a result of the differences in the cost of living in the different countries.

Donation covers education, health, food, shelter and other basic necessities for the orphans.

*** OSP at UofT list of sponsorship countries has increased as four more countries have been added to the list which are:  Chechnya, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Iraq.   We are also exploring the possibility of sponsoring orphans from new countries, including Yemen, Mali, Niger, and Albania***

It costs $360/year to sponsor an orphan from: Afghanistan, Kashmir, Bangladesh, Somalia, Sudan, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Kosovo, & Indonesia.

It costs $624/year to sponsor an orphan from: Chechnya, Ethiopia, & South Africa

It costs $720/year to sponsor an orphan from: Palestine, Lebanon, & Bosnia

It costs $732/year to sponsor an orphan from: Iraq

2) Methods of Payment:

Donate any amount that you can. Donations can be in the form of cash, cheque or online via paypal.

Note: Tax receipts will be issued upon request.  If you would like a Canadian tax receipt, kindly include your full name and mailing address.

Online via Paypal: Click Here

Cheque: Made out to ‘Orphan Sponsorship Program’ and can be mailed/dropped off at

Orphan Sponsorship Program
c/o MSA, University of Toronto, St. George campus
21 Sussex Avenue, Suite 505
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1J6

Cash:

Passed to official OSP representatives.  Email us at osp.uoft@yahoo.ca for futher details and we can arrange for an OSP representative to meet with you at convenient location.

Zakat can be used to sponsor orphans.  Please identify your donation as “Zakat” when donating.

For further information to volunteer and/or donate please contact osp.uoft@yahoo.ca and/or visit www.ospuoft.wordpress.com

We are dedicated to maintaining the privacy of our donors and ensuring that their donations reach their intended recipients.  Therefore, please note the following when making your donation:

• Donations to the OSP via PayPal are only made to msa.exec@utoronto.ca and no other email address
  
• The only mailing address to send Cheques and correspond with OSP should only be directed to our Sussex office address above (there is no other mailing address for OSP)
  
• Only correspond with OSP executive committee members on the OSP Committee List on this site and no one else.

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Donors Can:

-  Sponsor a child either on their own or form a group with friends/family members and accumulatively sponsoring the orphan(s) on an annual basis.

- Receive tax receipts for their donations (upon request).

- Be assigned an orphan, receive their profile and then annually be updated on the child’s progress.

- Donors who are assigned an orphan can also keep in touch with child by sending them letters, greetings cards, etc, to them.

- Arrangements can be made via the registered charity to visit and meet the orphan (or the orphanage/regional office in general) Note: The individual donor must bear the expense of his/her trip to visit the orphan.

- Any donor (even those who do not wish to be assigned to a particular child) is welcome to view profiles and updates on all the orphan children that OSP are sponsoring.

- Be a part of the OSP, by becoming a volunteer, join the OSP annual committee and/or by simply spreading the word to family, co-workers and friends. We need to re-sponsor over 130 orphans (and Insha’Allah more) orphans, so we need all help that we can get!

THANK YOU!