Your faithful sponsorship plays a vital role in empowering young people, helping them to grow in self-confidence and contribute to solutions in their communities. And your letters help too! Not only do they assist children to develop reading and writing skills, the letters also show there is someone in Australia who cares and prays for them.
Children and young people treasure letters they receive! Given the cultural context, here are some important things to bear in mind when you’re writing your letters:
Helpful Tips
Answer any questions from your Child Partner, they are wanting to know you more.
Share about the latest events in your family, daily life, or hobbies. Describe what life in Australia is like.
Feel free to write about your own personal faith but be mindful that our Christian Partners work in areas where religious references can cause offence or endanger lives.
If you would like to send a gift, please ensure that it is flat and paper-based to help our Partners navigate efficient distribution of letters and environmentally friendly gifts.
Things To Avoid
Feel free to talk about your own personal faith, however please refrain from teaching or evangelising.
For safeguarding reasons, we ask that you don’t imply that you might visit, or that they might one day visit you.
For privacy and protection be careful not to disclose information like your last name and suburb.
Do not use the words ‘sponsor’ or ‘sponsorship’ in your letters as the children do not identify with the program this way.
Ways To Write
Pen and Paper
Use our letter writing templates! This helps us and our Partners prepare your letters in the most logistically effective way. Don’t forget to include your Supporter ID and Child ID so our team know where to forward your letters!
Mail your letters to: Baptist World Aid Australia Locked Bag 2200 North Ryde, NSW, 1670
Online
You can help us save on administrative costs by writing letters online! It also gives you the option of uploading photos. Sign in to your My Account using the email you use to correspond with Baptist World Aid by clicking the button below.
Child and Youth Partners are encouraged to be a part of the larger community development project so they are invited to write or respond to letters once a year. This letter will usually be sent to you along with the Annual Progress Report, that explains how the children, family and community are doing.
By keeping letter writing to an annual activity, it helps lower logistical and administrative costs while ensuring that the children get an opportunity to keep in touch with you.
2. When is the best time to write to my Child Partner?
