Student Sponsorships
Help a Child Stay in School.
In rural Kenya, school fees, books, exam costs, and daily meals can keep a child from receiving the education they need. Your $35/month sponsorship helps provide the fees, resources, and lunch that allow a child to stay in school and succeed.
100% of funds raised in the U.S. are sent directly to Kenya.
The reality
In Kenya, school comes with costs many families cannot carry alone.
Every school in Kenya charges fees. Beyond basic school fees, students need books, learning resources, and required national exam fees at different stages of their education.
In rural areas, many parents work hard to provide for their families by caring for cattle and goats. They love their children and value education deeply. But the cost of sending a child to school can quietly become too much.
A child may want to learn. A parent may want their child in school. A teacher may be ready to teach. But fees, books, exams, and food can stand in the way.
That is where sponsorship changes the story.
What $35/month provides
Simple. Tangible. Life-changing.
Every month, your gift becomes school fees, notebooks, exam papers, a full lunch, and a steady sense of belonging.
School Fees
Your sponsorship helps cover the cost required for a child to attend school.
Books & Learning Resources
Students receive the materials they need to participate, learn, and grow.
Required Educational Expenses
Sponsorship helps cover costs connected to learning, advancement, and national exams.
A Daily Lunch
Because it is hard to learn on an empty stomach, every Helping Kenya Kids school provides lunch as part of the school day.
Spiritual Encouragement & Care
Through Helping Kenya Kids, children are connected to a Christ-centered environment where they are loved, known, and encouraged.
$35
per month
Roughly the cost of a family dinner out—every month, it keeps a child in class with a full stomach and every resource they need.
Sponsor a Student
More than a desk in a classroom
Sponsorship gives a child more than a seat in school.
It gives them consistency. Encouragement. The quiet permission to dream beyond survival.
A child watching other children walk to school
→A child walking into the classroom with confidence.
A child trying to learn on an empty stomach
→A child eating lunch and returning to class ready to focus.
A child feeling forgotten
→A child knowing someone across the world is praying for them, writing to them, and cheering them on.
Know the student you sponsor
You don't just sponsor a student. You get to know them.
Every Student Sponsorship includes the opportunity to correspond directly with the child you sponsor. Hear how school is going, learn about their family, and send encouragement back across the world to Kenya.
A letter can remind a child that they are seen.
A note of encouragement can remind them that someone is praying for them.
A simple update can turn sponsorship from a monthly gift into a meaningful relationship.
“Getting a letter from our sponsored student changed how our whole family prays. She is no longer a name on a page. She is our friend.”
Meet the child you sponsor
And one day, you may be able to meet them.
One of the most unique and powerful parts of sponsoring through Helping Kenya Kids is that sponsors who travel to Kenya on one of our short-term mission trips may have the opportunity to meet the child they sponsor.
You may meet their parents. Visit their school. Sit with their teachers and hear how that specific student is growing.
Many describe it as one of the highlights of their lives.
Dignity, not dependency
We help children start strong—without creating dependency.
Helping Kenya Kids believes deeply in education. We also believe the goal is not to create long-term dependency between rural Kenyan children and outside sponsors.
For that reason, Helping Kenya Kids provides Student Sponsorships through the 6th grade. After 6th grade, families are expected to provide 100% of the funding needed for their child's continued educational growth and success.
Sponsorship is designed to help a child start strong. It removes the early barrier to education while encouraging long-term family ownership, responsibility, and sustainability.
Kids for Kids
That's why Kids for Kids matters.
Through Kids for Kids, a sponsor can give $100 to provide a pair of young goats for their sponsored child.
These goats provide milk for the family, teach responsibility to the student as they help raise and care for them, and create future opportunity as the goats reproduce.
Over time, the offspring can help the family fund the child's future educational needs—after sponsorship ends.
How it works
How Student Sponsorship works.
01
Choose to Sponsor
Begin sponsoring a student for $35/month.
02
Help Provide What They Need
Your sponsorship helps cover school fees, books, learning resources, required educational expenses, and daily lunch.
03
Build a Personal Connection
Correspond with your student and receive updates about school and family life.
04
Watch a Child Grow
Over time, you help give a child the foundation they need to learn, mature, and move toward a stronger future.
05
Consider the Next Step
Through Kids for Kids, help provide goats that support long-term family sustainability beyond 6th grade.
Where your gift goes
Your sponsorship goes directly to Kenya.
Helping Kenya Kids works through Kenyan-led ministry partners. Schools are connected to the broader Hope Center model—education, discipleship, practical care, and the hope of Jesus.
Our aim is holistic transformation: a child, a family, and a community strengthened together.
100%
of funds raised in the U.S. are sent directly to Kenya.
Absolutely no money raised is spent within the U.S.
Frequently asked
Questions sponsors ask.
What does $35/month cover?
How long does sponsorship last?
Why only through 6th grade?
Can I write to the student I sponsor?
Can I meet the student I sponsor?
What is Kids for Kids?
Is this connected to the church?
Where does my money go?
Still have a question? Ask us about sponsorship.
Open the door
For $35/month, you can help a child stay in school.
Your sponsorship helps provide school fees, books, learning resources, required educational expenses, and a daily lunch.
It also gives a child the encouragement of knowing someone is praying, writing, and believing in their future.
Education can change a child's future. Sponsorship can help open the door.