Extend your family circle.
Help us break the poverty cycle for our
families in East Pokot.
How It Works
Support our Family Strengthening Program
Can you imagine what it would be like to be put to work in fields instead of going to school? Or being sold into marriage at the age of just 12?
Every child needs a safe family unit to help them grow and develop. But in East Pokot, one of the poorest districts in Kenya, thousands of children are at risk due to high illiteracy rates and traditional cultural practices.
That’s why we developed our Family Strengthening Program, which holistically supports individual families over a period of 3 years — helping them to become self sufficient, more knowledgeable and able to support themselves long-term so that the family can stay together and importantly, their children can go to school.
Through a monthly donation of $120, you will enable us to work with more families to break the poverty cycle and be the bridge to a brighter future.
Where does your investment go?
Children's education costs
Life skills, parenting skills,
gender sensitisation and
childs' rights training
Business skills training and
support of income generation initiatives
Emergency food parcels
Support for vital household repairs
Family health and
wellbeing check ups
Children's education costs
Business skills training and support of income generation initiatives
Life skills, parenting skills, gender sensitisation and childs' rights training
Emergency food parcels
Support for vital household repairs
Family health and wellbeing check ups
What will you get in return?
Hear first-hand the impact of your sponsorship
We'll connect you with our team so you can learn more about the community where your money is being invested. Twice a year, we'll send you a postcard from the ground so you can hear how your contribution is helping.
Stay connected with our teams on the ground
Every six months you can join our team online for a live Q&A to discover more about the program, ask questions and learn more about how you're helping them break the poverty cycle for the vulnerable communities we work with.
Know that you are making a true difference
We invite you to read through our annual progress report, which explains how your generous monthly investment has gone on to benefit the children and families So They Can supports in East Africa.
Our Community
Family Life in East Pokot, Kenya
Like most places around the world, family is considered to be important unit of society in East Pokot, Kenya. However, life as a family here encounters many challenges and hurdles that most of us will never have to experience.
Families in East Pokot experience hardship every day — from a lack of safe drinking water and sufficient food, to poor shelter and an absence of medical and wellbeing support, such as guidance and counselling services.
By choosing to extend your family circle, you're choosing to support a young family like this — providing them with access to basic human rights like education, food security and essential health care.
Your monthly contribution will help to support the family, so that the children can stay at school instead of entering the workforce. It will also empower and equip the parents with the support and tools they need so that they can comfortably provide for their children long-term.
FAQs
A. By credit card
We accept Visa and Mastercard for monthly contributions.
OR
B. Direct Debit
Monthly/annual contributions can be paid from your bank account.
Please email us at sponsor@sotheycan.org to receive the direct debit form.
Yes you will receive an annual tax receipt in the currency of your donation at the end of the financial year.
Donations to So They Can qualifies for tax deductions in Australia and New Zealand.
No. Due to the vulnerability of the families we support, we don't connect sponsors to a specific family. Instead, we pool the funds from all of our sponsors to support all 30 families in the program in the way that they need it.
This helps us to ensure we can best support all of the families that need our assistance.
Due to the vulnerability of the families we support, you will not receive a photo of a particular family within our program — however, upon signing up you will receive a 'special something' in the mail from our team on the ground who run our Family Strengthening project.
Again, due to the vulnerability and low literacy rates among our community, you cannot personally contact our community — however, we our social workers and team on the ground will write to you twice a year to update you on how your support is positively impacting the families we work with.
No. There is no contract. You can sponsor a family for as long as you like — but of course, we would love to share this journey of empowerment with you long-term.