No-one says it better than the sponsors themselves...


"Becoming a sponsor has changed my life. Far from being a simple donation a month and a 8x10 for my refrigerator, the CCF has fostered a deep and loving bond with my sponsored kids. Between emails, photos, report cards and visits to Cambodia, I feel so proud watching my "kids" flourish and grow. It has changed my life as much as it has changed theirs."

- Heather Connell, Los Angeles, sponsor of Lyda and Charam

"I am extremely satisfied with CCF and the sponsor program, especially since my suggestion of doing something to help Racy's whole family "rebuilding their home" met with such enthusiastic and determined response. I feel as though I have entered into a responsive and very warm family. Becoming involved with CCF has brought me a greater realization of what it means to give and help those far beyond the boundaries of my homeland, and that all people, no matter how humble and downtrodden, deserve a fair and decent life."

- Albert Manganelli, New Jersey, sponsor of Ly Racy

"CCF isn't a "donate and spectate" outfit; it offers a level of involvement which is just, well, human. An example: when it was Samphas' birthday I was able to send some money to help make that day a bit special for him - I know he was looking forward to his birthday because he told me so, in the direct, positive way you at CCF make so easy. When, a few days post-birthday, he emailed me, I was so surprised to see some photos of him with his brother and a friend, all three out and about in town with Meas from CCF, celebrating his day. To know that I, a far away 'stranger', had made that possible was a pure joy.

So, what's the experience been like? It has been a delight.

You enable people like me to expand and enrich our own lives by helping to expand and enrich the lives of others and you do it in an involving, imaginative way. It's practical and pragmatic and it has a sense of fun - I read in Samphas' emails about the joys of the ice-cream and the reported delights of the awards gatherings and prizes for the most improved students, the most helpful etc. I like it all."

- Patrick McKinlay, Edinburgh, sponsor of Samphas

"We first met our sponsor child, Sokna, when we visited CCF 1 in 2006 and she had just arrived after spending the first 14 years of her life living and working in the rubbish dump - we spotted her sitting in a corner of classroom and her look of pain and emptiness nearly broke our hearts and brought tears to our eyes, hence we wanted to do something to help.

Once we started sponsoring her we were able to directly chat to her via email (with translation from CCF staff) and were able to build a strong and very personal connection of friendship and love.

In June this year we returned to Cambodia to visit Sokna. To see her face upon arrival once again brought tears to our eyes, not from sadness this time, but from happiness as she was a totally different girl with a bright and smiling face and glowing from a year of good food and caring whilst living at CCF. She ran to us

and there were lots of hugs... we met all her friends and sat in her school classes. Seeing her face of pride having us watch her during those classes was one of the most priceless experiences of my life.

I left her feeling that I'm not really giving her that much, for what she is giving me in return. It may seems a lot of money to pay for international child sponsorship compared to the big worldwide organisations, but with CCF you know exactly what is happening with every cent of your money you send and you also benefit from becoming part of the big CCF family, which doesn't have a price-tag on that feeling."

- Libby Rhys-Jones, Sydney, sponsor of Sokna