How old are your sponsored kids? Cancel Title is required

Just out of curiosity I thought I'd take a general survey...today how old is your sponsored child? (Or for many, your sponsored children).

From oldest to youngest:

13 - Sohail
12 - Francy
11 - Sayonika
9 - Marfel
8 - Habiba, Dulce, Ana, Ada

I have a lot of kids within one year of each other - when they graduate I'm going to be super lonely!

(Edited to update ages)

• 19 - Jharna
• 17 - Anwesha
• 15 - Priyanka
• 14 - Jasmina
• 14 - Sonali
• 14 - Saida
• 10 - Sabita
• 10 - Fatma
• 7 - Ruksana
• 6 - Rita
• 5 - Sarbari
• 3 (4 in Feb) - Archana

My kids are

Cesar: 14

Lesli: 13

Patricia: 12

Amanda: 9

Bianca: 8

Ages 3 - 13 (every year is accounted for!), and a 17 year old

@ Cvalda

huh? I didn't realize you sponsored a child that old? Who is it?

8 yadira honduras

14 cha-cha philippines

musigal, it's Saheba from India. She will be 18 in March!

oh ok, now I remember her. I didn't realize she was that old.

Stephanie- 13

Alondra- 11

Aneta- 10

I somehow always end up with older children, although it's never planned out that way The youngest sponsored child I've ever had was Aneta who was 9 when I started sponsoring her in April 2010. So none of the children I've ever sponsored have been under the age of 9, yet...

I seem to have quite a few 7 year olds too haha

14~Cristofer

12~Michelle,Peter,and Pavan

9~John and Christian

8~Gerson and Francisco

7~Allan,Antony will turn 8 on Dec.14th,Jean,Jethro,and Jhunie

6~Josue wtill turn 7 on Dec. 31st

4~Anthony,Lucero,and Mark

3~Arvin

The "Kellissa" kids ages are:

3 - Sandra and Elizabeth

4 - Muskan, Sarah Joy, Birthwell and Paul

7 - Ferlyn Joy

10 - John Rick

I don't know how we got so many babies!!! LOL! I only sponsor one more CI kid who's four the rest of my own CI kids are older!

my kids:

13 - Mark John

9 - Tasneem

Osmara-12

Johvana-11

Scarlett-8

Fany-8

Eliza-7

Britany-6

Brayan, Colombia and Thays from Ecuador are both 8 yrs old now

17- Khayrunnesha (India)

11- Saba (India)

10 - Magda (group child) (Guatemala)

10- Sandia (Haiti)

9 - Shamrin (group child) (India)

6- Semran (India)

4- Neha (India)

Let's see:

13-Angy-(Colombia)

12-Monica-(Mexico)

8-Mirna-(Guatemala)

7-Valeria-(Mexico)

and from other organizations:

7-Aizel-(Philippines)

10-Jasoda-(India)

I am hoping to find some more high school aged girls from Mexico, Ecuador, and India.

All my children are 7 years old, except Yuselfi who just turned 8. Christopher and Happygail will turn 8 in January.

Daniel (El Príncipe de Valparaíso) - 10 years old

Geraldine (La Princesa de Guayaquil) - 12 years old

Both have birthday in June

Sheyla (from Guatemala) - 17 years old

Dipendu (from India) - 4 years old

13 - Joyce (Philippines)

9 - Michelle (Philippines)

8 - Diego (Ecuador)

From oldest to youngest:

14- Mary

12- Jerson and Christopher

10- Monserrat and Reeca

9- Allynna, Jose, Marianne, Ricky

8- Bradley, Jessa, Kyle

7- Liz

4- Ronalyn

Together they equal one wonderful bunch that I'm so lucky to have!

Annie, I really appreciate you taking on Reeca. He's a sweet boy and you will love him :)

Yoselin Alondra 8 years

guatemala

Yoselin Rosebil 8 years

guatemala

twin sisters

also odilia 11 this month guatemala

share her with 10 other wonderful people, we still need one to make a dozen if anyone is interested

Hello, interesting survey question.

I just started as a sponsor.

My kids in order of age are:

Sankari (India), 17

Eyra (Guatemala), 13

Julieth (Colombia), 12

If I could add a couple more, I'd probably sponsor one in the 15-17 age range and one in the 12-14 age range. Although there is an intriguing Zambian girl, Catherine, age 8, with a perplexed expression that intrigues me. It's an "older" expression than I would expect for a child that age. I don't generally sponsor kids that young, and probably couldn't afford it anyway, but if someone else wants to, that would be great.

Regards, Brightspot

By the way, does anyone know what is the average wait time for a child to get sponsored (especially in particular age groups)?

Jonathan, 8 (Mexico)

He's my only child so far... though I have my eye on 4 y/o Emilio from Mexico as well...

Somewhere there's a post where Debbie had researched the average wait times for first sponsorship, not by age group but by country. I think they varied from 7 - 18 months, depending on the country.

Children are only enrolled between the ages of 2 and 11 years old. Once they are enrolled, they wait for their first sponsor until they begin receiving benefits. But once they have that first sponsor, the emergency fund will ensure that they will continue to receive benefits even if they lose that sponsor.

So children over 12 you see on the site will almost certainly have had a sponsor before and be receiving benefits already. Younger children, maybe-maybe not. (Very young children, probably not.) The large majority of sponsors don't make an effort to form a relationship with their child, so it's the benefits that are the main thing. Children aren't told when they lose a sponsor, except that the next time they're required to write a letter, the sponsor has a different name.

Good question! I actually keep my kids' correspondances in order by their ages, so it won't make me think that hard!

*Kimberling in DR-19 this past Novemeber

*Jacquelyn in Philippines-18; will be 19 in 3 weeks

*Emerita in Panama-17

*Leida in Guatemala and Hai Fang in China-15

*Deilyn (Costa Rica), Wilna (Haiti), Astghik (Armenia), Carolina (El Salvador), and Camila (Colombia)-14

*Jazmin (Mexico), my newest addition-14 next Tuesday

*Zinash (Ethiopia)-7

Zinash is the outlier as she was born on the day I was married. :) The others were at least 11 or 12 at the youngest when I started sponsoring them.

Here are the list of my kids.

Jocelyn- 16 will be 17 on June 23rth from Quezon City, Philippines.

Noli- Tabaco Philippines is 13 and will be 14 July 9th

John Patrick- 13 and will be 14 years old this August from Tabaco Philippines.

Al Francis- 13 and will be 14 on September 25 and also from Tabaco Philippines.

Gopal- from India will be 12 on December 9th.

Reigne Angelique- 8 years old from Quezon City, Philippines.

Nerissa- 7 years old but will be 8 on July 4th also from Quezon City, Philippines.

• Edy - 15 (Guatemala)
• Keisy - 14 (Guatemala)
• Katherine - 11 (Guatemala)
• Jose - 10 (Guatemala)
• Daysela - 9 (Columbia)
• Cesar - 4 (Guatemala)

Ok, here goes:

Jenny Rose 14

Francesca 11

Princess Audrey 11

Genesys 9

Felipe 8

Jhon 7

Aidee 8

Mary Grace 3