Education Inquiries Cancel Title is required

Everyone (CIKC, SOA staff and the families) appreciates the generosity and concern sponsors have for their sponsored youth,especially during the current pandemic. As much as CIKC had hoped to move forward with educational inquiries for all of our Agencies, we’ve realized it’s just not practical for our field staff and families to try and provide such information. 

Our field staff are learning many families are having difficulty saying today,what they might need when the funds are received a several months later. The reality is that if the family needs food, rent money, toiletries or hygiene items when the funds earmarked for education arrive, they will want to change the purpose of the donation.  

Additionally, we cannot in good faith request information that could take 2-3 months to receive, knowing it will take another 2-3 months (or longer) for the agencies to implement if the sponsor chooses to make the donation.  Our staff and families are struggling day-to-day with communication, especially those who do not always have adequate access to a digital or virtual means of communicating or receiving the funds sponsors so generously give for them,which can create major delays in getting donations to the families and the follow-up sponsors expect and deserve.  

We hope you’ll understand that for the foreseeable future, the best way to way to help a youth with their educational needs is to give an Extra Gift donation and let us know you’d like to help with educational needs.  We'll put this in the memo when the funds are sent to the SOA and our staff will share the info with the family.  

Of course, if the family has more urgent needs when the funds are received, we must allow them to use the funds to purchase those necessities.   

Some countries have a better digital infrastructure and as we are able to offer education inquiries, we will do so.  The best way to determine if we can inquire about education for your child/ren, is to reach out to our Care Team.  We appreciate your patience and understanding - and our Care Team is available for any questions you have regarding this post. Thanks!