Sponsor Stories 

We love to hear about sponsor experiences. If you would like to write a story for our Sponsor Corner, please send it to sponsors@sos-usa.org.
Jean Datta and Ade Onadipe

Sponsor Spotlight: Visit at the SOS Children's Village Kolkata

I am sponsoring a little girl named Kalpana at the SOS Children's Village in Kolkata, India, through the USA branch of SOS. Although I am American, my husband is Indian, and he is now visiting Kolkata, so I loaded him before he left with a nice case full of colored pencils, crayons, felt pens and such, since I knew Kalpana enjoyed drawing. More...
The Gift of Child Sponsorship

The Gift of Child Sponsorship

Last summer, I decided to do a gift sponsorship for my little sister who is 13 years old. I thought that this would be a great way for her to connect with a child her age that was growing up in another country and culture. More on the gift of sponsorship...
Mehdi Family

Ayesha Mehdi Volunteers for SOS Pakistan

The children showered me with love and gratitude just because I was willing to spend time with them, and in turn I grew to appreciate the everyday blessings in my own life and become part of a new family. More...
Tasia Valenza Stern and Family

Sponsor Gives New Meaning to "All My Children"

Tasia Valenza Stern is full of energy and charismatic charm; she is now a voice-over narrator. Her silky sound can be heard in many TV and radio commercials. Always fond of hats, Tasia's bright smile draws you into what is now her primary mission: to find child sponsorships for SOS. She claims her motherhood has a lot to do with it. More...
SOS Children's Village - Austria

Experiencing the birthplace of SOS: A new era in the care of orphaned children

My husband and I lived in Salzburg from 1951 to 1954 as civilian members of the American Army of Occupation. We sponsored three children from 1952 onward, and I continue to do so today. More...
SOS Child Sponsor - Costa Rica

My visit to our SOS sponsored child in Limon, Costa Rica

I wanted to write you a quick note and tell you about our trip to Costa Rica. Let me start by thanking you for all you did to set up our visit with Brayan. More...
SOS Children's Village - Mogadishu

I brought Awlia to her new home in an SOS Children’s Village in Mogadishu

My wife and I are sponsors of a girl from Somalia. Our story may be a little different from others you receive. I was a television correspondent for ABC News covering the famine and civil war there when I first met Awlia. More...
Joe with his sponsored daughter (left) and her SOS family in Vietnam

Vietnam Vet finds peace through SOS

I went back to Vietnam in 1999 to heal emotional wounds from the war. Ever since 1966, the sad plight of the children of Vietnam has always been an ache in my heart. During the war, guys in my unit were always volunteering to help fix up this orphanage in Phu Xuan Village More...