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.

Sponsor Spotlight: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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