Did You Know? Programs and Activities

In addition to the basic support and services available to our children through the sponsorship program, Children International offers the opportunity for them to participate in a range of programs and activities as well. The aim of these programs is to teach our children things like leadership and teamwork, and also to get them involved in giving back to their own communities.

Not every program is available in every service area, but you can make a quick inquiry to CI via either phone or email to ask if it is available to your child. Then, you can encourage your child to participate!

Aflatoun
From the CI website: This program introduces sponsored children and youth to the basic financial knowledge they’ll need to succeed in life. The Aflatoun curriculum was designed to teach kids of all ages how to effectively utilize the resources available to them, start and maintain savings accounts, create and follow a budget, and more. Aflatoun also helps participants develop the social skills, confidence and knowledge they’ll need to become financially independent.

Game On!
From the CI website: Game On! Youth Sports, a program developed by the International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS), is much more than a sports program – it’s a life- and social-skills building program developed, tested and refined by IAYS to provide positive, lasting lessons to children of all ages.

Into Employment
From the CI website: Into Employment aims to equip young people with the specific job skills that are the most in demand in their communities, then connects them to companies in need of those skills. The end goal is to help youth participants find gainful employment in jobs that fulfill their personal aspirations.

Jam Session
From the CI Facebook page: Children International in Tabaco City, Philippines, has launched a new musical program called Jam Session. This program lets youth practice their musical skills and perform for other children and youth using instruments provided by CI. This program is about more than just playing music: it’s about developing confidence and encouraging youth to use their free time in positive ways!

Youth Council
From the CI website: Each CI agency has a group of democratically-elected youth leaders called the Youth Council. Each Youth Council receives an annual Youth Empowerment Fund – a monetary grant to be used to fund various community-improvement projects like park and shore restoration programs, the construction of clean-water sources, additional toilets at public health clinics, and more. These projects are conceived by individual youth and are presented to the Council, which then votes on which projects to fund. In this way, youth learn the fundamentals of leadership, democracy, project organization and teamwork – and become positive agents of change in their communities.

Youth Health Corps
From the CI website: YHC provides important health and safety lessons to sponsored youth, then trains them to become peer educators who share that information with other youth in their communities. By teaching others about sanitation, hygiene, drug prevention, reproductive health and AIDS, our youth improve their communities and the health of the children and families who live there.