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Child Sponsorship

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Child Sponsorship

Long-Term Support. Room to Grow.

Child sponsorship pairs monthly support with education, social work accompaniment, and family care, helping children in Taiwan keep learning and plan for the future.

How Sponsorship Works Sponsor a Child

NT$1,000

Per month

A steady monthly commitment supporting a child in Taiwan.

Long term

Consistent support

Support continues through changing stages of childhood and adolescence.

Whole family

Child-centered care

Social workers support the relationships and home environment around each child.

Why Sponsorship Matters

When a Family's Stability Is Fragile, a Child's Education Can Be Too

Taiwan is widely known for prosperity and opportunity, but families do not experience that progress equally. A serious illness, job loss, caregiving burden, or natural disaster can quickly put daily needs and school expenses beyond reach.

Sponsorship provides something a one-time response cannot: continuity. It helps children remain connected to education, trusted adults, and the practical support they need while their families work toward greater stability.

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The wealth gap between Taiwan's highest- and lowest-asset households.

Source: Taiwan Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, 2021 Household Wealth Distribution Statistics, released in 2024.

How Sponsorship Helps

Support That Stays Close to a Child's Real Life

Monthly sponsorship combines direct assistance with the relationships and services that help a child keep moving forward.

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Daily Living

Direct financial assistance helps families cover everyday living and educational needs.

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02

Education

School support, scholarships, and talent development help children continue learning.

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03

Home Visits

Social workers stay connected to each child's wellbeing and changing circumstances.

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04

Connection

Letters and periodic visits can help sponsors and children build a meaningful relationship.

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Future Planning

Mentoring and development opportunities help young people explore their own goals.

A continuity model: Each child is supported by three sponsors. This shared structure helps keep support in place if one sponsor's circumstances change.

Where Your Gift Goes

One Monthly Gift, Three Connected Forms of Support

A NT$1,000 monthly sponsorship combines direct assistance with professional services and responsible program operations.

Direct Support

50%

Daily living and educational needs for the child and family.

Essential Services

40%

Social work, family support, emotional care, education, and community connection.

Program Operations

10%

Administration required to operate and sustain the program.

Yu speaking with an MSM team member outside his family's home after typhoon damage

Yu speaks with an MSM team member after Typhoon Kong-rey damaged his family's home. His name has been shortened for this English story.

Yu's Story

Yu Is Building a Future That Gives Back

When Typhoon Kong-rey sent mud and debris through Yu's family home, the cost of rebuilding put more than the house at risk. It also threatened the education he had worked hard to continue.

Yu, a Bunun high school student in MSM's sponsorship program, studies while working after school to help his family. Despite the pressure on his time, he remains first in his class. He hopes to study social work and return to support families in his Indigenous community.

“I hope to study social work and return to help families like ours.”

Because that sponsorship relationship was already in place, MSM could quickly check on the family, provide emergency assistance and essential supplies, and continue regular visits and emotional support. Long-term sponsorship helps make sure a sudden crisis does not have to become the end of a child's education.

Our Impact

A Growing Network of Consistent Care

Current enrollment is dated July 31, 2026. Program activity figures are from 2025.

7,630

Children currently supported

3,839 girls and 3,791 boys

704

Grants and subsidies

Scholarships, emergency relief, and special-talent development

1,632

Instances of family and child support

Additional program assistance delivered in 2025

402

Caregiver support sessions

Delivered across 29 events in 2025

Why Donors Trust MSM

Rooted in Taiwan Since 1952

The Mustard Seed Mission is Taiwan's first registered local Christian social welfare organization, combining long-term community presence with established international giving access.

Since 1952

More than seven decades serving children, families, and communities in Taiwan.

Aurora Trust Award

Recognized in 2024 for innovative, high-impact nonprofit work in Taiwan.

Long-Term Partnership

Dell Technologies is a long-term corporate supporter of Child Sponsorship.

International Giving

International supporters can give through GlobalGiving, Give2Asia, and Benevity.

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