Child Sponsorship Success Stories

Follow the lives of the representative children in cbm’s Child Sponsorship Programme. See for yourself how your giving transforms the lives of children, families and entire communities.

Thanks to kind hearted cbm Child Sponsors, Gum’s life will never be the same again. His severe bow legs are becoming straighter after life-changing surgery and ongoing rehabilitation.
22 November 2024

Gum

Gum was born with severe knock knees. He is a much-loved younger son to his mother Aciro. Gum lives in the heart of a bustling slum in Uganda’s...

31 December 2023

Sophia

Sophia was born with congenital bilateral cataracts. She is the youngest of seven children, and much-loved by her whole family. Sophia was eager...

31 December 2022

Naresh

11-year-old Naresh was born into extreme poverty, in a socially marginalised community in Nepal, ranking lowest in the outlawed caste hierarchy....

31 December 2021

Benjamin

Two-year-old Benjamin was born with congenital bilateral cataracts. The youngest of five children and, unfortunately, not the only one in...

31 December 2020

Fatuma

Abandoned at birth by her mother and father, 3-year-old Fatuma was left in the care of Gertrude, her maternal grandmother. She is much loved and...

31 December 2019

Dinesh

On the towering hillsides of Nepal, Dinesh was born with one leg completely missing. No thigh or stump for attaching a prosthetic leg. This would...

Dinesh in Nepal received a life-changing prosthetic limb. He can now run and play with his friends, and attend school regularly.

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