SPonsoring/immunising a child

74jax

I am going to a friends Christening and we've all been told that as she's just been born she's inundated with presents already so really not feel pressured into a gift.

As the baby is due her first injections next week, I thought I might pay for a child in an underdeveloped country to have their inoculations in the baby's name.

Only trouble is I can't find anywhere.... I can find where to sponsor a child, but I don't want to pay out each month, it's more a one of amount and towards 'something'.

Does anyone know of where I can do this please?

barbarawright

What about something from these ranges?

http://shop.savethechildren.org.uk/wishlist/newborns/

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped/parents-and-carers

loopylouc

What about a gift from the Christian aid website. They don't have immunisation but you can give a nutritional supplement or antibiotics for a child.

I think this a lovely idea of yours xx

fashionlover10

Rotary International have a campaign to end Polio running at the moment where you can make a donation for Polio vaccinations.

https://map.rotary.org/en/selfservice/pages/SelectFundF.aspx?FUND=PP

More info about Polio and what Rotary are doing on the Polio Eradication website.

http://www.polioeradication.org/

paulineb_2

I sponsored a couple of kids from world vision, also action aid.

zaxdog

UNICEF

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Yorkie1

I think that's a lovely idea.

74jax

Thanks everyone, I'll have a look tomorrow and get it sorted. When I googled I couldn't see anything....

rachhh

This is a charity that someone I know is a director of: http://www.yocy.org/welcome
They've recently been struggling to feed the boys, and unlike a lot of the 'bigger' charities, there are no fat cat bosses taking a large cut of donations. All money goes directly to them, there's a list of one-off donations amounts on the help us page, listing what the amount will buy.
Here's also a link to their facebook page where you can find a post from late August detailing what food they urgently need and what your donation could buy to feed them: https://www.facebook.com/YambaOrganisationForChildrenAndYouth

arbroath_lass

What a lovely idea :T