How sponsorship works
One child, one monthly gift, one changed destiny. Here is exactly what your sponsorship covers, how the money moves, and what you can honestly expect in return.
Two ways in
Full or partial — both count
$240/mo
Full sponsorship
About $8 a day — the entire cost of one child’s housing, meals, education, and medical care at the City of Refuge.
$40/mo
Partial sponsorship
One-sixth of a full sponsorship. Six partial sponsors together carry one child — a small-group or Sunday-school favorite.
Every child on the meet the childrenpage can be sponsored either way, and sponsors have a direct impact on a specific boy or girl — not a general fund with a photo on it.
Where the money goes
What your sponsorship covers
Sponsorship funds a child’s life at the City of Refuge in Honduras — the campus near Comayagua where 90 children live, learn, and are loved.
Housing
A safe home on the City of Refuge campus, with tías and tíos who care for the children around the clock.
Meals
Three meals a day, much of it grown on the campus farm — protein, fruits, and vegetables.
Education
The on-campus school exceeds Honduran national standards, with trade training as the children grow.
Medical care
A staff physician, psychologist, and social workers watch over each child’s health and healing.
Because the campus farm and businesses carry much of the operating cost, sponsorship dollars stretch further here than at donation-only orphanages.See how the model works →
Straight answers
Sponsorship questions, answered
What is the difference between full and partial sponsorship?
Full sponsorship is $240 a month — about $8 a day — and covers everything one child needs to survive and thrive at the City of Refuge. Partial sponsorship is $40 a month; six partial sponsors together equal one full sponsorship. Both make you a real part of one specific child’s story.
Does my money really go to the child I choose?
Yes. Each child has a dedicated sponsorship fund, and your gift is processed through Church Center secure online giving into that child’s fund. You choose the child; your giving follows them.
How is my payment processed?
Sponsorships are handled through Church Center, the secure giving platform used by thousands of churches and ministries. You can give monthly by card or bank transfer, and you can adjust or cancel at any time.
Will I hear from my sponsored child?
IMI shares updates on the children and the campus through the ministry newsletter, and sponsors are the first to hear how the City of Refuge is growing. We do not promise individual letters or photo exchanges — the staff’s first responsibility is caring for the children, so news travels through ministry updates rather than one-to-one correspondence.
What happens if I need to stop sponsoring?
Life happens, and you can stop at any time through Church Center. Because the City of Refuge is built on the self-sustaining farm-and-business model, no child’s meals depend on a single sponsor — the community absorbs the change while a new sponsor is found.
Can I visit the child I sponsor?
Many sponsors join a short-term mission trip to the Honduras campus, where visits with the children always happen with staff present, under the campus child-protection rules. It is one of the most powerful trips a sponsor can take.
Ready to meet them?
Every child waiting for a sponsor has a name, a story, and a dream for who they’ll become. Pick the one who picks you.