Update 9/29/2021: Vaida, Aime, and Joel’s pages have all disappeared. This probably means that they are no longer part of the sponsorship program. There are many other kids who DO need sponsorship, still, like these kids: https://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-search-results.htm?AreaFilter=Africa&CountryFilter=Togo&AgeMinFilter=1&AgeMaxFilter=22
Welcome to Sponsorship Saturday, where, every Saturday, I hope to highlight one or more kid living in poverty and in need of sponsorship, in hopes of finding sponsors for them.
Please share these posts so that many people can become aware of people living in poverty and hopefully take action! Sharing is so easy, but can make a world of difference!!
And, of course, please keep the Sponsorship Saturday kids and their families in your prayers.
I’ll be highlighting kids from many different countries, registered with multiple sponsorship orginizations including Compassion International, World Vision, and Holt International.
Please note that it is my intention to both help the kids I spotlight, by spreading the word about their needs, and how others can help, and also, to honor the individuals I’m advocating for in my wording and the info I mention here. If you see anything that I’ve missed, or that I could do better to accomplish this goal, you are welcome to let me know in the comments.
This Saturday’s post shares three children from Togo, who are registered with Compassion International’s sponsorship program.
Meet Vaida! You can visit her sponsorship page here: https://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?gid=09142548

Vaida is 5 years old, and lives with her family in Southern Togo.
Vaida probably speaks French. Staple foods in Togo that Vaida and her family may eat on a daily basis include maize, rice, millet, cassava, yam, plantain and beans.
Vaida helps at home with carrying water, running errands, child care, and cleaning.
Her favorite hobbies include dancing, jumping, running, singing, and sports.
Neither of Vaida’s parents are currently consistently employed, so sponsorship is especially important for Vaida!
Sponsorship will allow a local church to provide Vaida with things such as food, clean water, clothing, housing, school support, fun activities, income generating classes for parents, and anything else she needs to succeed in life!
Vaida has been waiting 591 days for a sponsor. You can sponsor Vaida for $38 a month!
I’m also sharing Aime! You can visit his sponsorship page here: https://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?gid=09131516

Aime is 5 years old, and lives with his parents and two siblings in Southern Togo.
Aime probably speaks French. Staple foods in Togo that Aime and his family likely eat on a daily basis include maize, rice, millet, cassava, yam, plantain and beans.
Aime’s favorite hobbies include jumping, running, and soccer or football.
Neither of Aime’s parents are currently consistently employed, so sponsorship is especially important for Aime!
Sponsorship will allow a local church to provide Aime with things such as food, clean water, clothing, housing, school support, fun activities, income generating classes for parents, and anything else he needs to succeed in life!
Aime has been waiting 592 days to be sponsored. You can sponsor Aime for $38 a month!
Meet Joel! You can visit his sponsorship page here: https://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?gid=09283141&epik=dj0yJnU9S2FYN082Q0JqdUstT0dscGQ2UzNwR2FIRVplbHdNejgmcD0wJm49bFB1dTk1Ti1FMDR1Ul9EMnplRG94USZ0PUFBQUFBR0VtcW9n

Joel is 4 years old, and lives with his family in Southern Togo.
Joel and his family likely speaks French. Staple foods in Togo that Joel and his family may eat on a daily basis include maize, rice, millet, cassava, yam, plantain and beans.
His favorite hobbies include dancing, group games, jumping, running, singing.
Neither of Joel’s parents are currently consistently employed, so sponsorship is especially important for Joel!
Sponsorship will allow a local church to provide Joel with things such as food, clean water, clothing, housing, school support, fun activities, income generating classes for parents, and anything else he needs to succeed in life!
Joel has been waiting 526 days for a sponsor. You can sponsor Joel for $38 a month!
Here’s a link to a neat article on Compassion’s blog about the culture of Togo, Vaida, Aime, and Joel’s country: https://blog.compassion.com/facts-about-togo/
Here’s a link to learn more about Compassion’s work in Togo: https://www.compassion.com/about/where/togo-facts.htm
Giving, praying, and sharing are three great ways to help Vaida, Aime, and Joel, as well as other kids living in poverty.
I would appreciate it so much if you would consider sharing this post or sponsoring Vaida, Aime, or Joel!
Not everyone can sponsor, but that is not the only way to help! Maybe you could share, pray, or give a one time gift?
Thank you so much for reading!
-Clara
Hi Clara!
Thank you for visiting my blog.😊
I just thought to mention that some of your posts seem to be using more than the allowed number of categories and tags.
If you use more than a MAXIMUM of 15 categories and tags combined (eg: 1 category & 14 tags):
Wordpress may class a post as “spam” and not show it on the Reader.
Since I follow the “Love” tag I went back through all the posts on my Reader feed and this post does not show up!
Forgive me for putting this message here, but you don’t have a contact form, so I have no other way to let you know what could be reducing your views (ie: WordPress is not showing some of your posts on the Reader).
I think you deserve more likes/views, and wanted to help.
(You can delete this comment if you want, as it’s not really about this post, in particular.)
Best wishes from Ken 🌝
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Hey Ken, thank you so much for taking the time to let me know! I didn’t know that before, and it is definitely going to be useful! No worries about the unrelated comment- I really appreciate it! By the way, I’ve enjoyed your blog, especially the poems!
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Thanks, Clara!
You seem like a really kind person, so I’m glad if my comment was helpful.
Tags are very important for getting a post seen: but I often notice bloggers using either too few or too many. (I use around 12 per post.)
I think it’s quite hard being a blogger: and easy to get discouraged (after working hard on a post), if views go down, when we don’t know why.
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