Sponsor A Student

You are expected to honor your financial commitment, whether monthly or annually, and encourage and pray for your student! Our children pray for their sponsors, and we believe it is equally important for sponsors to pray for their child. You are also expected to actively engage in communicating with your child through letter writing.

You will have the opportunity to assemble a personal Christmas Swag Bag with toys and other fun items for your student once a year. More information on this opportunity will be given later. However, this is the only time we allow sponsors to send a gift to their child.

If you read something about your sponsor child in a letter or report that you would like to know more about, we encourage you to reach out with any questions or concerns. We want every student-sponsorship relationship to be as personal as possible.

We use strict parameters to protect your credit card information, using a fully secure third-party processor, SAGE Payment solutions, and are unable to see or access your full card information. We are unable to take your credit card information over the telephone and do not recommend sending in a photo of your credit card. To avoid having to update your credit card information, we currently are suggesting donors to use their checking account withdrawal (EFT option online). The most secure way to update your credit card information is in your donor account through our website.

Here are the following steps to take if you need to change your credit card information:

1. Login to your donor account by scrolling to the bottom of our website and clicking “Donor Login” under the Resources header. If you have never logged into your donor account, click “Sign Up Now!” to create an account and password using your relevant email.

2. Once you have logged in, scroll to the bottom of the page until you see the header “Recurring Gifts” then select “edit” on your current card’s recurring donation. Once you have input your new payment information select “save” to start your recurring donation again!

3. Always add a new payment method before deleting an old payment method. If you are deleting an old payment method and a text box pops up, please switch the recurring gifts to your new payment method and click “Replace”. If you click “Continue and Deactivate the Recurring Gifts” your recurring gifts will be canceled. 

If you run into any issues, please feel free to email our Director of Sponsorship at jack@ariseafrica.org.