Every year, around 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro. And every year, One Child Matters brings hope, truth, life, love, and mercy to 40,000 children living in extreme poverty in 16 countries around the world. 

The Heart Behind The Climb

For a child living in the developing world, poverty looms like a mountain: immense, impassable, immovable.

When a child is sponsored, however, all that changes. With a sponsor in their corner, obstacles can be overcome.

The 19 people who climb Kilimanjaro with us are doing so on behalf of a child they will sponsor for the next 10-12 years. That means each child's basic needs like nutrition and medical care are met, allowing the child to move forward with confidence and focus. Sponsorship also opens doors to a safe, inspiring environment to learn and grow. Our staff encourages each child, intentionally helping them develop into mature, self-sufficient young adults.

Children in our programs also have access to educational support and tutoring, which are vital resources in areas where classrooms are overcrowded and parents may not have had the chance to go to school themselves. Because of a sponsor's support, the child will also learn about how they are created in the image of the God who loves them dearly.

Sponsorship also serves as a tangible reminder that they are worthy of investment, even when their circumstances and surroundings say otherwise. A sponsor becomes a constant – a different sort of mountain – a landmark in their life, the point where their path in life changed for the better.

You can help our climbers help these children in Kenya begin their climb out of poverty!

One Child Matters is a Christian nonprofit child development organization bringing hope, truth, life, love, and mercy to 40,000 children in 16 impoverished countries around the world. You can learn more by visiting onechildmatters.org