Organization background
Children International (CI) has been working in various districts of West Bengal, India, since 1981. CI programs reached out to several tens of thousands of underprivileged children with the goal of enabling them to become "healthy, educated and self-reliant" adults. They have a local agency "Sahay", and also work with UNICEF as well as several NGO's and governmental agencies in India.

Project background
The economic situation of the families of some of these children is so poor that they cannot afford even basic items like health care, education, food and clothing. CI solicits "sponsors" for these children, who pay a specified amount annually, which is then used to provide some of the basic items that the child may lack.

Project description
GKF is currently sponsoring a child in West Bengal, India, through CI. In addition to the annual payment associated with the sponsorship, GKF also sends payments to purchase gifts for the child's birthday or for some festivals.

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