at the risk of causing a ruckus....

I do not support individual child sponsorship programs, but donate regularly to oxfam & MSF. I saw first hand some of the devisiveness of child sposorship on a community, and the "expensiveness" of these types of programs.

here are some interesting reads on the negative effects of child sponsorship.

Keynote -- New Internationalist

Simply... Why You Should Not Sponsor A Child -- New Internationalist