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OSI Mission
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The OSI Mission
Orphan Sponsorship International was founded in 1999 by Nick Hindman, after a trip to Russia where he worked with orphans in a summer camp. Providing essential
clothing and shoes to the kids, he was struck by the children's reaction, -not to the physical gift, but to the mere fact that somebody cared. From this the idea
of a sponsorship program was born, as a means to provide for the child's physical needs, while also providing for their emotional need for a sense of individuality
through the relationship that they develop with their sponsor.
We've grown substantially since our first orphanage site in Russia, but are organized to maintain a very personal and informal approach to child sponsorship. OSI
is divided into individual program sites, each site with its own dedicated OSI "liaison" who is responsible for being the full-time connection between the
site children and their sponsors. Sponsors pay nothing towards site costs, as ALL child sponsor funds are applied to the child's needs. The operation of
our sites themselves is funded by separate, individual "Site Sponsors." Finally, OSI also accommodates donors to serve the larger, orphanage-wide and
program-wide needs that cannot be served via individual child sponsorship.
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Child Sponsorship
- OSI Child sponsorship provides a channel for individuals to be personally involved in the welfare of a needy child. Sponsors
communicate at will via email with their dedicated OSI site liaison and with their sponsored child. 100% of the sponsor’s funds are utilized directly and
exclusively towards the welfare of the individual sponsored child! For more information please see the
Child Sponsorship page.
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Program Site Sponsorship
- OSI's commitment to focusing 100% of sponsors' funds on the children provides a great challenge to us administratively, and we are
dependent on our Program Site Sponsors to make it work, as well as to expand our efforts further. For more information, please see the
Program Sponsorship page.
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Donations
- Donations allow us to help orphans and orphanages in capacities that individual child-sponsors cannot. Donations allow us to serve
orphanage-wide needs, such as providing better living facilities, for all of the children collectively. But in our "liaison" capacity, we don't
wish simply to obtain funds, but invite donors themselves to be involved in how their funds to be utilized. For more information,please see the
Other Ways to Help page.
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OSI Program Sites
OSI-India
OSI-India is based in the town of
Pune, Maharashtra State, about 160km south-east of Mumbai.
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Pune
- OSI sponsorship provides for the physical and emotional needs of
girls living in impoverished families in a Pune slum. With a
focus on education, OSI sponsorship greatly enhances the future
prospects for these children, who otherwise are destined for child
labor, early marriage, abuse, and no control over their destinies.
In addition, OSI sponsorship provides for more stability, happiness,
and proper care in the present for these children.
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OSI-Pune Children
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OSI-Sri Lanka
In developing Sri Lanka,
struggling after thirty years of civil war, OSI strives to assist orphaned
children and children from impoverished families.
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Wattegama
- The orphanage in Wattegama village, about 10km from the interior hill country capital of Kandy, is home to 40 orphaned and destitute
girls, aged 6-18. OSI projects have significantly impacted the facilities and environment
of the home, and OSI sponsorship continues to assist those children
residing in the home part-time, as well as providing much
assistance, housing, and educational/job opportunities for those
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OSI-Wattegama Children
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Nayabedde
- OSI assists needy children living in an impoverished Tamil
community on the Nayabedde tea plantation in the Sri Lanka
highlands. Remaining in their family homes, our aim is
to keep these children in school, to take care of their current
welfare, and to provide better prospects for their futures, to end
the cycle of poverty
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OSI-Nayabedde Children
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Pamunugama
- The orphanage in Pamunugama village, about 30km north of Colombo, is home to
50 orphaned and destitute girls, aged 6-18. OSI
sponsorship has provided for significant improvement in the physical
and emotional welfare of these children, and OSI projects have significantly impacted the facilities and environment of the home. |
Anita (OSI-Pamunugama Liaison) and kids |
OSI-Russia
OSI-Russia is based in Kemerovo Region in Siberia, working with
orphaned children in Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk.
OSI-Bulgaria
OSI-Bulgaria is based in the town of Dupnitza, in the Kyustendil Region, 60km south of Sofia.
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Dupnitza
- OSI operates a unique program to assist children living in impoverished families in the Roma neighborhoods of Dupnitza, providing sponsorship and individual
assistance for the children, and working with their parents to ensure proper guidance and education for the child. OSI also operates a "Day
Center" where such children receive independent living skills and school tutoring, and enjoy regular entertaining events.
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Lindsay (OSI-Bulgaria Liaison) and kids
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