Program Sponsorship

One hundred percent of child sponsor funds are utilized to serve the needs of the child. We believe the ability of OSI sponsors to focus their funds and attention solely on their child provides a level of intimacy in the relationship that would not otherwise be attainable. This provides a great challenge administratively, and we are dependent on Program Site Sponsors to make it work.

The Costs - Ideally, we strive to have one full-time, paid OSI Liaison at each site to administer the site program. It's a labor-intensive job, as the site liaison is responsible for utilizing child-sponsor funds to administer to the needs of every child, translating and maintaining all correspondence between sponsors and children, and serving as the sponsor's primary contact in regards to the program and their child. In the economies where we operate, we are able to hire qualified site liaisons at locally competitive salaries, at minimal cost. In addition to the site liaison salary, we must provide dependable computer equipment for the liaison, Internet/email access for child/sponsor communications, cover all transportation costs, banking costs, and a few peripherals. Inclusive of all of the above, the total cost for which we can feasibly administer our program at a single site is approximately $4500 per year.

The Math - Orphan Sponsorship International exists as multiple, individual program "sites" in Russia, Bulgaria, and Sri Lanka, each site comprised of on average 45 children. With each child sponsorship providing $25/month, the total amount of funding spent directly on children in a single year is $13,500.

A Program Site Sponsor, under the above funding guidelines, provides $4500 per year, enabling the complete operation of our program at a site, serving about 45 children, and enabling the further expenditure of approximately $13,500 of child sponsor monies on the site children. In short, an investment of $4500 per year results in the direct financial benefit to the children at the site of $13,500. This does not include what we believe are the greater benefits of the relationship between sponsor and child and their ability to communicate with each other, and the sense of individuality that the child gains from the relationship.

OSI-Novokuznetsk Site Sponsor Peter Reinhardt and kids

While we have little difficulty finding willing sponsors for the children, the cost of administering each site program is the greatest inhibitor of further OSI expansion. With a regular flow of incoming sponsors, we easily secure $13,500 of child-sponsor funds ready to be utilized for the sake of the kids, but without site sponsors we have not the means to make it all happen.

As with our child sponsors, we do not wish for site sponsors to feel their involvement is only financial. While it is not obligatory, we encourage site sponsors to feel ownership in their site, and even to visit and to be as involved in their site program as they wish to be; for it is solely through their contribution that the site is able to exist and operate.

In cases of businesses, organizations, or otherwise, we are happy to consider how we can compensate you through providing materials that enable you to share with others what your contribution means to the site and its children. We are of course interested in other ideas program sponsors themselves might have in how we can recognize contributions. We see this not so much as an obligation, but as a way for you to share our pride in what OSI is able to do for the needs of some of the world's orphans.

We are grateful to the following Program Site Sponsors for making our mission possible!

Connie Carlberg	Connie Carlberg - OSI Sri Lanka (Wattegama) A child sponsor, and project donor, contributing to virtually every OSI site, and generous supporter of OSI's administrative effort, Connie Carlberg is also site sponsor for our second site in Sri Lanka, for 45 children in the girl's home in Wattegama village. Mrs. Carlberg is a real estate agent in Florida, USA.	Sharmilla (OSI-Wattegama liaison) and kids
	Jeff Blanford - OSI Sri Lanka (Pamunugama) A long-time supporter of our OSI-Russia programs, Dr. Jeff Blanford is also site sponsor of our first Sri Lanka site, for 35 children at the girl's home in Pamunugama village. Dr. Blanford is the owner of a dental office in Ohio, USA.	Anita (OSI-Pamunugama liaison) and kids
Nensi Fiorenini	American Charity Fund - OSI Russia (Kemerovo 2) Nensi Fiorenini and American Charity Fund are site sponsor for our Kemerovo, Russia program, focused on Children's Home #2. American Charity Fund is dedicated to the plight of needy children, and with much experience with orphans in Russia they are a great asset to our Russia programs.	Olga (OSI-Kemerovo liaison) and kids
Peter Reinhardt	Peter Reinhardt - OSI Russia (Novokuznetsk) Peter Reinhardt is the longest-standing sponsor of OSI's administrative effort in Russia. Mr. Reinhardt is an American living in Moscow where he is a partner in an international accounting firm. Besides his financial sponsorship, Mr. Reinhardt provides extra project assistance to our Novokuznetsk orphanages. His acute knowledge of Russian culture and language is a great benefit to OSI-Russia as well.	Lena (OSI-Novokuznetsk liaison) and kids
Dennis Hoffman	Dennis Hoffman - OSI Bulgaria Dennis Hoffman is site sponsor of our Bulgaria programs. Dennis is president of CashBox, a cashiering and caging company in the US, and is also founder of "American Charity Fund," site sponsor of our Kemerovo site in Russia. Having worked first-hand with orphans in Eastern Europe, Mr. Hoffman is a great asset to OSI's cause, with a long-time involvement in our effort.	Lindsay (OSI-Bulgaria liaison) and kids
	OSI Sri Lanka - Program Site Sponsors Needed! We would like to expand our program to serve more children in Sri Lanka, and are in need of program site sponsors to make this happen. If you are interested in providing program site sponsorship to OSI-Sri Lanka, please contact us!

Further OSI program expansion is dependent on further site sponsorship. If you are interested in full or partial program sponsorship, please contact OSI and let us know your thoughts. We will be happy to cooperate with you in a way that will bring benefit to everyone, especially the kids!