Contact Point Child & Business Sponsorships
In 2009 Contact Point became an active funds provider to entrepreneurs in the 3rd World through Kiva.
From the Kiva website you can lend to someone across the globe who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.
Not only that; when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back - and Kiva's loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.
In January 2007 Contact Point commenced sponsoring a 7 year old child living in Ghana called Alfred, through
Compassion who ensure that every dollar of the money that we donate actually goes
to the family and a small proportion to the direct community of the sponsored child. Compassion are dedicated to improving
each child's education as well as improving his / her physical and spiritual health. We will continue to contribute to his
day to day needs on a monthly basis until it is no longer required.
eNudge Sponsorship
Contact Point also allows eNudge® to be utilised free of charge by a number of worthy causes including:
[B]RAVE - bands rock against violence events
Centre Liweitari: a voluntary Non-Government Organisation in Benin, West Africa, offering vocational training and theological teaching.
