March 26, 1998

'Chicago Tribune': Failures of Child Sponsorships

By PAUL DEMKO and VINCE STEHLE

International-relief charities often raise money by broadcasting heart-rending appeals that urge donors to transform the lives of poor children by sending a donation and becoming a child's "sponsor." But those contributions often fail to reach the children whom donors were told they were helping, according to a two-part series that started in The Chicago Tribune on March 15.

The newspaper reached that conclusion after investigating the work done by Save the Children, the

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