What is child security?

Children have the right to be completely secure from the fear or reality of any potential abuse (either physical or emotional) resulting from an inappropriate contact by a sponsor or any other person.

How does World Vision’s web sponsorship process seek to protect child security?

You will notice as you proceed through our sponsorship site that we release only limited information about the children. Information released does not include last names, community names or locations, or other information by which the location of sponsored children could be easily identified. We intentionally withhold this information until after the identity of the sponsor is verified.

The sponsorship process is contingent upon your agreement, as a sponsor, that you will NOT attempt to contact a sponsored child, his or her family or community members, in any manner other than that prescribed and permitted in advance in writing by World Vision. In particular, telephone calls, email or unplanned visits to the child's residence and community are forbidden without written permission and oversight by World Vision. In addition, all postal mail and packages sent must conform to World Vision policy that will be stated in materials mailed to each sponsor.

What is child privacy?

Children and their families must be assured that World Vision is protecting the integrity of information, including photographs that are shared about them with the public. We take potential abuse of child photographs on the web very seriously. Privacy also demands that children, their families and communities be shielded from any potential inappropriate contact from sponsors or others.

How does the web sponsorship process seek to protect child privacy?

Downloading, copying, or other replication of photos or other information that are a part of this website without advance written permission from World Vision is strictly forbidden. Child profiles are presented for the purpose of conveying appropriate information about the sponsorship relationship to the potential sponsor, and are not for distribution in any other manner.

Photographs on this site are marked using a watermark encoded into the child’s image. World Vision monitors the World Wide Web for inappropriate placement and use of these photographs and is committed to aggressive pursuit through all appropriate remedies against all violators of this policy.

Further, all content displayed on the child sponsorship web page is right-click disabled to prevent separate components of that page from being downloaded.

Any content displayed on this web site relating to individual children is protected by secure processes and systems designed to prevent unauthorised access to the source data base.

For additional information on our photo and other content appropriate use policy, please see linking to or using resources from this site

What is child dignity?

The lives of children, their families, and members of their community should be portrayed with accuracy and dignity. The children we work with are not objects to be pitied, but are partners with us in the process of bringing holistic (physical, social and spiritual) transformation to communities in poverty and in transforming the hearts of beneficiaries and donors alike.

How does the web sponsorship process seek to protect child dignity?

We are committed to portraying the life situation of the children, families and communities we serve with accuracy and dignity. We seek the full, informed consent of parents, guardians, and/or community leaders for a child's participation in our child sponsorship programs.

If you have any questions about any of these policies, please email our call centre.