Lille Fro | Writing To Your Sponsored Child

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Tips for Writing to Your Sponsored Child

If you are writing to your sponsored child for the first time, here are some suggestions as to what you might like to include:

Write about yourself and your family, your pets, the sports and hobbies you enjoy
Tell them about life in Australia, eg, the different animals and birds, what the weather is usually like
Ask them about their new school, and their interests, what they enjoy doing outside school hours
Be sensitive about material things. Remember in some instances your child does not have a pair of shoes, running water or a warm house to live in
Keep your sentences short, your message simple - your letter will probably have to be translated. Printing is easier to read than some freehand writing
Do not raise their hopes by promising you will visit them

What else to include:

Send some photos, preferably showing you with your family, outdoors or doing a simple activity. Dress conservatively in day to day clothes
Draw something for them - or have your children or a little neighbourhood friend draw a picture
Include a postcard showing Australian animals, like the koala or kangaroo or perhaps some little sticker
Send a map of your country and mark where you live

At the top of the letter or card write your sponsored child's name and ID number, and your name and LFF number
Put your letter in an envelope
Address the envelope to your sponsored child and put their ID number on the top left corner of the envelope
Write your name and sponsor number on the back envelope flap but please do not seal. All outgoing mail needs to be checked by Team Fro to ensure the content is appropriate and in accordance with our Child Protection Policy
Put in another envelope, and write your name, address and sponsor number on the outside of the envelope
Post to Lille Fro, PO Box 312, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, AUSTRALIA

Please do not include your address anywhere in the body of the letter. We wish to protect you from unsolicited requests for money or other support
Your address should only appear on the back of the outside envelope to help us in our record keeping
Please do not send money

Lille Fro is committed to being a child safe organisation
We are serious about upholding the integrity, privacy and welfare of our children and their families, both on the internet and in their local communities
All correspondence sent to children must first be checked by us to ensure it is in line with our Child Protection Policy
Correspondence with language or content which is inappropriate, harassing, abusive, sexually provocative, demeaning towards children or culturally inappropriate will not be sent
For further information regarding our Child Protection Policy please contact us