The Child Sponsorship Program is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation based on a partnership between the people of the Good Shepherd Church and School in Pele, a small urban slum in Port-au-Prince, and Young Life in America.

More than 1,000 children attend the school each day. Christ is being shared with them in word and deed, and a hot meal is served - enabling each child to eat at least one meal per day. The school was built in 1982 under the direction of the Rev. Charlie Scott and the late Rev. Tito Caneus, and is now supervised by the Rev. Chedrick Caneus.

Charlie and Mary Scott, longtime leaders in Young Life, were inspired to create Child Sponsorship after traveling to the Philippines with their family on a Young Life mission trip in 1976. There they witnessed extreme poverty up close and felt called to do something to help the world's poor, especially its children. They realized that this kind of poverty, and worse, existed much closer to home. A short flight from Florida takes you to one of the poorest countries in the world, Haiti. But Haiti, the Scotts discovered, is also a land of hope and promise, filled with children just like our own who deserve a chance at happiness.

Child Sponsorship's programs include funding the Good Shepherd School, medical clinic, and food distribution. We also organize regular trips to Pele for sponsors and church groups to witness and assist in the school's activities. These trips always prove to be more beneficial to the travelers than the Haitians. Please email us if you or your group would like to make the trip!

Established in 1982 as a division of Young Life in Florida, the Child Sponsorship Program serves the children of Pele, one of the poorest areas in the hemisphere's poorest country. The Good Shepherd School is the only school in Pele, and receives all of its funding from Child Sponsorship, providing a glimmer of hope to an utterly impoverished community. Students receive a quality education from Haitian teachers, basic health care, and one hot meal per day - for many, their only meal.

Child Sponsorship is a Christian organization dedicated to fulfilling Christ's call to serve "the least of these." Please consider becoming a sponsor online today or offering a one-time donation to help God's children in Pele.