Impacts of child sponsorship communications
Findings from World Vision programmes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Feeny (0000-0002-5955-0045, Twitter (United States)), Matthew Clarke (0000-0002-8750-4521, University of London, corresponding author), Gill Westhorp (0000-0001-8451-2860), Michael Jennings (0000-0001-8619-2178), Cara Donohue |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 280-290 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2021.2018403 |
| OpenAlex | W4220990669 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Child sponsorship programmes often seek to establish a personal relationship between a sponsor and child through the exchange of letters, photos, and sometimes gifts. This paper examines the impact of these activities using data from communities supported by World Vision in Georgia, Ethiopia, Peru, Senegal, and Sri Lanka. Findings indicate that some types of communications were associated with higher levels of psychosocial wellbeing. While findings varied across country, survey data for sponsored and non-sponsored children provided evidence of jealously, although on average, it was weak. Findings from interviews indicated that some non-sponsored children and families experienced jealousy more intensely
Economic growth · Economics · Jealousy · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South asia · Sri lanka · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |