No. Some children may have lost one or both parents. Others may have been abandoned or may live with relatives or caregivers while still facing circumstances that require additional support.

The legacy OCIA sponsorship program described pooled support for tuition, school materials, school uniforms, meals, school shoes, clothing, healthcare and other essential needs.

The legacy sponsorship program described providing sponsors with a child profile and photograph, opportunities for letters, photos and progress updates, and locally supervised follow-up. Current communication arrangements should be confirmed with OCIA when sponsorship begins.

OCIA's legacy program allowed supporters to express preferences when choosing a child. The current public platform only displays profiles approved through OCIA's safeguarding, consent and publication process.

The legacy program described local OCIA staff working with teachers, caregivers and families to follow school attendance, educational progress and the child's wider goals.

OCIA described a life-cycle educational approach covering early childhood, basic education, adolescence and youth, with the intention of supporting children through different stages of their education.

OCIA's legacy program described on-the-ground teams identifying children in high-poverty and high-risk communities where children faced barriers to school, food and other essential needs.

The legacy site already stated that OCIA was careful about children's safety when identifying children through the website. The current system continues that principle by publishing only information approved through OCIA's safeguarding, consent and public-profile process.

Current sponsorship contribution details are provided by OCIA through its active sponsorship process. These are historical figures and are not being presented as OCIA's current sponsorship rates until the current amounts are confirmed.

Sponsorship support is administered according to OCIA's current program arrangements. Because that information may no longer represent OCIA's current financial allocation, it is retained as legacy information rather than presented as a current commitment.

Review the available public child profiles and contact OCIA about current sponsorship arrangements. OCIA's online merchant payment providers are not active yet, so current payment arrangements use the available manual/offline donation process.