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Orphan Sponsorship
Thanks for sponsoring a child from Covenant Children's Home in Manipur, India. And as you have chosen a child to support, the following information may be helpful to you:
I. How will my sponsorship help change this child’s life?
The child you sponsor is an orphan who lost his or her parents or his or her father due to civil war, terrorism, drugs, and HIV/AIDS. Without your support the child would not go to school but roam in the street stealing, doing drugs and prostitution. Your sponsorship now enabled the child to live in a home, have food and clothing, receive regular medical care, go to school; and above all believe in Jesus Christ. After completing his or her High School Degree or Class XII, and after staying with us till he or she is 20 years old; the child will leave the Home as a mature and self-reliant citizen, who would make his or her own living with the fear of the Lord. Is this not amazing?
II. Will PMI deduct part of my sponsor fund for administrative cost?
No, PMI will not deduct anything out of your sponsor money. The Board of Directors Of PMI comprised of the teaching and non-teaching faculty of Covenant Theological Seminary. As all of them are volunteers, they need no administrative cost. All your sponsor funds will be benefited by the orphan.
III. Where do I send the sponsor money?
Please make the check payable to PMI and send it to:
PRESBYTERIAN MISSION INTERNATIONAL
12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO 63141.
Attention: Jean Lehmkuhl.
IV. What are the modes of payment?
1. You may write a check of $35 monthly or $420 for a year and send it to the above given address.
2. Please visit our PMI website pmiweb.org and on the left side bottom you will see the Electronic Funds Transfer form (PDF format). Please complete the form that is found online, and send it to Jean Lehmkuhl along with a voided check. She will then set up electronic payment monthly for you.
3. You can also use your bank’s online bill paying feature; that is what some people are doing – that way it automatically comes out every month.
V. How will PMI know that the money is for orphan support and send it to Manipur?
Along with your check or soon after you wired the support money, you may send an email to Jean Lehmkuhl at
Jean (click to email) and tell her that the money is for an orphan at Covenant Children's Home, in Manipur. You may mention the name of the orphan too. Send a carbon copy (cc) of the email to Lian Tombing at:
Lian (click) and Clara
(click to email) so that I will be able to contact PMI to send the money.
VI. How long will my sponsorship last?
You may have to support the orphan till he or she finish Class XII or attained the age of 20. So it will depend on grade and age of the orphan you are supporting which is shown on the Photo Card of the orphan. For instance, if you chose an orphan who is in Grade I – it means that you need to support the child till Class XII or 12 years; and if you chose an orphan who is in Grade VII – you have to support the child till Class XII or 6 years.
And if you have to stop your child sponsorship due to illness, lost of job, etc. please let us know so that we may fine a sponsor for the orphans you are sponsoring. If and when the orphan you have supports graduated and leave the orphanage to support themselves and to find their own livelihood, you may choose another orphan to support, if you are still willing and able.
VII. Can I write to or send packages to my sponsored child?
Yes. You may write a letter to the orphan you support either on a monthly or quarterly or biannually or yearly. But do not put checks or cash in the letter, as it will be stolen. As soon as the orphan receives your letter one of our office staff will help the orphan to read and understand and then reply you with his or her own handwriting; and the letter will be sent to you along with his or her updated picture. However, if you are too busy to write a letter, you may opt not to write to the orphan - it is optional. For mailing you may use the address given below:
COVENANT CHILDREN’S HOME
Mualkoi, B.P.O. Mualkoi,
Churachandpur, Manipur 795128, India.
In order to send packages, please write to us at: Lian
(click) and Clara (click to email) for the secret address so that your packages would not be stolen.
VIII. What else do I need to know?
1. Please make sure that you have to update us with every change of home address or new email
address for us to stay in touch with you.
2. If you do not hear from us for 3 – 4 months either by email or by snail mail, please write to us so that
we would not have communication gaps, and thus serve together for the future of the orphans.
3. Please let me know if you would like to come visit the orphans in Manipur for a limited number of
days. I will send you a Protected Area Permit (PAP) application form. What you need to is filled up the form and put your signature and send to us along with the xerox copy of:
(a) a valid US passport (b) a valid visa to India (c) two recent passport size photos
Thank you so much.
Lian & Clara Tombing
Covenant Children's Home
Mualkoi, Churachandpur-795128
Manipur, India
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