THE RIPPLE EFFECT
For 33 years, we’ve seen the ripple effect of your generosity—children breaking free from poverty, becoming leaders, and giving back to their communities as adults.
That’s the power of your partnership. You’ve been part of stories that continue to multiply across generations. Just like skipping a rock across a pond, your gift makes waves far beyond the first splash.
Joseph is 10 years old and lives in Burundi, the poorest country on earth. His days are marked by hunger and long walks for water. School is out of reach, not because he lacks ability, but because his family cannot afford supplies or uniforms. When his father became ill, Joseph began working in nearby fields to help buy food for his younger siblings. At an age when childhood should be full of play and learning, his world is defined by survival.
Joseph needs your help.
Sponsorship through Children of Promise would mean Joseph has access to food, education, healthcare, and spiritual guidance. It would mean stability for his family and hope for his future. But the impact doesn’t stop there. As Joseph grows, his siblings, his peers, and eventually his community also feel the ripple of change as he becomes a healthy and empowered part of society.
Joseph’s community is in desperate need of a ripple effect.
Here in the United States, we are living in a divisive time. On both sides of the aisle, people would rather throw stones than work together for a better tomorrow. However, when we spend time with you, the Children of Promise family, we see something else. We don’t see stone throwers; we see rock skippers.
Families like yours are regularly skipping rocks across the Children of Promise Pond, creating a ripple effect of hope and wholeness around the world.
This December, we are asking you to help us create a Ripple Effect that will last generations. Gifts given to The Ripple Effect Christmas Campaign will help Children of Promise reach more children, deepen the Children of Promise Pond, and launch a brand-new program in Burundi.
We’re thrilled to share that generous donors have already stepped forward to match gifts throughout the month of December starting on Giving Tuesday, December 2nd. Every dollar given between December 2 – 8, 2025 will be DOUBLED.
Will you help continue the ripple effect into the next generation by helping us reach our $150,000 goal? Every rock skipped, no matter the size, will start a wave of change in communities around the world.
You can make your gift using the enclosed envelope, by phone, or online at www.childrenofpromise.global/ripple. Donors like you can make a splash this Christmas and make it possible for children like Joseph to see their future transformed.
As we head into this Christmas season, we want to pause and say, “thank you.” Your generosity over the years has created ripples of hope all around the world.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE
We kicked off our annual Children of Promise 300,000 Steps Challenge on November 1, but it’s not too late to join the fun! When you join the Steps Challenge, you’re not just exercising — you’re joining a movement. You’re walking with kids, walking toward wholeness, walking in solidarity.
We’re walking in solidarity with kids like Nicky in Zimbabwe. Sponsored kids in Nicky’s community had to walk about 9 miles each way to school, leaving them exhausted and falling asleep in class. This is what global poverty often looks like, a lack of equality, opportunities, and safety nets.
Kids like Nicky have so many extra steps to take to find health and wholeness in their communities.
That’s where you come in! Through a campaign just like this one we were able to get bikes for kids in Nicky’s community, leveling the playing field, and increasing kids’ success in school. Every step you take this November will help kids in all 34 countries take steps towards wholeness.
Everyone who clocks the full 300,000 steps in the Pacer app is entered to win a $300 CofP travel voucher, and there will be other surprise giveaways too!
For a fun twist this year, we’re trying to catch MikeWebb. He’s pledged to run at least a 5K every day in November! You get to slow him down with competitive and collaborative roadblocks. You don’t have to register for the Steps Challenge to buy a roadblock, and you can come back to the website as often as you’d like to buy more! 
Sign up for the challenge and buy roadblocks at www.childrenofpromise.global/steps. Follow our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) so you can watch (and share!) Mike’s roadblock running videos.
Let’s make November a month of movement and meaning. We’ll be walking with kids around the world — in spirit, in solidarity, and in action.
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