Children of the Kingdom Mission Statement:

To share the gospel and our very lives with children in need through the gift of sponsorship for education.

Children of the Kingdom (COK), a ministry of Share International, Inc., cares for children in Kenya and India by providing education and support designed to meet their physical, spiritual, emotional, and cognitive needs. The program aligns staff and donors to carry out this ministry of hope for children who have few options for accessing education.  Through monthly sponsorship, COK strives to uplift the children’s standards to enable them to become responsible Christians who invest in their families and communities.

When you choose to sponsor a child through Children of the Kingdom, you have the opportunity to identify with your assigned child, love him, pray for him, and send messages of encouragement through letters. The child you sponsor will be connected to a caring local church and will have a chance to get an education, better health care and nutrition.

Most important of all, your sponsored child will learn about Jesus, and discover how to develop a lifelong relationship with God. Students in the Children of the Kingdom program and their parents also gather for worship and prayer throughout the year and are involved in mission and outreach activities.

Child Sponorship Options

Child Sponorship K-12 : $30.00USD – monthly Foster Care Support : $15.00USD – monthly College Program : $60.00USD – monthly Child Sponorship K-12 : $360.00USD – yearly Foster Care Support : $180.00USD – yearly College Program : $720.00USD – yearly Street Child Sponsorship : $35.00USD – monthly Street Child Sponsorship : $420.00USD – yearly

You can make it all happen for one child.

Click HERE to see a list of programs with children who are waiting for someone like you to sponsor them.

Children of the Kingdom K-12 Program: It is our goal to provide kindergarten through high school education to as many children in Kenya and India as funds will allow.  The scholarships are granted through government-sanctioned day and boarding schools. It costs $30 a month, or less than a dollar a day, to sponsor a child.

Children of the Kingdom College Program: Those who do well at the high school level are considered for college education.  Sponsors who have followed a child through 12th grade may decide to sponsor another child on the waiting list or may elect to continue to sponsor a student through college.  Fees for colleges vary depending on the focus of study, but in general college tuition support is $60 a month.

Share International Foster-Adoption (SIFA) Program: (Click to view our website for more info) In response to the great need of orphans in Turkanaland, Share International has also established a foster-adoption program.  As this program started in 2007, ten families were identified who had taken in a total of 37 children. As they have opened their homes, they have set an example of servanthood and generosity for the community, and the program continues to grow.   For just $15 a month, you can help provide basic needs for a child in our foster care program.

New Hope Children Program (NHCP): Support street children and give them new hope and new life. Your sponsorship of $35 a month opens the door for these children to attend boarding school and provides for their needs during the holidays.

To sponsor a child, click the Contact button above and fill out the information, and Emily Huff, the USA Children of the Kingdom coordinator, will contact you with more information.

History of Children of the Kingdom

In 1994, after a trip to Kenya with InterVarsity’s summer Global Projects, Emily Huff and Pastor Samwel Kaaleng (a Turkana Kenyan)  began a partnership out of a desire to help children in need who were living in Kenya, especially those in the Turkana region.  Children of the Kingdom (COK) was established as an organization through which caring people could sponsor needy Kenyan children. In turn, those children would be provided benefits including food and clothing, education, shelter, health care, and Christian training.  In 2003, COK merged with Share International, Inc. (SI), founded by Sammy & Mary Murimi (Kenyan nationals), to further the children’s ministry under their vision to “share the gospel and our very lives” (1 Thessalonians 2:8) and to provide more educational benefits to the children in Turkana.  The ministry grew to meet the needs of orphans and foster children through the Foster/Adoption program (SIFA) in 2009, and the New Hope Children Program, (NHCP) started in 2009 as Children of the Kingdom began to reach out to the street kids of Lodwar and named them the “New Hope Children.”  Children of the Kingdom also expanded to India in 2010.  The program now serves over 250 children in Kenya and in India.

Check out this book put together by Emily Huff, COK program Director after her trip to Kenya in 2008!