ANCOP USA treats the Child Sponsorship Program with urgency and expediency knowing the number of children waiting to be sponsored. The process is simple, straightforward and efficient and here's how it works:

STEP 1. Submit your sponsorship form by mailing it together with the mode of payment that you have chosen:

1. Pre-authorized payment - please send a voided cheque to ANCOP at 1292B Stuyvesant Ave., Union NJ 07083
2. Credit card payment - please call us to give your credit card information at (848-459-8019)
3. Post-dated cheques - please make cheque payable to ANCOP Foundation (USA) Inc. and mail it to ANCOP at 1292B Stuyvesant Ave., Union NJ 07083
4. Cash

(Click HERE to download the sponsorship form. All donations made to ANCOP are tax-deductible and eligible to receive a tax receipt mailed to you no later than the end of February of the next year.)

STEP 2. After we process your sponsorship and your first payment has cleared, you, as a sponsor, will receive the following from ANCOP USA:

1. Child's profile with recent photo and personal information
2. Thank You letter from your sponsored child
3. Thank You letter from ANCOP's president
4. Q and A about the sponsorship
5. Newsletters, as they become available

Sponsoring a child from the pre-elementary to the high school levels cost only $32.00 per month or $384.00 per year. For college, the cost is $64.00 per month or $768.00 per year. Your sponsorship will provide the child with opportunities and services, such as:

1. Access to education covering tuition fee, uniforms, books, shoes, P.E. (physical education) uniforms and school supplies
2. Health treatment and training that includes annual physical examinations, dental care and preventive health care strategies
3. Socio-emotional development activities that include opportunities to learn basic social skills, grow emotionally mature, become a team player and participate in group activities such as fieldtrips, excursions, art, drama and dance
4. Values Formation Program that is Christian and faith based

After each school year, a sponsor will receive an Annual Progress Report (APR) sent within 3 to 4 months after the end of the school year, which is April in the Philippines. This will update you on how your sponsorship has become a blessing to your sponsored child. Also, every Christmas, you will receive a Christmas greeting card with a recent picture of your sponsored child.

Nothing could be more rewarding and fulfilling than to experience transforming the life of a child living in poverty. Here are ways you can do so with the Child Sponsorship Program:

1) Writing To Your Sponsored Child

Nothing can make sponsored children feel more special or loved than when they receive letters from their sponsors. However, ANCOP USA also recognizes the need of sponsors for privacy and is protected from unsolicited requests for favours; hence, ANCOP USA does not disclose mailing information of sponsors.

Sponsored children are requested to write to their sponsors at least once a year. The more letters you send, the more wonders you bring to their self esteem! Take a few minutes to write a letter and let them know how you are thinking of them!

Here are some letter writing tips:

• Talk about your family, home, job, school and city
• Send photographs or postcards
• Learn about your child's hometown - This will show your child that you care and give you common topics of interest to write about
• Always use the child's name
• Try to avoid mentioning things your child may never possess, such as expensive toys, new cars or homes and luxurious holidays

2) Visiting Your Sponsored Child

In addition to writing, it is highly encouraged that sponsors visit their sponsored child. Experience first-hand the difference you have made in the life of a child, his or her family and community. Immerse yourself in the culture and bring home with you the message of hope to inspire more of us to take part in this miracle.

1. Abanggayon - San Fernando, Camarines Sur (Bicol)
2. Alegre - San Jose, Camarines Norte (Bicol)
3. Amparo - Caloocan City (Metro Manila)
4. Bagong Silang - Caloocan City (Metro Manila)
5. Camacho - Marikina City (Metro Manila)
6. Cubicside - Paranaque City (Metro Manila)
7. Formoso - San Jose (Nueva Ecija)
8. Franville - Caloocan City (Metro Manila)
9. Pagbilao - Quezon Province
10. Paracale - Camarines Norte (Bicol)

* Is there a possibility that my sponsored child will be replaced?
In as much as we want to keep the children active in the program, we feel sorry if we receive news of termination of a child from the program. Usually, a child is taken out of the program due to the following reasons:

• He/she transfers to another location not included in our project sites
• Voluntary termination from the project by the family
• Sponsored child not attending the values formation programs
• Parents are unsupportive of the different activities of the area
• Excessive absences from school or dropped from school

There are also reasons for termination where we fell happy especially if it is because of a better life being experienced by the sponsored child's family such as: the father got a good paying job; a member of his/her family was able to get a job abroad and has helped thefamily; or the family has improved their economic standing. If termination is unavoidable, we will send you a letter stating the reason for the termination as well as the profile of your new sponsored child.

1. How were these children selected? Was it based on economic status or was there a qualifying exam?
Both prospective high school and college level students are required to go through a government administered national elementary achievement test (NEAT) or national secondary achievement test (NSAT) correspondingly, aside from school administered entrance exams. There is a set of criteria for the ANCOP children and youth sponsorship program that are followed in the selection process from the nomination to the approval, such as belonging to poor family, one scholar per family and willing to follow the program policies and guidelines.


2. If a household would sponsor a child and each member issues a cheque, would they be issued tax-receipts individually?
Based on our previous procedure, yes, receipts will be issued for each sponsor, regardless of amount.


3. Are the parents of these children members of CFC?
• If the children came from ANCOP funded villages or CFC social and family ministries, they are children of CFC members.
• If the children came from an affiliated groups such as the Archdiocese communities and or other partner foundation or organization, they are not necessarily members of CFC but maybe of other catholic or other faith oriented groups.


4. Can a member recommend a less fortunate relative livving in the Philippines?
No, we will not encourage this type of arrangement but we will encourage the donor to give the assistance directly to the relative of the donor. Implementation wise, this can be complicated specially if the target beneficiary resides in an area not covered by CFC or any of the partner organizations of CFC ANCOP.


5. Does this program operate also in the Visayas and Mindanao regions?
Yes, the first 3 college children that were allocated to Seattle came from Negros Oriental.