SCCS-Promote Child Care and Literacy

SCCS Frequently Asked Questions :

	What does SCCS stand for?
	What is a SCCS sponsor ?
	What specific benefits will the child I sponsor receive ?
	What specific benefits will the aging I sponsor receive ?
	How can I sponsor a child ?
	How can I sponsor an aging ?
	What is the selection policy of SCCS ?
	In what ways any child/aging retire from SCCS project?
	Will I be the only person sponsoring the child/aging I'm helping ?
	What is the duration of sponsorship?
	How can I communicate with the child I sponsor ?
	Will my sponsored child write to me ?
	What other opportunities will I have to learn about the child/aging I'm helping ?
	May I send gifts to my sponsored ?
	How does SCCS insure that my support actually benefits the child I sponsor ?
	How did SCCS begin and what is it current status ?
	Is SCCS affiliated with any church or denomination?
	In what area SCCS work?
	In what way SCCS supports higher education and vocational training?
	If I must discontinue my sponsorship, what happens to child I'm helping?
	Does SCCS accepts any special funds ?

What does SCCS stand for?

SCCS stands for "The Sponsor Children Charitable Society", a Charitable Society which sponsors and help children, teens and aging person in need for their maintenance, education and all around care and development.

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What is a SCCS sponsor ?

A SCCS sponsor is someone like you who has made the decision to personally invest in the life of a child and aging in need. A SCCS sponsor enables sponsored child to get life-changing benefits including help with education, health care, social skills development, and Christian training. And more than this, sponsored child develops a sense of confidence and self-worth with the love you express through letters and prayers.
Your relationship with your sponsored child makes you a very important person who has a significant role in his or her development. You stand alongside parents, pastors, teachers and family.

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What specific benefits will the child I sponsor receive ?

The child you sponsor through SCCS will receive opportunities and services that he/she has nor received till now. These opportunities and services include the following:
The opportunity to receive an education which includes providing the cost of school fees, clothing, and regular supplies books and stationery needed. Your SCCS sponsorship will allow one special child to get better schooling and get the most out of his or her education.

The opportunity to be physically healthy. The health of the child you sponsor will be monitored and care will be provided as needed. Children are taught about hygiene and how to maintain personal health. In addition will be given medical aids when required and according to their need, many SCCS children receive supplementary healthy nutritious food.

The opportunity to develop self-confidence and social skills. The child you support will be given personal guidance, personal attention, recreation and safety so that his or her all round development is insured.

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What specific benefits will the aging I sponsor receive ?

The aging you sponsor will get his full sponsorship money directly so that they can meet all their expenses. In case of an elderly person who has no one to look after and is in dire need of help then SCCS will make all necessary arrangements for him/her.

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How can I sponsor a child ?

If you feel you would like to sponsor a child-you need to contact us SCCS Bhagalpur/CFCA in USA/ Wereldkinderen in Holland and then we will guide you to select a child. You can have your preference: a girl child/a handicapped child/an orphan, semi orphan, semi orphan child. SCCS will honour your preference.

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How can I sponsor an aging ?

If you express your desire to help an elderly person in dire need, we will make all the arrangements. Your preference will be respected. If you feel your identity should not be revealed it would be respected.

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What is the selection policy of SCCS ?

The following criteria are followed in selection of children and others:

	Orphans and semi orphans
	Children from very poor families
	Children from illiterate parents
	Children from large families who are unable to educate all their children
	50% girl children
	Physically challenged children
	Children from very backward areas.

No. of children from the same family:
As per the rule one child is sponsored from one family but exception are given in case of special situations.

AGE:

	From 3 to 12 years for children
	Above 12 years for teens
	Above 60 years for Aging
	All the sponsored children and teens should be in the schools.

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In what ways any child retire from SCCS project?

Reasons for Retiring children from the SCCS Project:

	Run away from school and absent from the school more than two months
	Lack of cooperation from the parents
	Migration of the family
	Prolonged illness or death
	Marriage
	Very poor in studies-failing in classes again and again
	Self-sufficiency of the family due to a good job etc.

Will I be the only person sponsoring the child/aging I'm helping ?

Yes. The child/aging you're helping has just one sponsor: you. That's why your prayers, letters and support mean so much to your sponsored child/aging. Even if you choose to sponsor a child as a family, the child/aging you help will still be relating to your family or group as his or her only sponsor. No other group or individual will also sponsor the child you help.

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What is the duration of sponsorship?

SCCS sponsorship offers you the opportunity to stay with a child for a number of years, usually through the school year in which the child reaches the age of 18. While we hope that you will be able to continue in your support of your sponsored child until he or she completes the SCCS program, we recognize that sponsors' circumstances sometimes change. You may discontinue your sponsorship at any time.

Please understand that a sponsored child's circumstances may change and children have to leave or retire SCCS sponsorship.

We will inform you as quickly as possible if any such circumstance affects the child you sponsor, and we'll offer you the opportunity to support another child in need of your help.

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How can I communicate with the child I sponsor ?

SCCS encourages relationship between the sponsors and the sponsored and their families. We suggest you to send your sponsored child a personal or family photograph and a short letter of introduction. SCCS staff will translate your letter and deliver it to the child you support. Sponsored children typically keep their sponsors' photos and letters in their homes as valuable possessions.

You may write to the child you sponsor as often as you like. When you write, your sponsored child will benefit from knowing that someone in addition to his or her family really cares. Your words of encouragement will make a big difference in the life of the child you sponsor.

Correspondence between sponsors and the children they support is truly developmental. The more you write the child you sponsor, the more he or she will reap the benefits of your love and affection.

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Will my sponsored child write to me ?

Your child will write to you at least two times a year. A teacher or staff person will help children who have yet to learn how to read and write. Letter writing is developmental for children as it improves their basic literacy, their self-awareness and their ability to put thoughts and feelings into words.

As you share your own family and personal concerns with the child you support, you'll probably discover that he or she is consistently praying for you. As your exchange of letters with the child you sponsor grows over the years, it will help in developing a bond and intimacy with the child and his/her letters will serve as a constant reminder of the relationship you've developed with the child you're helping and of how you've contributed to his or her all round development.

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What other opportunities will I have to learn about the child/aging I'm helping ?

In addition to letters from your sponsored child, SCCS will be sending you time to time information about your child's progress.

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May I send gifts to my sponsored ?

Yes. Sponsors may send gifts to their sponsored children for special occasions like birthday or festivals, to address specific needs, or simply as an act of love. These gifts act as an effective means to create the bond for your care and commitment to your child.

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How does SCCS insure that my support actually benefits the child I sponsor ?

SCCS with its various units and sub-projects look after the sponsored child at various locations. The local staff at different units are personally acquainted with each sponsored child and his or her unique needs. Sponsorship support for all of the children in a project is combined and managed to provide a wide range of developmental activities and opportunities.

SCCS office conducts audits regularly to make sure funds are properly received, tracked and managed. The sponsor office supports and guides the sub-projects in implementing the policies, management of fund, accounting, files and records keeping and other concerns of the sponsorship program.

We take every step to insure that funds are reaching your child's local project and being spent on planned activities. Like you, we too want to be sure that real development is taking place in the life of every sponsored child. SCCS office works regularly to monitor and evaluate each local project in terms of its program effectiveness and long-term impact — right down to the single individual child.

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How did SCCS begin and what is it current status ?

A general body meeting was called on May 5, 1979 which was chaired by the late Rt. Rev. Bp. Urban E. McGarry, TOR, the first of Bhagalpur diocese. The memorandum and bye-laws of the society were approved by the members and the Sponsor Children Charitable Society officially came into existence. The S.C.C. Society was registered under the societies Registration Act XXI Of 1860 by the Inspector General of Registration of Societies, Bihar on 17th July, 1979.

The society also received permission from Home Ministry of India for receiving fund under FCRA. The Society has been exempted from income tax by the Income Tax Department. Year by year the Sponsorship program has steadily grown and at present we have about 10000 poor and needy children, teens and Aging persons and their families.

Details of Sponsorship Projects managed by the SCCS:
1. Wereldkinderen, Holland Project
2. Massing Project, Germany
3. Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, U.S.A.
Wereldkinderen Sponsorship program: SCCS is associated with Wereldkinderen since 1979. Presently we have about 1200 children sponsored through Wereldkinderen.

Massing Sponsorship Project: Massing is a Parish in Regarnburg diocese, Germany. Different families of massing parish sponsor 65 children of Baromasia Unit. This collaboration was started in 1999.

Christian foundation for Children and aging (CFCA):
SCCS began its collaboration with CFCA in 1994. Since then the number of sponsored children and teens have reached 8305 in 2004. Since 2001 SCCS started Sponsorship program for aging persons who are very poor and nobody to support. We have presently 82 Aged persons sponsored. Through CFCA the Society also provides 120 scholarships for needy students who are doing higher education or Vocational training such as teachers training, Nurse training, Mechanical training, Computer training etc.

Is SCCS affiliated with any church or denomination?

The Sponsor Children Charitable Society is a Charitable Society established and managed by the Catholic diocese of Bhagalpur.

The office is functioning in the building of Chancery office. Chancery office is the office of Bishop Thomas who is the Bishop of Bhagalpur Diocese, has his office and residence in the same building.

The office of the Bhagalpur Social Service Society which looks after health and socio-economic departments of the diocese. Presently Sponsorship Program is attached to the education department of the diocese.

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In what area SCCS work?

All the parishes of the Diocese and other establishment who look after children and others in different capacity form the units or sub-projects of the society. In these locations there is a set up to decode about the selection of children and others for the sponsorship program. The parish council of the parish core team are the responsible bodies to select the families for sponsorship program, review the functioning of the program in the unit, select families for benefits, decide about the retirements of children and others from the program.

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In what way SCCS supports higher education and vocational training?

Yes. At present the society provides scholarship to 120 bright students for higher education and vocational training such as Teachers training, Nurse training, Mechanical training, Computer training etc. This scholarship can be for one-year/two years or for the duration of the course.



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