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Correspondence with your sponsored child is optional and response may be slow due to language and finance barriers. Translation is usually required and most are not in a position to purchase writing supplies or pay for postage. Field partners are pleased to email occasional updates on the children, which we can forward to you.
Distribution of correspondence
For security purposes, we do not disclose the address of Robin’s Nest Childrens Homes unless you are authorised to visit a home following child protection and police checks.
This means that all correspondence with children must go through ICARE, which provides administration services for Robin’s Nest. Child responses are returned to sponsors through ICARE.
Having one point of coordination not only provides security, it also prevents the disappointment of communication going astray. More about ICARE
Your first letter
Along with your first letter introducing yourself to your sponsored child, ICARE asks that you include a photo of yourself and something flat and small that will fit in the envelope, such as stickers, a bookmark or handkerchief.
Please be sensitive with the subject matter you enclose, remembering that most of these children are in dire poverty, have moved from slums or extremely basic environments into their RNCH and many have owned little more than the rags on their backs and a pot for boiling water. Best to avoid talking about your possessions. Photographs should be modest – for example, most African and Indian women wear long dresses with sleeves.
Gifts
We’re unable to send parcels or gifts direct to the Kenyan robins because costly fees are applied at collection.
It’s possible to send gifts directly to our India partners, however, postage charges mean that it’s often more economical to send the funds instead, where they can maximise your giving in their own currency.
Visitors to the homes may be able to take your gifts with them, so keep in touch – we can let you know about the possibility of hand delivering for you ... with a hug!
