In
this issue
No.
111 May 1982

Letters Update Briefly...
PLEASE
DO NOT SPONSOR THIS CHILD
Child sponsorship is now a major fund raising method in the West. Peter
Stalker argues that there are better ways to help.

Helping
children. The facts

Mountains
of paper
Derek Williams explains the practicalities of international correspondence.

The
$25 sandman
Wayne Ellwood talks to the founder of 'Sleeping Children Around
the World'.

Homes
away from home
Heidi Knott looks at the results of sponsorship through Indian
hostels.

Success
story
The story of one child who 'escaped'

The
way to help
Alternatives to sponsorship

Chimbote's
safety net
Peter Stalker reports from a 'sponsored' fishing port in Peru.

Climbing
Jacob's ladder
Graham Hancock examines Action Aid community development in Kenya.

Tabanna
Waladan
A cartoon, drawn by Clive Offley, of a fictitious Kuwaiti organisation.

The
cocker spaniel and the T-shirt
Ruth Hoover Seitz talks to a World Vision family in the Philippines.

Brief
encounter
Jean Moir visits the child she is sponsoring in India.

A
life in the balance
The pressures on a child in an Indian village.

Ideas
for action
Reviews:
New books and classics Country
profile: Upper Volta Cover
photograph: Unknown
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