Children love to receive letters, but they may find it difficult to write them. Children who have started school late, younger children and those in remote locations will find it the hardest to write.
Another factor influencing letter writing is culture. Not all countries have the same history of letter writing that we have in the U.S. So explore how cultural differences can affect letter writing. For example, a child who has always communicated verbally may struggle to understand the concept of writing letters.
Children get to build writing skills at their Compassion centers, which often have letter writing days. On these designated days, children who are still developing writing skills might be instructed to copy text from a board or use a fill-in-the-blank format. Depending on their needs, a child’s tutor might help them write letters. And while some children might bring their sponsor’s last letter with them to the center on letter writing day, sometimes they forget and can’t remember what questions their sponsor last asked them.
But no matter where or how your sponsored child writes to you, you’ll receive at least two letters a year from them and one from a Compassion staff member in their country. If you write more, the child you sponsor will also write more — up to four additional letters a year!