Educated Girls, Free From Sex Trafficking

When you sponsor through Free To Shine you can be sure your $45 AUD a month is going to where it is needed most. We are a registered Australian Charity, not affiliated with any religion. All our reports are available to the public and our financial records are audited annually by a Registered Company Auditor. To learn more about our commitment to transparency take a look at our Reports & Financials.

The length of your sponsorship is completely up to you. In Cambodia, school must be provided through to the grade 9 exams, though we support girls through to the end of grade 12. Therefore the length of your sponsorship depends on what grade she is in when your sponsorship begins. If you are worried about the long-term commitment, just let us know and we’ll do our best to match you with a girl who is in High School and has 3 years or less remaining until graduation.

As a sponsor, you are matched with one girl on our program and your donation provides her with life changing support in the form of monthly safety visits, educational materials, and social work interventions as needed. The only funds the girl and her family directly receive are for additional curriculum classes.

When you sponsor with Free To Shine, for $45 AUD a month, you become part of a global team that provides essential, life-changing support for the girls on our program, to help them shine in the classroom and beyond.

Welcome to the team! In the coming days, you will receive a sponsor welcome pack in the post. The welcome pack includes a welcome letter from our Sponsorship Coordinator, some details of the girl you are sponsoring, the sponsor agreement, and a letter from our Managing Director.

Yes, sponsors have the opportunity to write to the girl they sponsor once per year. Please note that this is completely optional, and there is no obligation for either the sponsor or the girl and her family to be involved in communication.

Yes, if you are in Siem Reap we’d love to host you at the Free To Shine office for a short visit, or for our A Mile in Serey’s Shoes experience – whichever you’d prefer. To avoid disruption to our program we do require that all interested visitors contact us first to make an appointment, so please do let us know if you’d like to stop by. Read more here.

No, you cannot. As a child protection organisation the safety and privacy of the girls and their families must always come first. The service we provide to vulnerable girls’ and their families is much like the social work service provided in your home country, where of course children and families cannot be visited. However, as a sponsor you do have the opportunity to write to the girl you sponsor once per year and will receive annual progress reports to keep you informed of her academic and personal progress.

Yes, we are approved as a Deductible Gift Recipient with the Australian Taxation Office, so all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Yes, we will email this annual receipt to you during the first week of July each year. If you don't receive this, it's most likely that there was a mistake in your email address. Please contact us to update your details.

Simply email the new expiry date (date only – do not include card numbers etc) to Kylie on kylie@freetoshine.org and she’ll happily update it for you.

You can update your bank details securely over the phone. Please email Kylie on kylie@freetoshine.org and she’ll arrange to telephone you at a suitable time.