The Kickstart Project Sponsorship covers school and boarding fees at a good quality high school, ongoing mentoring and support, three nutritious meals per day, books, bags, uniforms, school fees, shoes, toothbrushes, deodorant, calculators – you name it!

Yes! We can provide tax deductible receipts for all donations and sponsorships. Simply select the tax deductible receipt option when you make your donation or sponsorship commitment online and we will provide you with your receipt prior to the end of the financial year. Please note: We can not provide tax deductible receipts for online purchases such as artwork, greeting cards or other physical goods.

If you decide that you’d like to make the life changing commitment to sponsor a student in Kenya, we ask that you fill out the sponsorship application form and await a response from us via email. You are welcome to email us with any questions that you have regarding your sponsorship.

You will either be allocated a sponsored student immediately, or, if all our students have already been allocated with sponsors for that year, we will inform you that your student will be allocated to you in January, when the next group of students enter the sponsorship program.

Then you just look forward to receiving regular updates, letters and report cards from your sponsored student throughout the next 4 years of their sponsorship!

The number of students that we can sponsor each year is directly determined by how many people, schools or businesses have pledged to sponsor a child through The Kickstart Project that year. Basically, If we find 10 sponsors, we can take 10 students.

Because we take on students into the sponsorship program every year in January, there is a possibility that you may be asked to wait until January to be allocated your sponsored student. If all our students have been allocated a sponsor, you will simply be gratefully welcomed as a sponsor to our next group of bright and passionate young sponsorship recipients in January, the following year.

We fundraise throughout the year in order to raise as much money as possible to allow us to sponsor more students in the sponsorship program. The students that we sponsor via fundraised dollars will be allocated sponsors, as they become available, so there is a good chance that whatever time of year you apply to become a sponsor, there will be a student waiting to be allocated to you immediately.

You are more than welcome to send us a message for your sponsored student via our email address

Any letters we receive in this way will be printed off and given to your sponsored student. Our students love hearing from their sponsors! Please be aware that due to their busy timetables and their location sponsored students will not always get the chance to reply right away.

The students will have the opportunity to write to their sponsors once a term, but we will also be in contact with any news and updates concerning their progress at school. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

We ask sponsors to commit to a minimum of 4 years of sponsorship. This is to ensure stability for our students as well as our sponsorship program.

As a sponsor you can communicate with your sponsored student as often or as little as you would like.

You are permitted to communicate with your sponsored student through the Kickstart Project ONLY. As a sponsor you may not exchange personal contact information with your sponsored student. We ask that you do not accept or extend social media invitations or befriend any student and do not offer money directly to a sponsored student or their family member. If your sponsored student attempts to contact you through a channel other than the Kickstart Project please contact us.

If you have further questions about sponsor expectations please send us an email.

As a sponsor you will receive a detailed profile full of information about your sponsored student when you sign up. Additionally, you will receive regular updates regarding your student throughout their schooling. Each term, you will also receive your student’s school reports, a letter from your sponsored student, as well as notifications on special achievements they may attain throughout the year.

If, for any reason, you are no longer able to continue your sponsorship throughout the full 4 years of your child's secondary school education, we ask that you provide a written notification (in the form of an email), a minimum of 3 months before the end of the year.

Yes you can! Cheques should be written out to The Kickstart Project Inc and sent to 150 Old Healesville Road, Yarra Gen Vic 3775. Please provide us with your name, address and phone number and let us know whether a tax receipt is required. For direct deposits into our bank account please email us at thekickstartteam@gmail.com and we will provide you with our bankdetails.