Given the nature of the territory there are no current direct opportunities to sponsor a child in the Western Sahara, however many children in need of a sponsor are refugees living in camps in neighbouring Algeria.

There are a total of 102,000 Sahrawi refugees out of the Western Sahara's total population of 507,160 living in these camps at Tindouf, Algeria, (a further 20,000 refugees live in Mauritania) located in the Sahara Desert where temperatures often soar above 50 degrees and there is little or no vegetarian. Food, water and supplies are furnished by international aid agencies.

The United Nations reports that 10% of the children there under the age of five suffer malnutrition whilst for a third of those children the malnourishment is acute. Matters are compounded by the camps having limited access to safe water. Natural events have added to the misery with flash rains and floods engulfing the camps.

However there are some charities who work with children and communities there who you may wish to contact to explore their work and/or make a charity donation.