child sponsor

you know those TV commercials about sponsoring a child in 3rd world countries?

all the organization say a dollar a day can provide things like clean water, education, food, housing, and etc

a dollar a day so its about $30-$40 a month
so my parents decided to sponsor a child
they did half a year and stopped

now before you curse at me and such hear me out

all the ads makes people believe that sending money order of $30-$40 will be the only thing sponsors had to do
but no
its not
the organization asked my parents to do so much stuff like write letters, send gifts, etc

my parents are middle class workers
they work day and night
so they could not find time to do all the things they were asked to do
also the money order was not just $30-$40
my parents ended up paying $500 for the 3rd month because the organization keep asking for more money for events and such
when the bad economy hit and gas rose to $4+ per gallon
by parents could not spend extra $500 per month
so they had to stop sponsoring a child
but before they called to stop sending money orders
they got a mail saying
the child moved to different place 2 month ago (2 month before the letter was sent)
so what did they do with extra payments, i dont know
but the point is that
sponsoring a child is not for middle class work force
they require so much things that people who work full time wont have time for
plus payments increase every month

so if you are going to sponsor a child
be sure that you can make payments up to $500 a month (thats half of monthly rent for a 2 room apartment)
and you have time to do all the things the organization asks you to do
so that you wont end up like my parents and feel bad for stop sponsoring