write about the journey of a letter?
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You might not realize how important letter writing is to your child. Kids eagerly await their sponsor’s words of love and encouragement, reading them over and over to friends and family.
But have you ever wondered how your letters actually get there?
When Canadians mail their letters, they’re sent directly to our office in London, Ontario. The letters are skimmed to make sure there isn’t any personal information that could put you or your child at risk. Then the letters are digitally scanned into our system. You can also write a letter online at MyCompassion, so you can skip the step of mailing your letter to our office.
Your letter is then sent digitally to the country office in your child’s country. This is where our dedicated translators come in, reading through hundreds of letters from around the globe every week to translate them into their local language—not an easy task!

“I love to keep my sponsor letters in two places. Recent letters are stored in a drawer of a wooden cupboard in our living room. I put the older letters in my old school bag that also contains my old school books. I love to look up the photos of my sponsors and I try to read their language. It makes me smile to feel important and loved through sponsors’ letters.” -Cyrille in Burkina Faso
Once translated, the letters are printed out. The scanning and printing is so high quality, you can barely tell it isn’t the original copy! Sending the letter digitally allows your letter to arrive much faster than if it is mailed. (Note that if you send paper gifts for your child, such as stickers, we will mail these!) The last step is delivering the letters to the child development centres where they’re placed in the open hands of an excited child to be read and cherished.
Letters are indispensable since the beginning of ages as they keep us connected with our near and dear ones.
Like every other object letters too have their own journey.
Letters at first are dropped in the letter box from where they are collected in bulk by the postman.
Then the postman takes them all to the post office where the letters are sorted according to their address with the help of machines.
They are wrapped in bundles and delivered to the respective destinations in vehicles.
After reaching the destination they are again delivered to post offices from where they are taken to the addresses by postmen.