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Sybil’s Kids
Child sponsorship
The website and family portal for Sybil’s Kids, a ministry serving children in Chokwe, Mozambique. Sponsors get a private page for their child with a yearly update.
In 1990 Sybil Baloy moved from South Africa to Mozambique and started with one ball, one Bible story and a few children. Today there are more than 20 kids clubs. The site tells that story and connects American families with children through local churches.
Behind the public site is a private family portal and an admin suite for the team: children, sponsors, yearly updates, an inquiry inbox, giving records and trip tools. A native iPhone app handles field work on trips, where the signal comes and goes.
Field notes
- One update per child per year, enforced in the database, so the cadence stays calm
- Child photos are private by default: logged access, signed links, location data stripped and a watermark added
- The trip app works offline and syncs without overwriting someone else’s changes
- More than 430 backend tests run on every change