Foster Development, Not Dependence
Fostering development is what Compassion is about. We do the long-term work that helps children in poverty become self-sustaining, responsible, fulfilled adults.
View ArticleHow Do We Choose Which Children to Register in Our Child Sponsorship Program?
Compassion desires to work with the neediest and most vulnerable children that it can reach. When church staff members interview parents or caregivers to assess the poverty of the family and the...
View ArticleOne Man's Crawl Space, Another Man's Castle
If are inconveniences are born out of our abundance can they really be considered inconveniences?
View ArticleHow Do We Teach the Children in Our Programs?
Holistic child development is how we release children from poverty. The curriculum standards we have in place for all of our programs are key to achieving this.
View ArticleThe Last Mile: How Our AIDS Initiative Works
In the global fight against AIDS, the international community has brought access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy to many health facilities around the world, but not all. Those lifesaving tablets...
View ArticleChild Survival 101
Each year more than 500,000 mothers die in childbirth or from pregnancy complications, most of which are preventable. Our Child Survival Program works to prevent this.
View ArticleHow Long Does My Child Sponsorship Last?
Although age is a determining factor, our completion guidelines include consideration of the individual goals each child has personally set.
View ArticleAt the Batey
The situation on the batey is as hard as the dirt ground, but there are a few shards of hope gleaming out of it.
View ArticleHow Does Compassion Use My Money Each Month?
How much of the $38 I send to Compassion International each month to sponsor a child is used for the child? How much is used on fund raising? What does my child get? Where is the money going that isn't...
View ArticleA Day in Port-au-Prince
The first thing you notice when you wake up in Port-au-Prince is the smoke. Your eyes sting, and it feels as though you've had a smoky cloth held over your mouth all night from the cooking fires.
View ArticleFaith of a Child
What do we lose on our journey from childhood to adulthood? Do we need it? Is it important? Should we care?
View ArticleWhat Does Sponsorship Mean? (I Didn't Think I Would Cry)
What does sponsorship mean to the child and to the sponsor? Is it different if the sponsor grew up in poverty?
View ArticleCompassion International Is a Child Development Organization, Not a Child...
What is the difference between child development and child sponsorship? How are they different?
View ArticleGiving a Gift to Your Sponsored Child
What are the rules for giving gifts to your sponsored children?
View ArticleHow Does Our Child Sponsorship Program Differ From "Regular" School?
Compassion facilitates a holistic child development program that complements and supplements the school systems in the countries we work in.
View ArticleWhat is Want? (Understanding Want)
What is want? Have you experienced true want? Do you understand what real want is? Hunger and want are so unreal and unknown to us that we don't even blink an eye at it because the want in the...
View ArticleWhat is Worship? (Live Like We Sing)
What does worship look like? When does worship begin and end? What constitutes worship?
View ArticleWhy Do Children Leave Our Child Sponsorship Program?
What are some of the reasons children tend to leave our child sponsorship program?
View ArticleThis Man has AIDS
If you haven’t felt especially connected to our AIDS Initiative, this man may help change that.
View ArticleIn the Midst of Poverty
Poverty is evil, no question about that. But God is still working in the midst of it.
View ArticleChild Sponsorship: It's a Family Affair
Sponsorship is a family affair, no matter how many children from the same family are enrolled in the program.
View ArticleHighly Vulnerable Children: What Special Needs Do They Have?
Highly vulnerable children in our programs are children at greatest risk of physical, psychological or social harm relative to other children in our child sponsorship program.
View ArticleWhat Happens When a Child Leaves our Child Sponsorship Program?
Can I stay in contact with my child if he or she graduates or leaves the Child Sponsorship Program?
View ArticleWhat Impact Does Giving a Family Gift Have in a Child's Life?
What difference does sending a monetary gift to a sponsored child make in the life of the child and the family? This is the story of Biswanath.
View ArticleChild Sponsorship: When a Child Leaves the Program
What do we do when a child leaves our child sponsorship program? How is the sponsor notified?
View ArticlePoorism: A Double-Edged Sword
Poorism. Wealthy people paying money to go and look at poor people. But what if there is more to it than that?
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