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Today Is the Day to Do Something About Human Trafficking
By Brianne McKoy | Categories: Join the Cause
How can we (and so many people we know) be so overwhelmed and so outraged about human trafficking and have it still exist in our world today?
Limited Edition T-shirt Available This Week Only
By Web Team | Categories: Join the Cause, Multimedia
This week’s limited edition t-shirt from Sevenly supports our Child Survival Program. Sevenly will donate $7 from the sale of each t-shirt sold this week. Once this week is over, the t-shirt is gone forever.
We’re in the midst of a campaign to takeover the Water.org Twitter account. Water.org’s 432,000 Twitter followers represent a whole new audience for us. An audience that may not know what we do, why we do it or who we do it for. This is what we want to tell them.
We want to end extreme poverty in our lifetime. And 58: is about all of the other children that we can’t sponsor, but want to.
Please vote for us to takeover the Water.org Twitter account and encourage others to vote for us as well.
It’s time for you to take the stage. Your perspective is valuable. We want to learn from you. And we want to be challenged by you.
The inspiring true story of the global Church in action.
11 Reasons Extreme Poverty Will Disappear by 2035
By Web Team | Categories: Advocacy, Join the Cause
Is eliminating extreme poverty possible or is it heresy? Is it just a matter of interpretation or a matter of priorities?
By the end of their 3,000-mile bike ride, Travis and Alissa Hilley and Jason Hardrath will have changed a small corner of Guatemala, providing lifesaving safe water systems for impoverished children and their families.
Join Us in Prayer and Fasting for Children in the 4/14 Window
By Web Team | Categories: Advocacy, Join the Cause
The 4/14 Window Global Initiative is a group dedicated to raising the global Church’s awareness about the significance of reaching children in this strategic time frame. They have called for this day of fasting and prayer so children worldwide have an opportunity to experience the life-transforming hope of Christ.
Join Us for One Day Without Shoes
By David Dahlin | Categories: Join the Cause, Multimedia
Join us tomorrow, April 5, 2011, in TOMS Shoes’ annual event — One Day Without Shoes — to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life.
This Is Where You Come In
By Chris Giovagnoni | Categories: Complementary Interventions, Join the Cause
Child development specialists say that 18-year-old Emilda Soriano has the mental capacity of a 3-year-old. But this hasn’t prevented her from qualifying to represent the Philippines in track and field at the International Special Olympics in Athens, Greece this summer. Let’s raise the money to send Emilda to Greece.
Support Compassion Canada in the “Best Conversation Ever”
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause, Partners
Based on your votes, the most popular charity will receive $50,000 and the five runners-up will receive $10,000 each.
In the true spirit of Christmas, please remember that the wise men came and gave gifts to Him and not to each other. Our own personal fasts might be the best gifts that we could ever provide to God — the giving of ourselves through a focused time of prayer and devotion to Him.
Worlds AIDS Day: The Effects of Your Compassion
By Regina Hopewell | Categories: Advocacy, Join the Cause
At Compassion, World AIDS Day is a day of gratitude for caring friends like you who have so generously given to ease the suffering, in Jesus’ name, of the AIDS-affected children and families we serve together. Thank you for taking to heart the Bible’s command in 1 John 3:18 to “not love with words or…
World AIDS Day: Many Lies, but One Truth
By Shaina Moats | Categories: Advocacy, Join the Cause
We can easily educate ourselves with books, the Internet, visits to the doctor, etc. However, these resources aren’t as readily available to those in the developing world surviving on less than $1.25 a day. The truth about HIV is that it’s a preventable and treatable disease.
Val and Katia Win Battle of the Blades!
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
It’s our great honor to announce that Valeri Bure and Katia Gordeeva won the Battle of the Blades! With Val’s share of the $100,000 grand prize, we will be fully funding a Child Survival Program in the Dominican Republic, rescuing moms and babies from danger — and giving them the opportunity to take their first…
Battle of the Blades: Valeri Bure Skates to Final Episode
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
Katia and Val’s routine was amazing; the couple knew they had to bring their game up to a whole new level to stay alive. Impressive lifts wouldn’t be enough. So they pulled out some incredibly intricate, flawless footwork. The routine was superb, all of us in the audience loved it, and the judges agreed!
In this video, our president, Wess Stafford, describes a simple moment he witnessed that epitomizes the kind of action that can cause a child’s confidence to skyrocket. As you watch it, we hope it brings to mind similar experiences in your life that you will share with us!
Battle of the Blades Update: Valeri Bure Skates On
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
After a week off thanks to last week’s special “do-over” episode, a rested Katia Gordeeva and Valeri Bure performed phenomenally. Once again, they received the top score from the judges with a 17.8.
Battle of the Blades Update: Valeri Bure Continues to Week Five
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
We are ecstatic that Valeri is continuing on to the next round of the Battle of the Blades. Next week sees all the survivors of Round Four take a break to make way for a second chance for one of the eliminated pairs to return to the competition.
There are pivotal moments in human development, defining moments that shape long-term self view and identity. Those pivotal moments must be won by truth and not by “the lie.”
Competing for Children Around the World
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
Valeri Bure is back on the ice — this time as a competitor on Battle of the Blades, airing Sundays and Mondays on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And he’s competing for Compassion.
Battle of the Blades Update: Valeri Bure Continues to Week Four
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
This week, Val and Katia performed a difficult program in a dance-themed episode that resulted in a second place score of 17.4 from the judges.
The voters sent them into the bottom two for the competition, resulting in a skate-off against fellow competitors Violetta Afanasieva and PJ Stock.
Battle of the Blades Update: Valeri Bure Continues to Week Three
By Compassion Canada | Categories: Join the Cause
Last week, despite receiving top scores, Val and Katia found themselves in the bottom two in viewer votes (which could have resulted in their elimination!). The judges saved the pair and they came back to compete in Sunday’s episode — the result?
Katia and Val are considered the ones to beat, once again receiving the top…
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