Question six is now live and is open until 1:30 p.m. MT.

In the midst of this chaotic world, we do not waiver and we do not blink, as we pursue our single-minded strategy of “Christian holistic development of children in poverty through sponsorship.”

Compassion’s child sponsorship program is completely focused on the development of the children within its sponsorship programs.

The crux of why we focus on individual child development rather than broader community development is because we believe that changed circumstances rarely change people’s lives, while changed people inevitably change their circumstances.

Question three is now live.

Because it works.

“During Compassion’s 50-plus years of development work, we’ve seen various approaches to breaking the cycle of poverty in children’s lives. We’ve discovered that changed circumstances rarely change people’s lives, while changed people inevitably change their circumstances.
Community development is important work that addresses the external circumstances of poverty and is an important complement to our work. However, our primary focus is individual child development—an inside-out, bottom-up approach that recognizes the God-given value and potential of each individual child. Many of these children grow up to become positive influences in their own communities.”