[…] Questions series on Compassion’s holistic child development model with Brandy’s interview with Mark Peters, Compassion’s Vice President of Ministry Intergration & Innovation. The Child Sponsorship Program ( CDSP) is Compassion’s flagship program. For more than 55 years, Compassion has paired children in poverty with loving, supportive sponsors who provide for their physical needs. But […]

[…] shared Pastor Babu from Castlereigh, Hatton, where the local church ministers to the community through both the Child Survival Program (CSP) and the Child Sponsorship Program ( CDSP). Registered children are now a part of Sunday school classes, and families are part of the local church. This Easter, up to 10 families joined in […]

One of the goals of our Child Sponsorship Program ( CDSP) is to make sure each child grows and develops well from early childhood through youth. It strives to empower them to finish well by reaching specific outcomes. Such outcomes include having the motivation and skills to be economically self‐supporting. The program aims for […]

For Compassion-sponsored children in Bolivia, one of the most special days at the child development center is Letter Day. Receiving a letter from a sponsor makes these children feel cared for and reminds them that they have a person in another country who loves them.

Just as artists on the stage have people working behind the scenes to make them shine, Felipe has a grateful heart toward one person who helped him shine: his sponsor, Barry. “If it wasn’t for him, his love, his letters, and his sponsorship maintaining me in the center, I’m sure that I would not be who I am today,” Felipe says, repeating his gratitude often.

Burkina Faso — translated as “country of upright people” — is one of the poorest countries in the world (172 of 182 countries, according to the United Nations Development Programme).

In the high mountains of Northern Thailand lives an extraordinary tribe who have no written history and whose way of life is disappearing with the forests. They knew only how to survive in the deep jungle, building homes from fresh banana leaves. They would sleep on the leaves and use them as a roof to […]

Poverty places children at physical risk, but it also places them at risk of damage within. It robs them of the belief that they matter, that they have value and that they can dream of — and achieve — a different future. Breaking down destructive thought patterns and helping children see themselves for who they really are — beloved by God and capable of changing their circumstances — is vital to helping them break free from emotional poverty. But it isn’t easy.

[…] trust that God is good. The next day we toured the Compassion Child Development Center in Maia’s neighborhood. The leaders of the Child Development Sponsorship Program ( CDSP) explained how the curriculum and the tutors help the children, how letters make a huge impact in their lives, and how these children are provided with […]

Shortly after Luis’ parents separated, his moods often changed from happy to sad. His heart was hurt and in need of much love.

Who told you that God will not answer all our prayers when we call upon Him? Who told you that God will not grant us all the resources we need to do His work effectively?