1985 was the year that Eastenders first appeared on our televisions, Live Aid rocked the world, and Cristiano Ronaldo was born.
But for 50 Filipino children it was the year they were registered into God’s Special Gift Student Centre, run in partnership with Abkasa Baptist Church in Bacolod City, the Philippines.
More than two decades on, some of those students reflect on how their registration in the Compassion child development centre transformed their lives.
- Click on the image below to view a slideshow of the students’ reflections.

Download the entire Compassion UK magazine, October 2008 (pdf) containing this feature.
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