For the past two weeks we’ve published a series of poverty questions for you to consider. We appreciate everyone who submitted comments to the posts, and we extend our congratulations to Judy Tremblay and her enormous brain for answering the most poverty questions correctly and becoming the proud new owner of a brand, spankin’ new…

Feb 11 2009

Malaria in Africa: Nana’s Story

By Paul Henri Kabore | Categories: Complementary Interventions, Country Staff

The sun was at its zenith on that Thursday I visited. Nana had been at the center since the morning. After the holistic child development program, it was now lunchtime. Many children who were not part of the development center gathered round the church’s courtyard, staring at the registered children enjoying their meals.
Every Thursday there are…

Dec 6 2008

Healing Prayer

By Web Team | Categories: Sponsors and Donors

Every month we receive prayer requests from our country staff; prayer requests that we publish in our monthly prayer calendar, on compassion.com and as tweets.
Would you mind joining us in healing prayer for these sponsored children:

Komol in Bangladesh, who is suffering from heart disease
Soledad in Bolivia, who is waiting for a kidney transplant
Jacob and…

May 1 2008

World Malaria Day Webcast

By Web Team | Categories: Complementary Interventions, Multimedia

In case you missed our live malaria intervention webcast on World Malaria Day, here it is. Learn at your leisure.

You can also view this World Malaria Day video on YouTube.

Apr 25 2008

A Mosquito Bite Away

By Robyn Spencer | Categories: Complementary Interventions, Join the Cause

One of the things that shocked me when I visited Uganda last month was finding myself scared to death of mosquitoes. It was the strangest feeling to be afraid of something so small — something we usually think of as just a pest. But in Africa mosquito bites don’t just make your arm itch —…

Apr 8 2008

Idol Gives Back

By Becky Giovagnoni | Categories: Advocacy, Children in Poverty

I’m a fan of American Idol. I’m an especially big fan this week.
Wednesday marks the second year that the Fox reality show takes a break from their regular programming to do something virtually unheard of on television these days — focus on something other than making money.
Idol Gives Back is an effort to raise…

Mar 20 2008

Child Proofing

By Tim Glenn | Categories: Complementary Interventions

Child-proofing your home is actually a backwards way of looking at it. You’re not protecting your house from children…you’re protecting children from your house.

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