Poverty » Sisay http://blog.compassion.com Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:27:31 +0000 en hourly 1 What is Poverty? http://blog.compassion.com/what-is-poverty/ http://blog.compassion.com/what-is-poverty/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 07:20:31 +0000 Wess Stafford http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5362 My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates

]]> what is poverty What is poverty? Our President, Wess Stafford, defines poverty and describes our solution for releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name.

You can also view this video as What is Poverty? on YouTube.

UPDATED: Nov. 18, 2011 – We also have a photo essay from the Compassion Bloggers trip to Ecuador which asks the same question; What is poverty?

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]]> http://blog.compassion.com/what-is-poverty/feed/ 13 Wess Speaks (Part XI) http://blog.compassion.com/wess-speaks-part-xi/ http://blog.compassion.com/wess-speaks-part-xi/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:59:39 +0000 Web Team http://blog.compassion.com/?p=409 My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates

]]> If you’re new here, our CEO, Wess Stafford, didn’t write this post, but he did answer the question. We recorded his answer and transcribed it for your reading pleasure.

Read all the posts in the Wess Speaks series.

  • What are the first names of the children you sponsor, and what countries? Any special stories you like to tell about them? (Juli Jarvis)
  1. Emmanuel (India)
  2. Rene (Haiti)
  3. Diego (Ecuador)
  4. Laura (Bolivia)
  5. Alba (Ecuador)
  6. Mercedes (Ecuador)
  7. Yolanda (Ecuador)
  8. Veronica (Bolivia)
  9. Sisay (Ethiopia)
  10. Fatuma (Uganda)
  11. Viola (Uganda)
  12. Melecio (Bolivia)
  13. Peter (Tanzania)
  14. Eliana (Ecuador)
  15. azmin (Ecuador)
  16. Soinkan (Kenya)
  17. Edithe (Burkina Faso)

I know these kids because if you come to our house, you’ll see a big poster next to our breakfast nook with these kids and their progressive pictures over the years. I have visited them all. These kids have been in our lives. About half of them have graduated from the program now, but they are still in my prayers. Some of them I am still in contact with.

Emmanuel now owns his own bicycle business. Rene is a pastor. Mercedes is an architect. Yolanda is the health worker in the Compassion project in Otavalo. Sisay just graduated from the program.

I would love to be a part of the Leadership Development Program. The minute one of our kids qualifies for the program, we’ll do that.

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