A Creative Writing Assignment for World Malaria Day 2013

Half of the world’s population, 3.3 billion people, is vulnerable to malaria. And it’s all because of mosquitoes.
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Research shows that children who participated in Compassion’s holistic child development through sponsorship program stayed in school longer, were more likely to have salaried or white-collar employment and were more likely to be leaders in their communities and churches than their peers who did not participate in our program.
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Which Bible Verse Prompts and Guides You to Serve Others?
If there is one thing Brianne has learned, it is that the truth really does set you free. And the truth can be found in the Word and the truth must live in our heart.

What Does Peru Look Like?
In case you missed it, we’ve captured Peru for you in photo, word and video. And it case you wanted to see it, we’d like to show you what Peru looks like.

What Distinguishes a Child as Highly Vulnerable?
Highly vulnerable children are considered at greater risk compared to their peers in our Child Sponsorship Program. The Highly Vulnerable Children’s Fund steps in when there is a need cannot be covered by monthly sponsorship funds.

Change Someone’s Everything
October was going to be a normal month with planned dinner dates and errand running and church on Sundays…but one evening, one thing changed, and it changed everything. That one thing was a death.

Hope in the Darkness
What do you go to in that moment when a bad day turns into the worst day? Brianne thought she knew the answer to that question for Marco.

Would Jesus Sponsor a Child in Poverty?
I know the verses in the Bible about helping the needy and giving to the poor. But is sponsorship the way to accomplish this?

Today Is the Day to Do Something About Human Trafficking
How can we (and so many people we know) be so overwhelmed and so outraged about human trafficking and have it still exist in our world today?

Drought in Africa: Where is Compassion?
You’ve watched as the crisis in East Africa has unfolded, you’ve been praying and now you’re ready to respond. Now the question is, “What is Compassion doing amid this crisis?”

Where Does Poverty Live?
What I found while I was in the Philippines were communities of children living in poverty but not allowing poverty to live inside them. I think it’s because they are also focusing on the One.

Challenging the Mindset of a Child in Poverty
Children are given the freedom to start dreaming. They are told they have hope for a future, one that doesn’t have to be controlled by poverty.