What to Expect When You’re Expecting

What To Expect When You're Expecting Top Blogs 2015

Three women from three vastly different countries and cultures reveal their shared fears and hopes of motherhood as well as the impact of the Child Survival Program.

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The Beauty of Pouring Out

Pouring Out Girls

When you face Jesus, in the longing eyes of the poor and powerless, it begins a hunger deep inside. A hunger to be filled up by the pouring out of yourself.

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Aylan Kurdi: The Power of One Child

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One small child had barely enough time on this earth to dig his feet in and get acquainted with it. His short-lived life has made me hope that we’ll never be a people that says, “It’s just one child.”

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Celebrate Back to School With Your Sponsored Child

Fall Season Back to School

As your kids head back to school, here are some fun ideas about this fall season from our Second Friday Letter Writing Club on Pinterest of what to write in your next letter to the child you sponsor.

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Literacy: Turning Mirrors into Windows

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Rather than just telling their pupils the importance of seeking education, these workers in Thailand are showing them with their own lives that the poverty of education is a battle that can be won, no matter your age.

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Being a Compassion Family

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Sponsoring these children was initially my idea as a mom, but these relationships have become a family affair – and we’re all better off for it.

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‘Poverty, Inc.’: The Global Poverty Industry

Poverty, Inc.

How does Compassion measure up to the ideas about the global poverty industry presented in the documentary ‘Poverty, Inc.’?

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The Business of Fair Trade

picture of a woman holdinFair Trade Tea Top Blogs 2015

The words fair trade get thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean? Can for-profit businesses really be a part of helping to alleviate poverty and advocate for human rights?

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How to Make Ethiopian Coffee

Watch how moms make Ethiopian coffee from roasting beans and grinding in a press, to brewing in water and being enjoyed by all.

Share Your Favorite Sport with Your Sponsored Child

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Sports are universally loved. Use these fun ideas for your favorite sport to connect with the child you sponsor!

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The Instagram Prayers of Sponsors

Prayers of a Sponsor Featured

One Instagram photo sparked an outpouring of likes and comments like we’ve never seen – and the passionate prayers of Compassion sponsors.

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A Real Life

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Help us play a real part in releasing more children from poverty by joining Release3.

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