The Worst Mistake You Don’t Know You’re Making
Affirming words from mentors and teachers and even strangers, make us into the people we become.
Continue Reading ›They Have Dreams Too
Somewhere, a young man in extreme poverty gets a sparkle in his eye when he thinks of computers. And when he walks the dirt roads of his town, he imagines the words he will write to his sponsor.
Continue Reading ›The Locust Effect: How Violence Plagues the Poor
The locusts of everyday violence have been allowed to swarm unabated in the developing world. And they are laying waste to the hope of the poor. – Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros
Continue Reading ›What Nightmares are Made Of
This slum is what nightmares are made of. Filled with what gifts are made of.
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Grace and the Lord’s Resistance Army
Freedom came for Grace when soldiers from the government raided the Lord’s Resistance Army camp where she and her mother were being held. After this, for seven years, they moved frequently, looking for a place to live.
Continue Reading ›Follow Us to Uganda! (Again)
It’s our five-year anniversary of Compassion Blog Trips. It all started in Uganda. Did you know that you’re the reason we get to celebrate five years?
Continue Reading ›Compassion Bloggers are Going Back to Uganda
A team of Compassion Bloggers will be in Uganda from January 27 through January 31, 2014 marking our fifth year of blogging for children in poverty.
Continue Reading ›Five Ways to Take Great Photographs of Kids
How can we take photographs of people that treat them with dignity? Here are five ways in which our photographers strive to take great photos of kids.
Continue Reading ›The Love of Literacy
When a church in Bolivia discovered many of the mothers enrolled its Child Survival Program couldn’t read or write the official language of the country, it acted. This is what the church did.
A Culture of Bride Abduction
There was quietness in the wind as Munk recounted her story of pain, betrayal and abandonment. She lifted up her hands, tanned and sun-beaten, to wipe away tears from her eyes.
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