Compassion Basics: What Do the 3 C’s Mean?
Compassion International’s programs are Christ-centered, church-driven and child-focused. Learn more about these three distinctives here.
Compassion Basics: What Is Whole Child Development?
Compassion’s program is built around whole child development. But what does that mean? Learn how we care for the unique needs of children to release them from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Compassion Works: See the Impact of Our Program
Compassion’s program works. See the impact of our program through actual data and true stories of the lives changed through our partnership with the local church.
What Does Child Sponsorship Provide?
Discover how sponsoring a child through Compassion meets their spiritual, educational and emotional needs. Watch our video to learn how you can make a lasting impact.
Top 10 Questions About Compassion International Answered
Have questions about Compassion International and child sponsorship? We have answers for you. Check out some of the most common questions we receive here.
5 Reasons Why Children Are the Heart of Compassion
There are a lot of ways to fight poverty and share the love of Jesus. At Compassion, we focus on children. They are the heart of everything we do. Here are five reasons why.
Incredible Facts About Compassion I Didn’t Know Before Interning Here
As a sponsor for three years and counting, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on Compassion’s mission and how it works to achieve that mission. But when I started working at Compassion as an intern this summer, I began to realize that there was still a lot I didn’t know! I have since learned several facts about Compassion’s ministry that I just wasn’t aware of before.
Our Amazing Neighbors: 15 Photos of Churches Around the World
When a child enters the Compassion Sponsorship Program, he or she is registered at a local Compassion center. But before any center can open, a partnership is needed between Compassion and a local church.
Here are 15 photos of churches that partner with Compassion around the world!
Odette in Burkina Faso: “Would You Please Pray?”
This month, I want you to meet Odette, a supervisor in our Compassion Burkina Faso office. Odette shared about her own childhood, growing up in rural Burkina Faso in a large family that struggled in desperate poverty … I was touched by her story, and as a sponsor, I was incredibly moved by the way she compares the staff in Compassion Burkina Faso with the love of her amazing mother.
We Stopped Sharing Sponsored Children’s Full Names. Here’s Why.
If you sponsor a child, you’ve probably noticed some updates this fall. The most obvious one: Compassion has stopped sharing the full names of beneficiaries in our program. It’s part of our ongoing efforts to protect child privacy in a digital world.
6 Authentic Ways to Be Generous but Not Judgmental
Working in poverty alleviation, I can feel the need to explain and justify the nice things I have. I worry that people will judge me or will judge the organization I work for if I don’t drive a junker and get my clothes on consignment. But I’ve come to realize that my justifications are creating a culture — a culture around me of implied judgment of the choices of others by my constant need to justify my own purchases and assets.
How Do Sponsors Help Kids Spiritually?
The issues that prevent a child from thriving — malnutrition, illness and emotional and relational instability — are symptoms of poverty, what it looks like from the outside. That means that addressing just one of these areas of development, while temporarily helpful, won’t do what we as the Church are ultimately called to do: release God’s children from poverty in Jesus’ name. That’s why in addition to helping children with education, health care and nutrition, Compassion sponsors also help kids spiritually.
