What is Compassion International all about? Well, first and foremost, we’re about Jesus. We are Christ centered. We “release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.” We work through the local church and live out our faith by extending care to others. We demonstrate what we’re about in how we behave — what we do and how we do it. We’re child […]
The room was packed, occupied by some of the most inspiring Christian leaders I’ve met from across the continent of Africa. I began my afternoon presentation in Ethiopia with a movie trailer for a new documentary, Poverty, Inc., that seeks to reveal some of the pitfalls of the global aid system. At one point in the movie trailer, an entrepreneur […]
My friends thought I was losing my mind. After working my entire career in the non-profit world, I was making the plunge into the big, bad for-profit world. For 7.5 years, I worked for one of the leading organizations fighting violence against the poor (including human trafficking and slavery), International Justice Mission. For years, I got to tell the stories […]
Moms in our Child Survival Program in Ethiopia regularly get together to share stories of their lives, swap care taking ideas for their kids and catch up on the local town news over a cup of freshly roasted Ethiopian coffee. Watch how the process of creating Ethiopian coffee unfolds from roasting beans and grinding in a press, to brewing in […]
“The girls are being forced to do things they don’t want to do. They were planning to take girls to other countries. I never thought they were going to release me; I even thought my family wasn’t doing anything. I didn’t think I was going to return home.” These are the heartbreaking words of Daniela*, a sponsored teen girl who […]
While most of Seoul stayed away from public gatherings during the recent MERS outbreak, 1,100 church leaders representing 163 churches from across the peninsula of South Korea came together to prepare their hearts and minds for the day when they can directly serve the children of North Korea. Stepping into the large conference hall for the recent North Korea Ministry […]
There’s just something about the sun-scorched regions of Africa, isn’t there? I don’t know if it’s the beat of the African drums, the relaxed pace of life, the smiling faces that greet me or that I frequently find myself humoured by the fact that some things can only be explained with a shrug and a smile! Recently, my husband and […]
You’ve probably come to expect that we will work to bring safe water to the child or teen you sponsor – and along with that, education about how to avoid waterborne illnesses. But what if I told you your sponsorship also helps children in poverty learn about a safer and more dignified way to go to the bathroom? Providing a […]
The International Day of Families is an occasion to celebrate the importance of families to people, societies and cultures around the world. The parents in my workshop, just then, started shifting in their red, conference-room seats and looking mostly at their hands, or shoes. I was at a conference, speaking to a group of parents, and had just asked, “Raise […]
Helping meet the physical needs of the children in our program, and of their communities, sometimes means having to find healthy food sources. Often, farm to table is the best solution possible. This is where little Borisut comes in. He is a sponsored child in Thailand’s rural northern region. And we’d like you to hear his perspective on how farm-to-table […]
