Children living in poverty with HIV/AIDS are in desperate need of care.

Sources: www.unaids.org, www.who.int 

39.9 million

People live with HIV/AIDS.

1.4 million

Children under 15 live with HIV.

630,000

People died from HIV-related illnesses in 2023.

A mother and son sit on the floor holding hands.
How We Use This Fund

Your Donation Delivers Life-Saving Care to Children With HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is particularly hard on children. The disease threatens their development and makes them more susceptible to other life-threatening infections. 

When you give to the HIV/AIDS initiative, you provide the financial, medical, emotional and spiritual support a child needs to fight back. 

Medical Care

  • Voluntary testing. 

  • Transportation to clinics. 

  • Antiretroviral therapy (ART). 

Educational Support

  • Voluntary counseling. 

  • Education on the prevention of Mother-to-Child transmission. 

Basic Nutrition

  • Healthy meals for children impacted by HIV/AIDS.

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Your Contributions Are Stewarded Wisely

Every gift you give through Compassion is handled with integrity and care. We follow strict financial guardrails to ensure accountability, transparency and the flexibility to invest wisely for long-term impact.

We invest every dollar in one of three ways

  1. Implementing our program today

  2. Inviting the next child (and their supporter) into the program

  3. Sustaining and enhancing our ability to deliver excellent programs

These investments are typically referred to as “Program,” “Fundraising” and “Administrative” expenses, respectively. Compassion’s rigorous annual strategic planning and budgeting process determines the resources allocated to Program, Fundraising and Administration. Our policy is to ensure that 75 to 82 cents on the dollar will always be allocated to Program expenses.

A mother and son are standing on top of a hill in their neighborhood as the mother bends down to hug her son.

Supporters Like You Help Children Like Jacques

Jacques was diagnosed with HIV at just three years old. His mother, Gracia, also lived with the disease. She worked hard selling oranges, but it wasn’t enough to care for their needs. 

Many nights, they went to bed hungry and couldn’t afford the checkups needed for their treatment. 

After Jacques joined the Compassion program, the family received food support and access to proper health care. Today, Jacques is a healthy, hopeful 13-year-old boy, and Gracia is thriving too.